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submitted by Nick Jun 23rd 2009 03:01 pm (stereogum.com)
Last night Wilco played the first show in a sold-out three-night run at the Wiltern Theatre, sure to be attended by fans young and old. Whatever your age group, Wilco's playing relentless marathon sets this tour (last night's was over 2 hours, 29 songs with a 10-song encore), apparently calculated to break everyone's curfews -- even the Wiltern's. The band's intro music was the Family Feud theme, Nels melted faces as always, and Jeff happily obliged a fan's request they come back more often by telling him they'd be back tomorrow. Andrew Youssef was in the pit for these pics of the band and opener Jonathan Wilson.This past weekend the folks behind Record Store Day are christening a new holiday for tangible-audio-philes called Vinyl Saturday. Wilco's getting behind the celebration in a major way, releasing a new 7" featuring a song titled "Unlikely Japan," an early version "Impossible Germany." It shares lyrics with the Sky Blue Sky cut, but otherwise this is an entirely distinct rendition -- pulsing, slightly fuzzed and electronic, gorgeously defeated in tone -- much less Steely Dan, much more the arty side of Wilco. You can and should hear that, along with checking last night's setlist and Wilco's upcoming dates right here: Continue reading Wilco @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles 6/22/09...
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