I think we should start today, nice and easy, with new Wilco tour dates. The press release is saying that it’s going to be one of those “Evening With Wilco” type events, which is code for one band, long set. Yes, please! They are also going to be drawing from all seven of their albums and varying the sets every night. Which is huge for anyone that follows them since Wilco has a tendency to create a setlist for a tour and just hammer it home, night after night. And while I don’t think Wilco fans are like Phish fans and need a lot of variance, it would be nice to see something like “Candyfloss” take the place of “Monday” every once is awhile. Variety is the spice of life and Nels needs new songs to tear apart. But no matter what songs they choose, they always deliver when I see them, so go if you can.
Wilco 2010 Tour Dates
02/07 - Missoula, MT @ Adams Center
02/09 - Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Hall
02/10 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
02/13 - Vancouver, BC @ David Lam Park *
02/15 - Edmonton, AB @ Northern Jubilee Auditorium
02/16 - Calgary, AB @ Southern Jubilee Auditorium
02/17 - Saskatoon, SK @ TCU Place
02/19 - Duluth, MN @ DECC Arena
02/20 - Madison, WI @ Overture Hall
02/21 - E. Lansing, MI @ Wharton Cobb Great Hall
02/23 - Hamilton, ON @ Hamilton Place Theatre
02/24 - London, ON @ Centennial Hall
02/27 - Montreal, QC @ Olympia De Montreal
03/01 - Ottawa, ON @ National Arts Centre
03/03 - Halifax, NS @ Halifax Forum
03/22 - Miami Beach, Miami, FL @ The Fillmore
03/23 - Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
03/25 - Savannah, GA @ Johnny Mercer Theatre
03/26 - Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre
03/27 - Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center
03/29 - Richmond, VA @ The National
03/30 - North Bethesda, MD @ The Music Center at Strathmore
03/31 - Scranton, PA @ Scranton Cultural Center
04/02 - Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theatre
04/03 - Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theatre
04/04 - Providence, RI @ Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
04/06 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
04/07 - Concord, NH @ Capitol Center
04/09 - Hartford, CT @ Bushnell Memorial Hall: Mortenson Hall
04/10 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
04/11 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall
04/22 - Osaka, JP @ Big Cat
04/23 - Tokyo, JP @ Zepp Tokyo
04/27 - Auckland, NZ @ Civic Theatre
04/28 - Wellington, NZ @ Wellington Town Hall
04/30 - Brisbane, AU @ The Tivoli
05/01 - Sydney, AU @ State Theatre, Sydney
05/02 - Marrickville, AU @ Factory Theatre
05/05 - Melbourne, AU @ Forum
05/06 - Melbourne, AU @ Forum
05/28 - Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound - Parc Del Forum
09/12 - Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
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Ugh. Paste’s profile of Free Energy made me kind of hate them. So does your review. It’s this unctuous defense of good-time rock-and-roll ("we’re just here to party, and we’re awesome!") that seems more self-serving than fun-loving.
by beth on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 09.41 pm from the entry: Foreign Born + Free Energy - The Knitting Factory (Brooklyn, NY; Mar. 12, 2010)
that inescapable feeling you are referring to, is that like when you hear something and you could have sworn you heard it before because of the nostalgic catchy quality? or is is like when you’ve heard a band exactly like said band?
great post by the way!
by paul on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 03.15 pm from the entry: The Novel Ideas - "The Sky Is A Field" - Borrow It
Whoa! I had no idea she was enegaged. You would never know with the way she behaves! Wow!
by art on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 09.48 am from the entry: Nikki Darlin and John McCauley: 1+1=1
This comment stream is so meta. Great review Kelly.
by chris on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 07.50 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
no prob. The whole album is excellent, combining some of the harder sonics of Los Angeles with the meat of his debut and obviously difficult to summarize in only 50 words… 
I’d say it’s on par with the debut, but better than Los Angeles.
by kelly on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 06.23 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
By the way, I really liked the mp3 posted. Thanks.
by Joshua H on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 06.17 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
WHO WROTE THIS...PUKE ! “WHO WROTE THIS...PUKE ! “Picture yourself coasting your bike past space funk palm trees, homeless harpists, vintage video arcades, electronic drum circles, and 60s psychedelic singers who’re waiting for the bus. Cosmogramma is kinda like that if someone suddenly tripped you just as you’re starting to enjoy the ride. But in a good way.””
by Joshua H on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 06.17 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
i call first on photographing this!
someone already beat you to it.
foiled again.
You are dead wrong about the setlists. Take a look at wilcobase.com for proof.
Definitely wasn’t suggesting that it is the exact same order every night, but it basically the same songs played night after night. Stand by the statement.