I haven’t done a proper introduction yet. Oh well no biggie.
Album Of The Month (AOTM) is exactly as it sounds. Each month I’ll choose an album and do a small commentary about it. A blog post once a month is not much to ask. If my blog is only displaying the AOTM entries, then I’m doing the bare minimum.
While I attempt to maintain a certain level of anonymity (not much), posting music picks is more on the personal side of the blog. It might be dismal or it might be fun, I dunno. I expect the albums mentioned will be those I am listening to the most. Which leads us to…
Wilco
Sky Blue Sky
Firstly I’m biased. It’s been a Wilco month for me. I saw them play twice in my home town, both nights were awesome. They played a lot of the new songs and they play so so well live. Not to mention I briefly spoke to Jeff Tweedy and got a poster signed. There’s a lot of feeling in this album it’s, um.. beautiful. It’s fun too, a lot of Wilco in short to medium length songs with brilliant change ups. Rocking toe tappers and heart string pullers, all at once.
For some reason I want to encourage Pink Floyd fans to try this album. That does neither band justice. I am not saying they are anything alike. There’s something in the music this time around. I don’t know enough about music to explain it. I’m just going leave it at that. Ner ner.
Wilco have a top notch community / network / scene going on. All the web stuff they do (shows, downloads, etc) is a tiny piece of Wilco. It’s not some throw away web crap. They humble their fans with top notch performances and material, new listeners are blown away everyday.
Go buy Sky Blue Sky it’s a decent record.
If you want to try before you buy, have a listen at WilcoWorld.net. Wilco are taper friendly, so if you want to hear some homebrew live recordings try bt.etree.org or others.