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Recap: Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival

Jeffrey Greenblatt June 29, 2011 No Comments

This past weekend alt.country-experimental-folk-rock, ugh fine…just Wilco, returned to MASS MoCA in the former industrial town of North Adams, MA to host their second annual Solid Sound Festival. The 140-year-old-plus site, which was formerly the home to a textile plant and an electronics factory, offered fans a chance to not only see a variety of bands, which included healthy doses of Wilco side projects, and a full slate of comedy curated by John Hodgman, but also some truly fantastic thought provoking art.

The weather seemed to be a dominant story throughout the weekend, as some torrential rain storms blew through the area on both Friday and Saturday. The large puddles strewn throughout the museum’s campus and a muddy main field, didn’t prevent Wilco from throwing down two lengthy headlining sets that marked their only U.S. shows of the summer. The group treated fans to nearly 50 different songs, spanning their entire catalog – a feat that perhaps only a jamband is capable of doing.

READ ON for more on Wilco’s sets…

Bloggy Goodness: Bonnaroo Cinema Tent

Jeffrey Greenblatt May 26, 2011 No Comments

As we’ve repeatedly touted, Bonnaroo isn’t just about all the great bands that are playing amongst the tents and stages. There are a plethora of activities to keep you busy while

Tour Dates: Bon Iver Is Back

Jeffrey Greenblatt May 10, 2011 No Comments

We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… I seem to say this every week, but 2011

BG: A Double Dose Of Wilco News

Jeffrey Greenblatt April 14, 2011 2 Comments

While the folks behind Coachella made their ticket holders wait until nearly the day of the fest to divulge their daily lineup, organizers of the second annual Solid Sound festival

Video: The Low Anthem – A Shot In The Arm

Jeffrey Greenblatt April 6, 2011 1 Comment

Last year, The Onion’s A.V. Club invited 25 bands into their Chicago office’s to cover 25 different songs as part of their inaugural A.V. Undercover series. Once a song was picked it was crossed off the list till they were all done. The pop culture site is back at it again with another 25 bands and 25 songs that range from Prince to Huey Lewis & The News to Belle & Sebastian.

Earlier this week, The A.V. Club posted the fourth cover performance of the series as The Low Anthem put their indelible ramshackle folk-rock stamp on Wilco’s A Shot In The Arm. READ ON to see how it turned out…

Fuji Rock 2011: Widespread Panic, New Mastersounds, Wilco, Avetts and More

Scott Bernstein March 31, 2011 No Comments

If there was one festival I could go to this summer regardless of my finances or accrued vacation time, I’d be hopping a plane to Japan for the Fuji Rock

Cover Wars March Madness: Sweet 16

DaveO March 23, 2011 1 Comment

Cover Wars March Madness rolls on. We’ve had our play-in round and our first full round of 32 covers and we’re left with our Sweet 16. We are in our third year of this tournament and we have just now done the obvious, we have generated an actual bracket so you can visualize how this is all going to go down. Have a look and be sure to vote in all eight matchups.

Matchup #1

Ramble On (Led Zeppelin)

Phish debuted this cover at Alpine Valley in the Summer of 1998. As most Phish fans know, there has been one other performance ever and it was the following week at Vernon Downs where the band paired Ramble On with their own Slave To The Traffic Light to close the first set. There are some killer Ramble On Teases in the Slave jam. Source: 8-1-1998
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UPDATE: The text in all the descriptions for Cover Wars March Madness are taken from the original editions which at times – are out of date. As one of our readers pointed out in the previous round – Phish has since performed one more partial performance of Ramble On, and yes – it was pretty terrible.

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Wilco – Thirteen (Big Star)

Wilco recorded this cover for the 2006 Big Star covers record Big Star Small World. Though never played live by Wilco, the song has made at least 11 appearances at Jeff Tweedy solo shows.
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READ ON to vote on the remaining seven matchups in the Sweet 16.

BG: Smile Finally To Be Released

Jeffrey Greenblatt March 17, 2011 No Comments

In the pantheon on great “lost” albums, the Beach Boys‘ Smile, may be the most sought after by fans. The album was intended be the follow up to the band’s

Announcement: Sasquatch! Festival

Scott Bernstein February 7, 2011 No Comments

The Sasquatch! Festival will return to The Gorge in George, WA over Memorial Day Weekend boasting a lineup jammed packed with indie faves who are on major labels such as Wilco, the Flaming Lips (performing The Soft Bulletin plus more), Modest Mouse, Death Cab For Cutie, Chromeo, The Decemberists and the Foo Fighters.

Four-day all-inclusive passes are currently available for $285.

[via Pitchfork]

READ ON for the full initial lineup…

Bloggy Goodness: Citigroup Takes Over EMI

Jeffrey Greenblatt February 3, 2011 No Comments

While we don’t usually fancy ourselves as a destination for financial news, we did think this was an important enough story to share: on Tuesday it was announced Citigroup has

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