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Dec 23, 2023

Here we go again, racing to December’s finish line, eager to put another chaotic year in the rearview and nervous about what the next 12 months have in store for us. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Eaves Wilder, Blonde Redhead, Cherry Glazerr, Lala Lala, and More

Plus Wilco, The Joy Formidable, Peter Gabriel, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 29, 2023

Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Marc Abbott, Mark Moody, Matt the Raven, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphires all helped me decide what should make the list and we settled on a Top 10. More

Sep 29, 2023

Wilco have released a new album, Cousin, today via dBpm. Now that it’s out, you can stream the whole thing here. You can also read our review of the album. More

11 Best Songs of the Week: IAN SWEET, Yumi Zouma, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, Vagabon, and More

Plus Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee, Steven Wilson, The Big Moon, Wild Nothing, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 15, 2023

Welcome to the 29th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week’s selections come from artists hailing from across the globe: New Zealand, England, Finland, Israel, and of course America. More

Wilco Share Lyric Video for New Song “Cousin”

Cousin Due Out September 29 via dBpm

Sep 14, 2023

Wilco are releasing a new Cate Le Bon-produced album, Cousin, on September 29 via dBpm. Now they have shared its second single, title track “Cousin,” via a lyric video. More

Aug 01, 2023

Chicago alternative folk rockers, Wilco, have announced the release of their new Cate Le Bon produced album, Cousin, and shared its lead single, “Evicted.” More

Wilco Announce New Fall U.S Tour Dates

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy to Perform Solo As Well

Jun 06, 2023

Prominent Chicago alternative rockers, Wilco, have announced new fall 2023 tour dates for their North Americans leg of touring. Jeff Tweedy is also set to embark on a solo tour during the summer of 2024. More

Wilco Announce New Spring 2023 U.S. Tour Dates

Cruel Country Out Now via dBpm and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Deluxe Version Out Now via Nonesuch

Jan 17, 2023

Wilco have announced some new spring 2023 U.S. tour dates. They include some April shows in the South. More

Nov 15, 2022

The nominations for the 2023 Grammy Awards have been announced. Under the Radar favorites Wet Leg got five nominations, including for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album. Other artists we cover to get nominations include Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Björk, Spoon, The War on Drugs, Wilco, Big Thief, Arctic Monkeys, IDLES, Beck, Spiritualized, The Black Keys, and more. More

Wilco Announce Reykjavik Residency, Share Live Version of “Ashes of American Flags”

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Deluxe Version Due Out September 30 via Nonesuch

Aug 10, 2022

Wilco have announced a residency at Eldborg Hall at Harpa in Reykjavik, Iceland, which will take place from Thursday, April 6 to Saturday, April 8, 2023. Tickets will go on sale starting on August 30 at noon CST. The band have also shared a live 2001 WXRT Recording of “Ashes of American Flags,” from their 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. More

Wilco Share Early Version of “Kamera” From New “Yankee Foxtrot Hotel” Reissue

Reissue Due Out September 16 via Nonesuch and Features 82 Previously Unreleased Tracks

Jun 22, 2022

On September 16, Wilco are releasing a massive 20th anniversary reissue of their 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot that features a whopping 82 previously unreleased tracks, and now they have shared one of those bonus cuts, an alternate early version of “Kamera” the band are calling “Kamera (The Unified Theory of Everything Version).” More

May 10, 2022

Wilco are releasing a new album, Cruel Country, on May 27 via the band’s own dBpm label. Now they have shared the album’s second single, “Tired of Taking It Out on You,” via a video, and announced some new North American tour dates for August, September, and October. More

Apr 28, 2022

Wilco have announced a new album, Cruel Country, and shared its first single, “Falling Apart (Right Now),” via a video for the new song. More

Wilco Announce Massive “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” Reissue, Performed “Poor Places” on “Colbert”

Reissue Due Out September 16 via Nonesuch and Features 82 Previously Unreleased Tracks; Listen to 2002 Live Recording of “Reservations”

