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WILCO / Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch)
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WILCO / Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch)
THE album title is the first sign Jeff Tweedy's disposition is a little sunnier these days.
It's been a rough few years for Tweedy with a stint in rehab to battle an addiction with painkillers, but the tunesmith is back on solid ground and in a mellow reflective mood. After experimenting with electronic weirdness on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost is Born, Sky Blue Sky is a return to Tweedy's organic acoustic roots and love of melody, with nods ...
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Sky Blue Sky
Monterey County Weekly
; WILCO Sky Blue Sky Nonesuch Back in 1995, Wilco debuted with a modest-but satisfying-country rock album titled A.M. Ever since then, the band, whose only constant members have been songwriter/singer/guitarist Jeff Tweedy and bassist John Stirratt, consistently made adventurous artistic leaps of
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A Parade of Inspiration on Wilco's 'Sky Blue Sky'
NPR Weekend All Things Considered
; ... Chicago his home. To hear a full concert by Wilco, visit npr.org/music. (Soundbite of music) ELLIOTT: For this evening, that's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Debbie Elliott. Copyright 2005 National Public Radio, Inc.. All rights reserved.
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Nary a dark cloud across 'Blue Sky'; Wilco maintains sunny outlook.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(LISTENING STATION)(Sound recording review)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Adam Mazmanian, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Wilco Sky Blue Sky Nonesuch Immediately upon hearing Either Way, the alarmingly saccharine opening track of Wilco's latest album, Sky Blue Sky, I began searching Jeff Tweedy's back catalog for hints of previously undetected sentimentality. The bouncing
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WILCO's GLENN KOTCHE PAINTING THE SKY BLUE SKY
Modern Drummer : MD
; This past winter, the duality of rock drummer/experimental percussionist Glenn Kotche's eclectic career reached an all-time high as he juggled writing/recording sessions for Grammy award-winning rock band Wilco's latest release, Sky Blue Sky, and composing "Anomaly," a seven-movement commission for
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'Blue Sky' Opens Up For Wilco.
Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)
; Byline: Eric R. Danton May 15--Wilco albums for years have been a cumulative journey into alienation. From its country-rock origins in 1994 through A Ghost Is Born a decade later, the Chicago band moved increasingly into avant-rock experimentalism, filling its albums with lacerating bursts of white
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Wilco sizzles in 'Sky Blue' homecoming; Setting perfect, band nearly is too
Chicago Sun-Times
; Bandleader Jeff Tweedy wanted to play someplace special for the first Chicago gig supporting "Sky Blue Sky," Wilco's sixth proper album, and the increasingly rock-friendly Millennium Park proved to be the ideal setting for a memorable homecoming Wednesday night. "This is perfect," Tweedy said,
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WILCO: SKY BLUE SKY
Boise Weekly
; WILCO: SKY BLUE SKY Wilco's latest album marks another turning point for the band. With the arrival of new band members NeIs Cline and Pat Sansone, the band's sound has morphed. Their previous raw, disjointed and fantastically intricate sound has become a more filtered and smoother sound that
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It's a great summer soundtrack, but Wilco's `Sky Blue Sky' doesn't measure up to previous albums.
Knight Ridder/Tribune
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Takeover Panel cloud over Blue Sky offer
The Press
; A deal between the firm bidding for control of Blue Sky Meats NZ and Blue Sky's biggest shareholder is at the heart of the Takeover Panel's interest in the bid. The panel has frozen the offer until it discusses it at a private meeting. Hawkes Bay's Lowe Corporation, whose background is in hides and
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Blue Sky against Lowe offer
The Press
; Another north-south battle has begun in the meat industry. Directors of Southland's Blue Sky Meats yesterday recommended shareholders reject a takeover bid from Lowe Corporation, of Hawkes Bay. The unlisted Blue Sky's plant at Morton Mains made a profit of $4.5 million on sales of $95.5m in its
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