Features
Friday, December 18 2009
The Best 60 Albums of 2009
PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2009, highlighted by a bevy of American indie rock juggernauts, the return of a hip-hop master, and a couple of the finest voices on the planet.
Friday, February 15 2008
Which Echoes Belong?
Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is often dubbed a postmodern classic. But what is that even supposed to mean?
Monday, May 14 2007
Back to Basics: An Interview with Wilco
Jeff Tweedy discusses Wilco's new effort Sky Blue Sky, a back-to-basics work evoking The Basement Tapes, and the era of digital music.
Monday, November 27 2006
Magnificently Not Defeated: An Interview with Jay Bennett
As a songwriter, musician, and producer, Jay Bennett has every right to be who we think he is. But he isn't.
Columns
Friday, June 26 2009
Five Days in March: Uncle Tupelo’s Quiet Revolution
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy may have left country behind, but in 1992, he helped redefine the sound of alt-country.
Tuesday, April 7 2009
Waltzing with Wilco
As any experienced concert-goer knows, a lively audience can mean the difference between a lackluster event and a memorable night. Sometimes, it’s more important than the band's actual performance.
Reviews
Thursday, January 19 2012
Wilco: Speak Into the Rose
Speak Into the Rose is the perfect primer for Wilco.
Monday, January 9 2012
Art of Always: Wilco: 12 December 2011 - Chicago
At the largest show in a five-night run, it is easy to believe a smaller crowd won’t roar like this opera house audience did when the house lights dimmed.
Monday, September 26 2011
Wilco: The Whole Love
Wilco is exciting because the band seeks to redefine our expectations for it with each record. The new album, The Whole Love, continues that cycle to often brilliant effect.
Friday, June 25 2010
Primavera Sound Festival: 27-29 May 2010: Barcelona, Spain
Primavera never stops growing. There are now more stages than ever before, a whole week of live music before the festival even begins, ad-hoc stages set-up in parks all over the city, as well as the obligatory closing party.
Monday, July 27 2009
Wilco + Yo La Tengo: 13 July 2009 - Brooklyn, NY
Returning to their grittier guitar-driven rock they pushed the limits of the audiences’ own acoustic comfort.
Blogs
Friday, September 30 2011
Wilco + Nick Lowe: 22 September 2011 - New York
The threat of rain didn't prevent Wilco from playing to a sold-out crowd in Central Park last Thursday night.
Wednesday, September 7 2011
The 10 Best Wilco Songs of All Time
With the upcoming September 27th release of Wilco's The Whole Love, the band’s eighth studio record, it's worth going back and revisiting the group’s impressive discography.
Wednesday, July 27 2011
Tracks They'll Be Talking About: 5 Divisive Songs on Great Albums
Bon Iver's "Beth/Rest" is just the latest song that beguiles as many fans as it detracts.
Wednesday, February 9 2011
Wilco Working on New Album for 2011 Release
On Monday, Wilco reminded us via their official Facebook page that they’re hard at work on the follow-up to 2009's Wilco (The Album). The Chicago-based…
Wednesday, May 19 2010
Wilco's "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" Gets Soulified
Chicago retro soul post-punk band JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound recently released a video to go along with their latest and very crafty single,…
News
Wednesday, September 28 2011
Wilco is sounding rejuvenated on upbeat new album
CHICAGO — It was three days before Wilco was scheduled to leave Chicago to start its tour, and the band was running through songs on…
Tuesday, September 27 2011
‘I was falling into a cliche’ says Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy
LOS ANGELES — Wilco is happy. Get used to it. “We’re probably the only band where everyone is early for bus call,” said drummer Glenn…
Friday, January 28 2011
Wilco Starts New Record Label, Not Called "Wilco (The Label)"
As Wilco guitarist Nels Cline hinted at last summer, Wilco has announced the launch its own record label, dBpm (decibels per minute) Records. The label…
Wednesday, September 15 2010
Mavis Staples Visits Her Folk-Gospel Past with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy
"I really believe that the best stuff in Mavis' career has been the stuff where it's not necessarily just her voice but the voice of her and her family and her father," Jeff Tweedy said. "You don't need much else."
Friday, July 17 2009
Jeff Tweedy talks about circling back home on Wilco's latest album
When Wilco performed every song from its six albums over five straight nights at the Riviera Theatre in its hometown of Chicago in December 2007,…