Apr 19, 2022

Wilco have announced a massive 20th anniversary reissue of their 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot that features a whopping 82 previously unreleased tracks, including a 2002 live recording of “Reservations,” which they have shared today. Last night they performed the album’s “Poor Places” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. More

Ranked: The 15 Best Wilco Songs to Date

The Best from Chicago’s Best

Apr 11, 2022

Wilco is an institution. “The American Radiohead.” Bigger than Jesus, etc. They would reasonably be one of the first bands inducted into the indie rock hall of fame, were it to exist. And the iconic artwork of their masterful 2001 release Yankee Hotel Foxtrot—featuring the imposing twin towers of Chicago’s Marina City—is recognized by even the vaguest of acquaintances. More

Feb 08, 2022

Wilco have announced a set of live shows in NYC and Chicago to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The New York shows will take place at United Palace and the Chicago shows will be at the Auditorium Theatre. Tickets will go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time. More

Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival Announces 2022 Lineup: Japanese Breakfast, Sylvan Esso, and More

The Festival Will Be Held May 27-29 at MASS MoCA; Also Features Hand Habits, Iceage, and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Among Others

Jan 25, 2022

Wilco have announced the lineup for their upcoming Solid Sound Festival, which is set to take place at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) from May 27-29. The lineup includes Japanese Breakfast, Sylvan Esso, Hand Habits, Iceage, and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, among many others. More

Oct 26, 2021

Wilco have shared covers of two songs by The Beatles, “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Dig a Pony,” both originally from the sessions for their 1970 album Let it Be. The covers are being released as a part of Amazon Music’s month-long [RE]DISCOVER campaign in celebration of the reissue of Let it Be, which came out earlier this month. More

Jeff Tweedy Announces Deluxe Version of “Love Is the King” and New Live Dates

Love Is the King/Live Is the King Due Out December 10 via dBpm

Oct 19, 2021

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has announced a deluxe reissue of his 2020 album Love Is the King. The reissue, titled Love Is the King/Live Is the King, will feature a second disc of live versions of every track on the original album, plus a live cover of Neil Young’s “The Old Country Waltz,” which Tweedy has shared today. It will be out on December 10 via dBpm. More

Jeff Tweedy and TV Priest Each Share New Songs for Sub Pop Singles Club

Tweedy Shares “C’mon America” and “UR-60 Unsent” and TV Priest Shares “All Things”

Oct 11, 2021

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and British post-punk band TV Priest have each shared new songs as part of Sub Pop Singles Club, Vol. 6. Tweedy’s songs are “C’mon America” and “UR-60 Unsent,” whereas TV Priest have shared “All Things,” which is the B-side to “Lifesize,” a new song the band shared in September. More

May 11, 2021

Sleater-Kinney have announced a new album, Path of Wellness, and shared a video for a new song from it, “Worry With You.” Path of Wellness is the first album to be self-produced by the band and the first to be recorded since drummer Janet Weiss left the band in 2019. More

Nov 24, 2020

Last night, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco made an appearance on Late Night with Seth Myers, where he discussed his new album Love Is The King, along with his new book How To Write One Song. Tweedy also performed a track from his new album, “Gwendolyn,” where he was accompanied by his son Spencer Tweedy (drums), James Elkington (guitar), and Liam Kazar (bass). More

Oct 23, 2020

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has released a new solo album, Love Is the King, digitally today via dBpm. Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, today we posted our review of the album. More

Oct 06, 2020

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has shared a video for a new song, “Gwendolyn,” that features many a famous mouth not his own. Tweedy wears a face mask at the start of the video, but when he removes it different well known mouths sing the song over his face, including lips belonging to Jon Hamm, Elvis Costello, Tavi Gevinson, Seth Meyers, Nnamdi, Abbi Jacobson, Alex Winter, Norah Jones, Jeff Garlin, Courtney Barnett, Fred Armisen, Jay Som, Nick Offerman, Robyn Hitchcock, his sons Sammy Tweedy and Spencer Tweedy, and others. More

