Hot off the heels of their eighth studio album "The Whole Love," Wilco embark on the next leg of their North American tour, which stops at the San Jose Civic on Saturday, January 28 with special guest White Denim.
"The Whole Love" was released through Wilco's newly launched dBpm Records. It follows the band's 2009 Grammy-nominated Wilco (The Album) and was recorded at the band's Chicago recording studio The Loft. "The Whole Love" features 12 new original tunes and is produced by Jeff Tweedy with Patrick Sansone and Tom Schick. For Wilco's upcoming North American tour dates, they have launched the Wilco Fan Video Project, which presents fans with a new way to interact with the concert experience. Using Vimeo, fans film and submit footage of their cities -- footage which may then be projected behind the band on stage. Additionally, fans can take advantage of the popular song request (and dedication) function hosted on the band's website, wilcoworld.net. "The Whole Love" is a veritable sonic stew, showcasing Wilco's far-reaching musical prowess (multiple guitars, keyboards, synthesizers and percussion plus Mellotron, strings, loops and more) perfectly accompanying Jeff Tweedy's provocative and insightful lyrics. "The Whole Love" opens with the seven-minute "Art of Almost" and concludes with the twelve-minute "One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)." In between: 10 adventurous tunes (each clocking in at four minutes or less). Check out Wilco's video for "Born Alone," from The Whole Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTqEB0MyGdY Recorded on their recent Eastern US tour, watch and listen to Wilco's NPR Tiny Desk Concert, posted October 17 by NPR Music: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/13/141331825/wilco-tiny-desk-concert Wilco are Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Glenn Kotche, Nels Cline, Patrick Sansone, Mikael Jorgensen. The Warfield on January 29, Fox Theater, Oakland on January 31 and Mondavi Center for the Arts - UC Davis on February 1. |
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