Wilco "Delivers the Goods" in Five-Night Chicago Residency; Live on WXRT

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Wilco_xrt_broadcast_2 There are just two more shows in Wilco's residency at the Riviera in Chicago, where they're playing through their entire catalog of six studio albums over just five nights. Tonight's set will be broadcast live on Chicago radio station 93.1, WXRT, and streaming at wxrt.com, starting at 7:30 PM CST. Also on wxrt.com is a ten-part podcast Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy made for the station's Electric Company, which you can download or listen to online.

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Each of Chicago's leading papers has complete coverage of the five-night residency. The Tribune's Greg Kot (who, literally, wrote the book on Wilco with the band chronicle Wilco: Learning How to Die) is particularly impressed by the current sextet's ability to play across the multitude of sounds the group has produced over the years. Kot has a song-by-song run-down of each set and praise for each of the band's members---from the "orchestral richness" provided by Mikael Jorgensen and Pat Sansone to Glenn Kotche's inimitable playing at any speed and Nels Cline's ability to consistently take songs "to a better place."

The threads through all the songs they're performing over these five days are the band's two founding members, Jeff Tweedy and John Stirratt. Writes Kot:

Their vocal harmonies are the one reassuring constant that links all those eras ... If nothing else, these shows reaffirmed how quietly crucial Stirratt has been to the band's sound, not only with his high harmonies and melodic bass playing, but with his enthusiasm ... Tweedy's evolution was also apparent. He's worked on his singing and guitar playing, and become better at both over the years.

To read Kot's coverage, visit leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com.

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At the Sun-Times, Anders Smith Lindall calls the mood at the first night's performance "celebratory, and the focus was where it belonged: on the band and its breadth."

On night two, writes the paper's Jeff Miller,

Wilco delivered the goods ... in a nearly non-stop slew of rarities, special guests [including Andrew Bird], and re-arranged standards that so pleased the sold-out crowd that an encore was demanded---even after the house lights and the backdrop came up.

The band's inclusion of a few repeated songs from the night before was, according to Tweedy, meant to keep things rocking, which, reports Miller, "they achieved, unquestionably."

To read Miller's full report, click here.

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  • Tuesday, February 19, 2008
    Wilco "Delivers the Goods" in Five-Night Chicago Residency; Live on WXRT

    Wilco_xrt_broadcast_2 There are just two more shows in Wilco's residency at the Riviera in Chicago, where they're playing through their entire catalog of six studio albums over just five nights. Tonight's set will be broadcast live on Chicago radio station 93.1, WXRT, and streaming at wxrt.com, starting at 7:30 PM CST. Also on wxrt.com is a ten-part podcast Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy made for the station's Electric Company, which you can download or listen to online.

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    Wilco

    Each of Chicago's leading papers has complete coverage of the five-night residency. The Tribune's Greg Kot (who, literally, wrote the book on Wilco with the band chronicle Wilco: Learning How to Die) is particularly impressed by the current sextet's ability to play across the multitude of sounds the group has produced over the years. Kot has a song-by-song run-down of each set and praise for each of the band's members---from the "orchestral richness" provided by Mikael Jorgensen and Pat Sansone to Glenn Kotche's inimitable playing at any speed and Nels Cline's ability to consistently take songs "to a better place."

    The threads through all the songs they're performing over these five days are the band's two founding members, Jeff Tweedy and John Stirratt. Writes Kot:

    Their vocal harmonies are the one reassuring constant that links all those eras ... If nothing else, these shows reaffirmed how quietly crucial Stirratt has been to the band's sound, not only with his high harmonies and melodic bass playing, but with his enthusiasm ... Tweedy's evolution was also apparent. He's worked on his singing and guitar playing, and become better at both over the years.

    To read Kot's coverage, visit leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com.

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    At the Sun-Times, Anders Smith Lindall calls the mood at the first night's performance "celebratory, and the focus was where it belonged: on the band and its breadth."

    On night two, writes the paper's Jeff Miller,

    Wilco delivered the goods ... in a nearly non-stop slew of rarities, special guests [including Andrew Bird], and re-arranged standards that so pleased the sold-out crowd that an encore was demanded---even after the house lights and the backdrop came up.

    The band's inclusion of a few repeated songs from the night before was, according to Tweedy, meant to keep things rocking, which, reports Miller, "they achieved, unquestionably."

    To read Miller's full report, click here.

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