Sep 15, 2020

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has announced a new solo album, Love Is the King, and shared two songs from it, “Guess Again” and title track “Love Is the King.” Tweedy has also announced a drive-in concert for this Friday, September 18, at McHenry, IL Outdoor Theater. More

Aug 11, 2020

Last year, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy released his widely praised memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back). Now, he’s announced a follow up entitled How to Write One Song, aimed at, well, teaching aspiring musicians how to write a single song. How to Write One Song is due out October 13 via Dutton. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Madeline Kenney, Wilco, Phoebe Bridgers, Deradoorian, and More

Plus Khruangbin, Sad13, Sondre Lerche, Owen Pallett, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

May 22, 2020

Welcome to the nineteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. This week we were quite indecisive about our favorite songs and even polled our readers on Facebook and Twitter, which helped a little. More

Wilco Share New Song “Tell Your Friends” and Performed it on “Stephen Colbert”

All Proceeds Will Go to World Central Kitchen; Jeff Tweedy Also Performed “Jesus, Etc.”

May 21, 2020

Last night, Wilco performed their uplifting new single “Tell Your Friends” for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The purchases of the song, which is exclusively on Bandcamp, will go to World Central Kitchen, an organization who provides meals in the wake of natural disasters. More

Watch Jeff Tweedy Cover John Prine’s “Please Don’t Bury Me”

Tweedy Pays Tribute to the Passing of the Iconic Country Singer/Songwriter

Apr 09, 2020

Jeff Tweedy of Wilco has covered John Prine’s seemingly irreverent tune “Please Don’t Bury Me” in an Instagram Live video. This past Tuesday, April 7, Prine, a Grammy Award-winning folk music composer and performer, died at age 73 of complications from COVID-19. More

Apr 03, 2020

Gospel singer Mavis Staples, of the beloved soul group The Staple Singers, has shared a new song, “All In It Together,” that is produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, who also features on the track. More

Mar 31, 2020

Wilco was scheduled to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, but late night TV shows are improvising these days due to the COVID-19 quarantine. So Kimmel is doing his show from home and since Wilco have put touring on hold, instead frontman Jeff Tweedy did a performance from his home, in particular his bathroom, aided by his sons Spencer and Sammy. More

Mar 10, 2020

Wilco and Sleater-Kinney have announced some co-headlining tour dates. The bands have also shared a tour announcement video. More

Wilco on “Ode to Joy”

Simple and Brutal

Dec 18, 2019

Eleven albums into their career, Chicago’s Wilco has been labeled everything from “alt-country heroes’’ to “the American Radiohead” to “sellouts” for licensing songs to VW commercials. More

Nov 19, 2019

Wilco released a new album, Ode to Joy, last month via the band’s own dBpm label. Now they have shared a video for the album’s “Before Us” and announced some new 2020 tour dates. More

Nov 05, 2019

Wilco released a new album, Ode to Joy, last month via the band’s own dBpm label. Last night they stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to perform the album’s “Love Is Everywhere (Beware).” More

Oct 14, 2019

Wilco released a new album, Ode to Joy, earlier this month via the band’s own dBpm label. Last night they live-streamed their show at Brooklyn Steel in New York and you can watch archived video for the entire two-hour-plus concert here. More

Album of the Week: Angel Olsen

Plus Stream the New Albums from DIIV, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Wilco, Chromatics, that dog., Lightning Dust, and Danny Brown

Oct 04, 2019

Angel Olsen released a new album, All Mirrors, today via Jagjaguwar and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album here. Also here are streams of other notable albums released today: DIIV, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Wilco, Chromatics, that dog., Lightning Dust, and Danny Brown. More

Wilco – Stream the New Album and Read Our Review of It

Ode to Joy Out Now via dBpm (Read Our Interview with Wilco in Our New Print Issue)

Oct 04, 2019

Wilco have released a new album, Ode to Joy, today via the band’s own dBpm label. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. You can also read our review of it. More

