Word: wilco
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It’s a wonderful thing to see a band growing up in small clubs go on to selling out one of Boston’s most prestigious venues one night and a college gym the next. But Wilco is still holding onto their humility...
...impressive show of unwavering dedication, each demographic in the crowd could sing along to almost every lyric. It was truly inspiring to watch Wilco so gracefully unify generations of rock-and-roll listeners. The new fans’ heads nodded with approval at every pulse from Pat Sansone’s keyboard in the largely electronic-based “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.” Later, early loyalists’ eyes lit up when Nels Cline dusted off his classic lap steel for a couple of standards in the first of two encores...
...every sound Wilco produced captivated the crowd. The audience’s energy, so localized and organic, was not unlike what one might expect from the cult following of an underground rock band. That energy no doubt fed into Wilco’s inspiring stage presence...
...dozen songs that Wilco let loose upon the masses came across as something more substantive than simple music. They were confessions of the nation’s history. Over the past decade, Wilco has managed to stake a claim in America’s cultural landscape, and the lyrics of “War on War” and “Handshake Drugs” invoke the fears and failings of a generation...
...Wilco are not afraid to fill a sizeable theatre. They’re also not too proud to return to the small venues that they have long inhabited. They have seen the two directions their band can head, so different in the lifestyles and values that they flaunt, and they have chosen both...