WILCO @ 9:30 FEB 23/24

[root]

i think wilco rocks! and is one of the best live bands i have seen... so lick it!  

[Bartelby]

and a few like the self-appointed chairman of the department of redundant redundancies...snore.

[pablohoney]

DCist has a review of the show.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I guess you haven't watched the O.C. and other junky shows of that ilk.
 
 Christ, even mainstream Spin Magazine has swtiched their format from nu-metal and rap/rock to indie rock.
 
 

Originally posted by bunnyman:
  Indie is the new mainstream? I would disagree there. I would say hip-hop is. And has been for quite some time.

[ggw]

Here are the songs you are guaranteed to hear:
 
 At Least That's What You Said
 I'm The Man Who Loves You
 I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
 The Late Greats
 Hummingbird
 Muzzle Of Bees
 Jesus, Etc.
 Poor Places
 Handshake Drugs
 A Shot In The Arm
 I'm A Wheel
 Spiders (Kidsmoke)
 Kingpin
 Political Science
 Theologians
 Ashes Of American Flags
 Heavy Metal Drummer
 Another Man's Done Gone

[dotdot]

The show was great.  The set list was fantastic.  Jeff was funny as shit.  Almost as good as last year's performance, if not AS good.  I haven't read the previous page, because I don't want to read Rhett/Sam's ignorant comments, but didn't the scary photo of the face you were supposed to make during "Kingpin" crack anyone up?

[dotdot]

Originally posted by Sam Pulsize:
  I guess you haven't watched the O.C. and other junky shows of that ilk.
 
 Christ, even mainstream Spin Magazine has swtiched their format from nu-metal and rap/rock to indie rock.
 
   

Originally posted by bunnyman:
  Indie is the new mainstream? I would disagree there. I would say hip-hop is. And has been for quite some time.

[/b]

The Killers and Interpol and The Strokes aren't indie rock, my friend.

[dotdot]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  is just me or has wilco turned into REM

It's just you.  Uncle Tupelo perhaps...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

They are indie rock to the extent that the current incarnation of wilco is.
 
 I was thinking more along the lines of Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Shins, Franz Ferdinand (live! on the grammies!) etc.
 
 I mean let's face it, indie rock has won the battle. Bands like Korn and Creed are history, indie is the new mainstream.
 
   

Originally posted by dotdot:
   

Originally posted by Sam Pulsize:
  I guess you haven't watched the O.C. and other junky shows of that ilk.
 
 Christ, even mainstream Spin Magazine has swtiched their format from nu-metal and rap/rock to indie rock.
 
     

Originally posted by bunnyman:
  Indie is the new mainstream? I would disagree there. I would say hip-hop is. And has been for quite some time.

[/b]

The Killers and Interpol and The Strokes aren't indie rock, my friend. [/b]

[BookerT]

I mean let's face it, indie rock has won the battle. Bands like Korn and Creed are history, indie is the new mainstream.

just the usual cycles. happens roughly every 14 years.

[dotdot]

Originally posted by dotdot:
   

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  is just me or has wilco turned into REM

It's just you.  Uncle Tupelo perhaps... [/b]

Maybe the crossover appeal/mainstream status, but definitely not the music or what they're all about... I think "AM" was their REM record... AM sucks Passenger Side sucks Fuck everyone who sang along to it last night

[poultrynow]

ok now this thread has officially turned into a useless conversation...but since we're on the topic isn't "indie" used as glibly and nonsensically as "alternative" was in the 90s?  Or, who the hell cares anyways?

[ggw]

Originally posted by Sam Pulsize:
 indie is the new mainstream.
 

:roll:  
 
 Billboard Top 50
 
 1 Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company
 2 Green Day, American Idiot
 3 The Game, The Documentary
 4 Various Artists, Grammy Nominees 2005
 5 Usher, Confessions
 6 3 Doors Down, Seventeen Days
 7 John Legend, Get Lifted  
 8 Eminem, Encore
 9 Maroon5, Songs About Jane
 10 Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway  
 11 Alicia Keys, The Diary Of Alicia Keys
 12 Ray Charles, Ray (Soundtrack)
 13 The Killers, Hot Fuss
 14 Fantasia, Free Yourself
 15 Gwen Stefani, Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
 16 Kenny Chesney, Be As You Are: Songs From An Old Blue Chair
 17 Michael Buble, It's Time
 18 Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz, Crunk Juice
 19 John Mayer, Heavier Things
 20 U2, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
 21 Various Artists, Now 17
 22 Los Lonely Boys, Los Lonely Boys
 23 Gretchen Wilson, Here For The Party
 24 Destiny's Child, Destiny Fulfilled
 25 Rascal Flatts, Feels Like Today
 26 Ciara, Goodies
 27 Tina Turner, All The Best
 28 Shania Twain, Greatest Hits
 29 Various Artists, Totally Country Vol. 4
 30 Tim McGraw, Live Like You Were Dying
 31 Brian McKnight, Gemini
 32 Ludacris, The Red Light District
 33 Kanye West, The College Dropout
 34 Mario, Turning Point  
 35 T.I., Urban Legend  
 36 Nelly, Suit
 37 Soundtrack, Garden State
 38 Snoop Dogg, R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece  
 39 Jesse McCartney, Beautiful Soul
 40 Soundtrack, The Phantom Of The Opera  
 41 Motley Crue, Red, White & Crue
 42 Joss Stone, Mind Body & Soul  
 43 Jay-Z/Linkin Park, MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents: Collision Course
 44 Lee Ann Womack, There's More Where That Came From
 45 Toby Keith, Greatest Hits 2  2
 46 Various Artists, Disneymania 3: Music Stars Sing Disney ...Their Way!
 47 George Strait, 50 Number Ones  
 48 Queen Latifah, The Dana Owens Album  
 49 Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits  
 50 Norah Jones, Feels Like Home

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
 
 25 Rascal Flatts, Feels Like Today
 

I was in St. Louis for a wedding last month and a high school friend said he had just been to their show and that they are great.  I had never heard of them, are they new country?

[eilo97]

Originally posted by dotdot:
  The show was great.  The set list was fantastic.  Jeff was funny as shit.  Almost as good as last year's performance, if not AS good.  I haven't read the previous page, because I don't want to read Rhett/Sam's ignorant comments, but didn't the scary photo of the face you were supposed to make during "Kingpin" crack anyone up?

it cracked me up!  as did pretty much everything else jeff said :-)