Oct 01, 2019

Wilco are releasing a new album, Ode to Joy, on this Friday via the band’s own dBpm label. Last night they stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform the album’s “Everyone Hides.” More

Under the Radar Announces My Favorite Album Issue with Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney Covers

Issue 66 Features Musicians and Actors on Their All-Time Favorite Albums, including Tegan and Sara, Wilco, Weyes Blood, Sigur Rós, Fred Armisen, Topher Grace, Jay Baruchel, Low, and more

Sep 27, 2019

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

11 Best Songs of the Week: DIIV, Field Music, Wilco, Soccer Mommy, and More

Plus Brittany Howard, Julien Chang, Georgia, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 20, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We’ve got a Top 11 this week, we couldn’t quite narrow it down to a Top 10. And #1 could’ve very easily been any of the Top 3. More

Sep 17, 2019

Wilco are releasing a new album, Ode to Joy, on October 4 via the band’s own dBpm label. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Everyone Hides,” in which the band play an elaborate game of hide and seek. More

Cate Le Bon Covers Wilco’s “Company In My Back”

From Uncut Magazine’s Wilco Covered Compilation

Sep 13, 2019

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has covered Wilco‘s “Company In My Back,” a song from their 2004 album A Ghost Is Born. The cover is taken from a new compilation of Wilco covers fittingly entitled Wilco Covered that is being put out with the November issue of the British music magazine Uncut. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Whitney, Charli XCX, Twin Peaks, Little Scream, and More

Plus Ezra Furman, Luke Temple, Wilco, Squid, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Jul 19, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were a slew of solid tracks to choose from this week, making it extra hard to narrow the list down. Hence there are a whopping 11 honorable mentions. But we had some self-control and kept the main list to a Top 10. More

Jul 16, 2019

Wilco have announced a new album, Ode to Joy, and shared its first single, “Love Is Everywhere (Beware).” More

Wilco Announce New November U.S. Tour Dates

Tickets Go on Sale Next Tuesday

Jun 27, 2019

Wilco have announced some new November U.S. tour dates, on top of some previously announced fall dates. They include 14 new dates, including new shows in Charlottesville, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Louisville, Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, and elsewhere. More

Jun 05, 2019

Wilco have announced some new fall tour dates. The October dates include a show at New York City’s famed Radio City Music Hall, as well as concerts in Austin; Boston; Washington, DC; Nashville; Toronto; and elsewhere. More

Nick Hornby, Dave Eggers, and Michael Chabon Auction Setlists by R.E.M., Mitski, Wilco, and More

Setlists for Young Voices Also Features Janelle Monáe, Sigur Rós, Better Oblivion Community Center, and Others

Apr 22, 2019

Acclaimed best selling authors Nick Hornby, Dave Eggers, and Michael Chabon have teamed up for the new charity project Setlists for Young Voices, where they are auctioning autographed setlists by R.E.M., Mitski, Wilco, Janelle Monáe, Sigur Rós, Better Oblivion Community Center, Death Cab for Cutie, Jim James, Patti Smith, More

Jeff Tweedy Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song “Family Ghost”

WARMER Due Out April 13 via dBpm as a Record Store Day Exclusive

Apr 08, 2019

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy released a new solo album, WARM, last November via dBpm. Now he has announced a new companion album WARMER, and shared a video for its first single, “Family Ghost.” More

Nov 27, 2018

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy is releasing new solo album, WARM, this Friday (November 30) via dBpm. Previously he shared a video for its first single, “Some Birds” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now he has shared another song from the album, “I Know What It’s Like,” via a Mark Greenberg-directed video for the track. More

Sep 24, 2018

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has announced a new solo album, WARM, and shared a video for its first single, “Some Birds.” WARM is due out November 30 via dBpm. Sam Henrikson directed the “Some Birds” video, which features Tweedy watching himself get a haircut. More

