Wilco

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Wilco have named their new album Wilco (The Album).

Seriously!

Rolling Stone says so! And their publicist has confirmed it!

That is so much better than just self-titling it Wilco, don't you agree?

Wilco (The Album) is out in June on Nonesuch. Yes, the leadoff track is "Wilco the Song". And there's a song with Feist on it.

Here's the tracklist:

Wilco (The Album):

01 Wilco the Song
02 Deeper Down
03 One Wing
04 Bull Black Nova
05 You and I
06 You Never Know
07 Country Disappeared
08 Solitaire
09 I'll Fight
10 Sunny Feeling
11 Everlasting

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Op woensdag 15 april 2009 15:30 schreef Beregd het volgende:
wilco live ,wilco the song en wilco the movie,
wat een jaar

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The new album will likely be a return to the studio-constructed soundscapes of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost is Born, as opposed to the performance-based Sky Blue Sky.

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Op maandag 4 mei 2009 12:19 schreef pfaf het volgende:
En Lowlands is fucking uitverkocht. Nog nooit meegemaakt. Bah! Dit jaar dus niet naar Lowlands, juist nu Wilco komt. Dan maar eens zien of Pukkelpop met Beregd een optie wordt.

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Op maandag 4 mei 2009 15:12 schreef webfreak het volgende:

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Ik zou alleen niet al te lang 'zien of het een optie wordt', maar actie ondernemen voordat Pukkelpop ook is uitverkocht

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Op dinsdag 5 mei 2009 10:34 schreef pfaf het volgende:
Ashes of American Flags is echt fenomenaal!
God, wat een schitterend document. De nummers klinken live weer zo sterk en zelfs de zwaktste nummers van het relatief slaapverwekkende laatste album worden spannend gebracht.

Is hij echter al in Nederland te verkrijgen? Bol.com en plato.nl hebben 'm niet en ik ga morgen voor 100 euro aan bonnen uitgeven bij Plato, zal wel een deceptie zijn als ik zonder Ashes.. thuis kom...

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Wilco ex-member sues frontman Tweedy

Former Wilco member Jay Bennett sued lead singer Jeff Tweedy in Cook County Circuit Court today, claiming Tweedy owes him money from the band's 2002 documentary and royalties on songs written during Bennett's seven years with the group.

Bennett was part of the Chicago-based band from 1994 to 2001, the breach-of-contract suit states, and worked as a sound engineer and performed instruments on the albums "Being There," "Summerteeth," "Mermaid Avenue," "Mermaid Avenue Vol. II" and "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."

The suit argues that "as a recording musician in Wilco, Bennett is entitled to compensation for his services rendered in the form of continuing and perpetual artist royalty payments from" Tweedy.

It concedes that Bennett was paid during his years in the group, but only in "infrequent partial payments" equivalent to 15 percent of the band's income from sales and performances.

Bennett claims Tweedy did not compensate him for his appearance in "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart," which documented the creative process behind "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" in 2000 and captured a scene of Tweedy and Bennett bickering over the mixing of "Heavy Metal Drummer."

The suit argues that Bennett was never paid for his role and that Tweedy "never obtained the necessary releases for the use of Bennett's performance in the film."

It was unclear if Tweedy was a producer on the project, as the suit claims.

Bennett left Wilco in August 2001.

"It was time for Jay to move on and have a bigger role in making his own music," Tweedy said at the time. "Jay has been a huge part of the last three records, but it just became more obvious to us that he didn't have the same enthusiasm for being a part of the band. It took a lot of bravery on both parts to make this happen, and we moved past any hard feelings really fast."

The lawsuit asks for damages of at least $50,000.

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Paste magazine received a statement from Tweedy, via his publicist:

"I know exactly as much as everyone else does. I've read the news and I honestly have no idea what these claims are based on. It was such a long time ago. Aside from everything else, I'm being sued for not paying someone for appearing in a movie I didn't produce. Go figure. I am truly sad it has come to this. I am equally convinced, however, that I have done nothing wrong and that this will be handled fairly and swiftly."

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Op maandag 11 mei 2009 18:32 schreef CatsInTheWell het volgende:
Haha, ik vond dat einde met die vader ook zo leuk. Wat een toffe gast.

Ik blijf er bij dat Summerteeth de beste Wilco-studioplaat is. Ik weet niet waarom, vind het gewoon het fijnste om die te luisteren. Maar goed, hét essentiele stukje muziek van deze heren blijft natuurlijk Kicking Television.