Over the course of the past few weeks I’ve spent a lot of time revisiting albums for my ‘best of the decade’ list. And since melophobe’s actual list won’t come out for a few weeks, I thought maybe my role in this season of giving could be to provide links to things like demos, bootlegs, radio broadcasts, etc for our readers that correlate to some of my favorite albums of the decade.
Today, we will start with the Engineer Demos for Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The album’s story has been told ad nauseam (if you don’t know about it click here) so I won’t go into it. However, one of the cool things that came out of those sessions are the fantastic alternate versions of the songs and some gem-like unreleased tracks like “Magazine Called Sunset.” Some people find it to be as rewarding as the real thing and even though it has been out forever, I wanted everyone that hasn’t heard it to have a chance.
Tracklist is below, download link is HERE and this came to us via The Midnight Cafe.
I’m The Man Who Loves You
Kamera
Magazine Called Sunset
Poor Places
Shakin Sugar
War On War
Ashes Of American Flags
Cars Can’t Escape
Pot Kettle Black
The Good Part
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Reservations
Let Me Come Home
Heavy Metal Drummer
Nothing Up My Sleeve
Corduroy Cutoff Girl(Radio Cure)
Never Let You Down
Venus Stop the train
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he is amazing bro his style can not be touched....some people dont know what he is talking about caz u dont do what he does he is sickkk bra
by dylyn on Thu Mar 18, 2010 at 11.59 am from the entry: Wiz Khalifa: Burn After Rolling (Mixtape)
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by wisconsin land on Thu Mar 18, 2010 at 09.53 am from the entry: of Montreal + Gang Gang Dance - Orpheum Theatre (Boston, MA; Oct. 30, 2008)
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
Thank you!
No problem! Enjoy.