Nov 14, 2017

Soul legend and civil rights activist Mavis Staples is releasing a new album, If All I Was Was Black, this Friday via ANTI-. Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy produced If All I Was Was Black and also guests on one song, “Ain’t No Doubt About It,” and now Staples has shared the song. It’s a pleasing duet between Staples and Tweedy. More

Wilco Share Previously Unreleased Song “Dynamite My Soul”

A.M. and Being There Reissues Due Out December 1 via Rhino

Nov 09, 2017

Wilco are reissuing their first two albums, 1995’s A.M. and 1996’s Being There, on December 1 via Rhino. They include demos, alternate versions, and outtakes. Now Wilco have shared one of those bonus tracks, the previously unreleased “Dynamite My Soul,” which is found on the Being There reissue. More

Nov 08, 2017

Soul legend and civil rights activist Mavis Staples is releasing a new album, If All I Was Was Black, on November 17 via ANTI-. Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy produced If All I Was Was Black and also guests on one song. Last night Staples stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform “Build a Bridge,” Tweedy on guitar and backing vocals. More

Wilco Share Previously Unreleased Song “Myrna Lee”

A.M. and Being There Reissues Due Out December 1 via Rhino

Nov 03, 2017

Wilco are reissuing their first two albums, 1995’s A.M. and 1996’s Being There, on December 1 via Rhino. They include demos, alternate versions, and outtakes. Now Wilco have shared one of those bonus tracks, “Myrna Lee.” More

Watch Wilco Cover Tom Petty’s “The Waiting”

From Petty’s 1981 Album Hard Promises

Oct 04, 2017

Tom Petty, the singer/songwriter/guitarist who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with his band as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died Monday night after suffering cardiac arrest Sunday night in his home in Malibu, Los Angeles. He was 66. At Wilco‘s concert at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas last night they did a spirited cover of Petty’s “The Waiting,” found on his 1981 album Hard Promises. More

Sep 11, 2017

Soul legend and civil rights activist Mavis Staples has announced a new album, If All I Was Was Black, and shared its title track. If All I Was Was Black was produced by Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy, who also guests on one song. More

Soundtracking the Resistance - Fascists in America

Examining Trump's Response to the White Supremacist Rally and Violence in Charlottesville, Virginia

Aug 18, 2017

With the President outdoing himself in a bid to appear like a terrible human being, there’s only really one thing to talk about this week. Still, read on and you might find a few positive developments outside his Charlottesville debacle. More

Wilco Release New Song “All Lives, You Say?” to Benefit Southern Poverty Law Center

Shared in Honor of Jeff Tweedy’s Late Father, Perhaps in Response to Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally

Aug 14, 2017

Wilco have released a brand new song, “All Lives, You Say?,” to their Bandcamp page. Its release is perhaps timed in response to the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, this past weekend in which three were killed (including 32-year-old anti-racism protestor Heather Heyer, when a car purposefully sped into a crowd of protestors). More

Jun 21, 2017

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy is releasing a new solo album, Together At Last, this Friday June 23 via dBpm. It’s a solo acoustic album that features new versions of songs by Wilco as well as Tweedy’s side-projects Loose Fur and Golden Smog. More

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy Announces Solo Acoustic Album Featuring Covers of His Past Work

Together At Last Due Out June 23 via dBpm; Listen to New Version of Loose Fur's "Laminated Cat"

Apr 13, 2017

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has announced a new solo album, Together At Last, which is due out June 23 via dBpm. It’s a solo acoustic album that features new versions of songs by Wilco as well as Tweedy’s side-projects Loose Fur and Golden Smog. More

Mar 30, 2017

Wilco released a new album, Schmilco, back in September via dBpm. Now they have announced some June tour dates and confirmed the full lineup for their Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, MA on June 23 - 25. More

Feb 08, 2017

The Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival has announced its 2017 lineup. The festival is put together by Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and The National‘s Aaron Dessner. This is the third year and it goes down June 16-17 in Eau Claire, WI (a shift from the last two festivals, which were in August). More

