new tunes Tuesday. Round 16. second Wilco schoolin'

album number 2, Being There, came out only a year and a half after their first (kind of) tank, A.M., to much critical success – it begins to touch on experimentation, darker imagery, and thoughts outside of their initial alt-country pigeon hole. while a few of my favorite Wilco songs hail from this here album, i again, (i’ll be sounding like a pretty weak fan after Rounds 1 and 2 - much high praise will be coming with later albums, i SWEAR) i am not super duper crazy album numero dos. it’s polished, about 6 songs too long, the songs are short, some are even peppy (gross), and only a handful of songs display Wilco’s true potential. definitely on their way, though.

and check them out sounding twangy on this number.

new tunes Tuesday. Round 12. first Wilco schoolin'

i have decided today that my love affair with Wilco isn't properly represented on this blog. so. today will be an introduction and i will start to school you in the ways of wilco. here is some wilco joy for the short week ahead:
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{casino queen, wilco}

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okay, so wilco became a band around ’94 after the notverypopular alt-country gig Uncle Tupelo disbanded (co-leader Jay Farrar left to form a not only less popular but less… eh, good, band Son Volt) and Jeff Tweedy picked up the Tupelo scraps to form wilco. album ONE came about in 1995 in the form a solid, twangy (hell, even country on some songs!), weed-induced group of somewhat unpolished songs on A.M. (side note: if you are ever in the mood to sip a super good cup of coffee while listening to super good tunes – check out the Chinatown Coffee Company. i’ve gone in maybe 5 times – two of which this album was proudly playing).
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this is their first of two countryish albums – not my favorite, but certainly worth listening to a handful of songs. check this one out too.