Photos: Wilco @ Pabst Theater, Milwaukee
By Lizz Kannenberg in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 15, 2009 7:00PM
The kingpins of American independent rock shook off the winter cobwebs last night at Milwaukee's stately Pabst Theater, rolling through nearly 2.5 hours of gems from their expansive catalog. It may have taken a couple of songs for Wilco to get their stage legs back, but the night never felt stale. To quote Matthew McConaughey's Wooderson in Dazed and Confused, the band keeps getting older but the songs stay the same age.
If you didn't get a ticket for tonight's second sold out show at the Pabst and you missed 2/5 (can you guess which 2 /5?) of the band and various crew members dressed as encased meats for the sixth inning sausage race at the Brewers' game Monday, you can still be a part of the Wilco experience: According to both Tweedy's stage banter and the band's website, Wilco is looking for fans in "drab winter clothing" to join them in photo shoot for the cover of the new record, out this June, at the Pabst today at 5pm.