Wilco Announce 2017 Tour Dates

Schmilco Out Now via dBpm

Nov 28, 2016

Wilco released a new album, Schmilco, back in September via dBpm. Now they have announced some more 2017 tour dates. More

Oct 27, 2016

Wilco released a new album, Schmilco, last month via dBpm. Now they have shared a video for “Someone to Lose.” Joseph Baughman directed the claymation clip. A press release says it “follows the tumultuous journey of a captive bride, a chivalrous groom and an enigmatic monster on an eventful wedding day.” More

Sep 22, 2016

Wilco released a new album, Schmilco, earlier this month via dBpm. Last night the band stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform “Someone to Lose,” with fellow guest Ethan Hawke helping to introduce the band. More

Listen: Wilco – “Someone to Lose”

Schmilco Due Out September 9 via dBpm

Aug 29, 2016

Wilco are releasing a new album, Schmilco, on September 9 via dBpm. Now they have shared another song from it, “Someone to Lose.” More

Jul 19, 2016

Wilco surprise-released a free album, Star Wars, on July 16 last year. To celebrate its one-year anniversary last week the band has shared a brand new song, “Locator.” More

Jul 14, 2016

Wilco surprise-released a free album, Star Wars, on July 16 last year. To celebrate its one-year anniversary the band has shared a brand new song, “Locator.” It’s a free download if you go to Wilco’s website and give them your email address. More

Watch: Courtney Barnett Shares “Elevator Operator” Video Featuring Jeff Tweedy and Sleater-Kinney

Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Out Now via Mom + Pop

Jul 06, 2016

Last year Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Courtney Barnett released her debut full-length album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, via Mom + Pop and landed at #6 on Under the Radar‘s Top 100 Albums of 2015 list. Now she has shared a video for “Elevator Operator,” which fittingly features Barnett as an elevator operator and features some cool cameos. More

Apr 27, 2016

Wilco have announced some more tour dates. The June and August dates will include support from Kurt Vile and The Violators, Angel Olsen, William Tyler, Lucinda Williams, and Richard Tyler, depending on the show. More

Watch Wilco Perform a “Tiny Desk Concert” for NPR

Band Does Three Old Songs and One from Their Latest Album, Star Wars

Feb 23, 2016

Wilco stopped by NPR’s offices to perform a Tiny Desk Concert. For the uninitiated, Tiny Desk Concerts are stripped down sets recorded at the desk of Bob Boilen, the host NPR’s All Songs Considered. Watch below as the band performs four songs, three older tracks and one from the band’s most recent album, Star Wars, which they released for free last year. More

Feb 08, 2016

The Harlem Globetrotters showed up at the offices of the A.V. Club and did some basketball tricks for the staff. Tweedy (aka Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer) were about to embark on a cover of Adele’s “Hello” for A.V. Club’s Undercover series when the Globetrotters crashed their session. More

Grammy Nominations: Kendrick Lamar, Mark Ronson, Tame Impala, Wolf Alice, Courtney Barnett, etc.

Plus Florence and the Machine, The Weeknd, Father John Misty, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Björk, and More

Dec 07, 2015

This morning nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards were announced, with the ceremony to go down on February 15, 2016. Kendrick Lamar is nominated 11 times. Other nominees include Mark Ronson, Tame Impala, Wolf Alice, Courtney Barnett, Florence and the Machine, The Weeknd, Caribou, Jamie xx, Alabama Shakes, Death Cab for Cutie, The Dead Weather, and more. More

Check Out Photos of Wilco at CityFolk Festival

Last Night in Ottawa, Canada

Sep 21, 2015

Last night Wilco headlined CityFolk in Ottawa, Canada. More

Jul 21, 2015

Last weekend, Chicago hosted the annual Pitchfork Festival. Check out Annie Lesser’s shots from day one, featuring Natalie Prass, Jessica Pratt, ILOVEMAKONNEN, CHVRCHES,Mac Demarco, Tobias Jesso Jr, Panda Bear, Steve Gunn, Iceage, and Wilco. More

