http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40249&rws=%2Fwilco%2Fmusic-videos.rssFollowing the 1994 breakup of alt country pioneers Uncle Tupelo, co-founder Jeff Tweedy immediately formed Wilco. Over the next three albums, the band recorded the rootsy <i>A.M.</i>, veered toward the orchestral pop of <i>Being There</i>, and earned a Grammy nomination for <i>Mermaid Avenue</i> (an album of Woody Guthrie lyrics for which the band and Billy Bragg wrote music), before running toward a sunny, West Coast-inspired pop utopia of complex introspection with <i>Summer Teeth</i>. Upon parting ways with founding member Jay Bennett, Wilco independently released (after some wrangling with Warner Bros.) </i>Yankee Hotel Foxtrot</i>. It was with <i>Foxtrot</i> that Wilco succeeded at leaving any alt country vestiges behind, venturing into more moody, dislocated songwriting tangled up inside noise experiments and amputated guitar leads. Wilco's fifth album <i>A Ghost Is Born</i> continued to help the band search for their sound somewhere between sonic gambles and innovative production. Their sixth, <i>Sky Blue Sky</i>, came in the spring of 2007, sounding like a return to simplified guitar pop with sing-along songs that unfold and unleash stormy guitar solos courtesy of Nels Cline. Some songs even hint at a slight return to the band's twangy roots. - Eric SheaIndie/Alternativeen720Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:18:22 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40249&rws=%2Fwilco%2Fmusic-videos.rss Following the 1994 breakup of alt country pioneers Uncle Tupelo, co-founder Jeff Tweedy immediately formed Wilco. Over the next three albums, the band recorded the rootsy <i>A.M.</i>, veered toward the orchestral pop of <i>Being There</i>, and earned a Grammy nomination for <i>Mermaid Avenue</i> (an album of Woody Guthrie lyrics for which the band and Billy Bragg wrote music), before running toward a sunny, West Coast-inspired pop utopia of complex introspection with <i>Summer Teeth</i>. Upon parting ways with founding member Jay Bennett, Wilco independently released (after some wrangling with Warner Bros.) </i>Yankee Hotel Foxtrot</i>. It was with <i>Foxtrot</i> that Wilco succeeded at leaving any alt country vestiges behind, venturing into more moody, dislocated songwriting tangled up inside noise experiments and amputated guitar leads. Wilco's fifth album <i>A Ghost Is Born</i> continued to help the band search for their sound somewhere between sonic gambles and innovative production. Their sixth, <i>Sky Blue Sky</i>, came in the spring of 2007, sounding like a return to simplified guitar pop with sing-along songs that unfold and unleash stormy guitar solos courtesy of Nels Cline. Some songs even hint at a slight return to the band's twangy roots. - Eric Shea