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Wilco's de facto leader Jeff Tweedy releases his very first solo album of all-new material, and it's a quiet, powerful statement from one of America's greatest living songwriters.
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Wilco's 'A.M.' and 'Being There' Show a Young Band Finding Their Sound
More than two decades later, Wilco's first two albums are remastered and reissued with an expanded track list. Together, they paint a picture of a new band struggling to find themselves only to do it in an exceptional manner.
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Wilco: Schmilco
On their tenth studio album, Wilco dial down the noise but remain compelling, edgy and tuneful.
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"Celebrating" Wilco's A Ghost Is Born's 10-Year Anniversary
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Pitchfork's end-of-the-summer experiment, a global vote called "The People's List", resulted in a final list that was unsurprising to most and enraging to others. PopMatters examines five things we can take from this list, not just about Pitchfork but about contemporary indie music as a whole.
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