Wilco Announces New Tour Dates; Jenny Lewis and Speedy Ortiz to Support Select Shows

New Album Star Wars Still Available as a Free Download

Jul 20, 2015

Fresh from releasing a surprise free album last Thursday, Wilco have announced a slew of new tour dates. They run from the beginning of August to the end of September. Support on select dates will come from Jenny Lewis, Speedy Oritz, Vetiver, and William Tyler. More

Jul 16, 2015

Surprise! Wilco has released a new album out of nowhere. What’s more, it’s a free download for a limited time, is entitled Star Wars, and features a cat on the cover. More

Wilco Release Documentary, Share Live Cover of Pavement’s “Cut Your Hair”

Every Other Summer Available Now via Vimeo on Demand

Jun 19, 2015

Wilco has released a documentary entitled Every Other Summer. It chronicles the band’s Solid Sound Festival as MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA, which is held every other summer. More

Watch: Wilco on “The Tonight Show”

Perform "A Magazine Called Sunset" and "Cars Can't Escape," Jeff Tweedy Plays Charades

Oct 28, 2014

Promoting the forthcoming release of their their rarities collection Alpha Mike Foxtrot and best of compilation What’s Your 20 next month, Wilco were welcomed as the musical guest on The Tonight Show last night. More

Oct 27, 2014

Over the weekend Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer, a.k.a. Tweedy, became the latest act featured on this season’s Austin City Limits. More

Wilco Detail Rarities Box Set, Best of Compilation

Also Announce Chicago Residency

Oct 14, 2014

A few months back, to coincide with the band’s twentieth anniversary, Wilco announced the release of a rarities box set and best of compilation. Today the full details of the releases have been provided. More

Watch: Tweedy - “Low Key” Video

Door-to-Door Salesmen

Sep 26, 2014

Familial duo Tweedy have premiered a brand new music video featuring their Sukierae single “Low Key.” More

Watch: Tweedy on “The Colbert Report”

Perform "Low Key" and "World Away"

Sep 23, 2014

Last night Tweedy, the musical project of Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer, were welcomed as the musical guest on The Colbert Report. More

Sep 15, 2014

Next week Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer will release Sukierae, the debut album of their familial music project, Tweedy. More

Sep 02, 2014

In honor of their 20th year as a band, Wilco will be hitting the road this fall for a quick string of U.S. shows. The milestone will also be celebrated via a best of compilation and rarities box set, the details of which are forthcoming. More

Listen: Tweedy – “I’ll Sing It”

Sukierae is out Sept. 23 on dBpm

Jun 05, 2014

Because it isn’t just enough to be the man behind Wilco, Jeff Tweedy announced today that he’s starting a new band with his 18-year-old drumming son Spencer. More

May 19, 2014

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has announced his intent to embark on a series of solo performances this summer. More

Watch: Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy on “Parks and Recreation”

Asked To Reunite His Fictional Band Land Ho!

Apr 11, 2014

Last night Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy made a guest appearance on Parks and Recreation, starring as the former frontman of a popular Pawnee band called Land Ho! that is all too relunctant to get the band back together for Miss Leslie Knope’s hopeful Pawnee-Eagleton Unity Concert. More

Apr 08, 2013

Gospel/soul artist Mavis Staples has announced the release of her newest studio effort, One True Vine. More

Dec 14, 2012

Last night Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report closed out their broadcast year with a heavyweight holiday performance by Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Sean Lennon, and the Harlem Gosepl Choir. More

Watch: Wilco - New Animated Video for “Sunloathe”

New Video from 2011 Album The Whole Love

Sep 19, 2012

Wilco has released a video for the song “Sunloathe” from their album The Whole Love, released one year ago next week. The video, directed by Peter Glantz, features animation from illustrator Nathaniel Murphy. Murphy also provided artwork for the band’s 2007 album Sky Blue Sky. More

