Earlier this fall, Chicago alt-rock heroes Wilco released The Whole Love, the band’s eighth proper LP and their first release since forming their own record label (though ANTI- is distributing it) and it’s already heralded as the band’s best album since 2002’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The band also self-produced the album and there are certain flourishes - dense layers of organ and percussion - that separate the album from previous efforts even as the band continues, overall, to sound like, well, Wilco. more ›

Button up your sweaters and pack a picnic, because Wilco is set to give the Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park a proper inauguration tonight. The skies don’t appear to hold the same nasty storms that plagued the Decemberists’ show there in July, so the full beauty and potential of the space should be on display this evening. Not to mention, it’s freakin’ Wilco. A beautiful Lollapalooza 2006 performance aside, it’s been a while since perhaps... more ›

One of the most revealing things Wilco's leader Jeff Tweedy says on this week's Sound Opinions (airing on WBEZ 8 p.m. tonight, 11 a.m. tomorrow, and available as a podcast after that) is his answer to Greg Kot's question of what stood in the way of Wilco being truly collaborative in the past. Tweedy answers, "Well, I probably stood in the way of that a lot of times, to be completely honest." We've been following... more ›