Ranked: Wilco

Wilco's Albums from Most to Least Essential

Sep 13, 2012

Ranked is our regular series in which one of our writers takes an artist’s catalogue and ranks all of their official studio albums from best to worst. The order is decided by the individual writer, rather than our editors. This time Dan Lucas ranks Wilco. More

Watch: Wilco Performs on “Fallon”

“Art of Almost”/ “Laminated Cat”

Jul 26, 2012

Last night, Wilco stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. More

Jul 23, 2012

Last week, legendary folk troubadour Woody Guthrie would have turned 100, in honor of the of the occasion, current folk notables Andrew Bird and Wilco took up his mantle. More

Jun 05, 2012

Wilco have have surprised fans this morning with the release of two very unique digital releases. More

Wilco Extend Tour

New Dates Added

Apr 30, 2012

On the road behind their latest album The Whole Love, Wilco have announced a number of new stops on their already jam-packed itinerary. More

Watch: Wilco - “Dawned On Me” Video

Featuring Popeye, Bluto, and Olive Oyl

Jan 25, 2012

Over the weekend Wilco were treated with the unexpected, but no less awesome honor of appearing in the Sunday edition strip of “Popeye,” which featured Jeff Tweedy and the band arriving in a Wilco-named boat to deliver Wilco-brand spinach to the masses of the iconic strip. More

Watch: Wilco Perform on “Conan”

Play "Whole Love" and "Dawned on Me"

Jan 24, 2012

As previously reported, Wilco is releasing an exclusive, eight-song iTunes session today that was recorded few days before the band’s sold-out “Incredible Shrinking Tour of Chicago” last year. More

Jan 17, 2012

On Jan. 24 iTunes will be releasing an exclusive recording session with Wilco. More



Interviews

Wilco on “Ode to Joy”

Simple and Brutal

Dec 18, 2019

Eleven albums into their career, Chicago’s Wilco has been labeled everything from “alt-country heroes’’ to “the American Radiohead” to “sellouts” for licensing songs to VW commercials. More

May 20, 2016

The last time Courtney Barnett and Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy saw one another face-to-face was at the November 2014 Crossing Border Festival in the Netherlands city of Den Haag. More


Reviews

Sep 28, 2023

Following up on last year’s countrified masterwork Cruel Country, Chicago’s finest return with their first album since 2007’s Sky Blue Sky to be guided by an outside producer. More

Sep 26, 2023

Under the Radar went to Larmer Tree Gardens for the 2023 edition of End Of The Road Festival and photographed a wealth of incredible performances! More

Apr 25, 2023

Under the Radar went to High Water Festival earlier this month and had a whale of a time. More

Nov 15, 2022

What’s left to say about Wilco’s fourth and finest album on its 20th anniversary? That it’s one of the key albums in modern music is a given. That its making was tumultuous and release a tortured process are facts well enough known. More

Oct 03, 2019

Considering the cryptic nature of now-legendary Chicago band Wilco and the enigmatic charm of its leader Jeff Tweedy, Ode to Joy may at first seem an overt kind of title—a rage against the dying of the light; a reminder, in a time of sorrow, that there is indeed goodness and happiness in the world. More

Sep 15, 2016

Following hot on the heels of last year’s Beyoncé and Radiohead style surprise release Star Wars is this oddly-named follow-up, perhaps a direct nod to Harry Nilsson’s similarly titled Nilsson Schmilsson. More

Jul 23, 2015

How we all love a surprise. Especially when the surprise arrives as the happy continuation of Wilco‘s remarkable run of albums which now stretches back over 20 years (and even further if we consider Jeff Tweedy’s earlier Uncle Tupelo output). More

Sep 26, 2011

The latest Wilco album further drives home the fact that, while there would be no Wilco without leading light Jeff Tweedy, the group is hardly Tweedy-plus-accompanists. The Whole Love, their first on the band’s own dBpm imprint, is a record performed by a bunch of players who are utterly comfortable in the collective skin that they shed on a regular basis. More