Solid Sound Fest – More Videos

Some more sights and sounds from Solid Sound to brighten your (probably) dreary day.

Still jacked from Wilco’s set at the Fuji Rock fest? Still pissed that Wilco’s tour is a month (or more) away? Hopefully more excellent videos from Solid Sound Fest will help even you out, you roid-raged freak.

These are some outstanding videos by “Kaussie” (check out his awesome website at kiakaha.net), filmed at this year’s Solid Sound Fest.

Note: some are repeats from the earlier Solid Sound Fest post, but are of better quality.

Wilco – Handshake Drugs

Wilco – Spiders (Kidsmoke)

Wilco w/Neil Finn - I Got You (Split Enz cover)

Autumn Defense – Paradise

Liam Finn – (No name, but I’m calling it ‘Go, You Crazy Sum’bitch, Go!’)

Wilco – Walken

Wilco – I Love My Label (New!)

Liam Finn w/Glenn Kotche – Second Chance

Autumn Defense – We Would Never Die

JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound w/Jeff Tweedy - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart Pt.1

JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound w/Jeff Tweedy – I Am Trying To Break Your Heart Pt.2

Wilco w/Liam Finn – You Never Know

Autumn Defense – Every Day

Pajama Club w/Glenn Kotche – Little By Little

Levon Helm Band w/Wilco – I Shall Be Released

For more incredible Solid Sound Fest footage, check out Kia Kaha’s Vimeo page here.

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Sights, Sounds and More from Solid Sound Fest 2011

Solid Sound Fest ended June 26th, but that shouldn't stop us from living vicariously through videos & photos. Also, look at that bird! It's playing the guitar! How 'bout that!

While you’re registering for presales and waiting for tickets to go on sale for Wilco’s fall tour (or loudly sobbing in your shower wearing nothing but a pair of cutoff jeans because the tickets you wanted sold out; I know I am),  why not take a gander at some of these photos and videos from 2011′s Solid Sound Festival, featuring performances from cream-of-the-crop artists from around the music, art and comedy worlds? Yeah, that was a long sentence. Yes, it’s right. No, don’t spell check it.

Here’s a few more videos of performances from Solid Sound Fest, for your listening (and watching) pleasure:

Jeff Tweedy – Sunken Treasure

Wilco – Can’t Stand It

Liam Finn – Better To Be

Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth) – July (?)

Wilco Feat. Liam Finn – You Never Know

Jamie Lidell – The Ring

Nels Cline & Thurston Moore - Pillow Wand

Wilco - Reservations (particularly beautiful version)

Glenn Kotche and Nels Cline - The inGLENNtions (some crazy community xylophonin’ goin’ on)

John Hodgeman and Eugene Mirman – Hug (featuring reluctant dude)

Wilco – Radio Cure (incredibly awesome: the PA cuts out, and the audience finishes the song)

Photos courtesy of Joshua Sarner of Prefix Magazine and Kate Farrar of TriStateIndie.com

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Also, here’s a great inside look at the sights and sounds of this year’s Solid Sound Festival (from TheAtlantic.com) :

For other fantastic photos and recaps of Solid Sound Fest check out:

jsarnerphoto.com

WriterJax.net

Prefixmag.com

Tristateindie.com

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Despite Rain, Wilco’s Solid Sound Fest a Success!

The Solid Sound Festival ran from June 24-26

As you may already know, the second annual Solid Sound Festival, a 3-day festival showcasing Music, Art, Comedy and Community, was held last weekend in North Adams Massachusetts. Wilco, The Levon Helm Band, The Autumn Defense, Morgan Murphy, Wyatt Cenac and Eugene Mirman were among the slew of  performers from the music, comedy and art worlds. Reviews of the fest were  generally great, despite a few instances of rain, which, one could argue, made the sets all the more bad-ass. Below are some videos from the fest, including one of Wilco playing “The Weight” with The Levon Helm Band. Yes, it’s as awesome as you imagined it to be.

Wilco – California Stars (Shot from afar, has a Funny People quality to it)

Wilco – Passenger Side

Wilco & The Levon Helm Band – I Shall Be Released

Wilco – Misunderstood (Short, in the rain, sing-a-long, awesome)

Wilco – The Late Greats

Wilco – At Least That’s What You Said

Liam Finn with Glenn Kotche of Wilco – Second Chance

Wilco – Can’t Stand It

Wilco – Jesus, Etc. (Sing along, why don’tcha?)

Wilco & The Levon Helm Band – The Weight

Wilco – Monday / Outtasite (Outta Mind) (Don’t watch if you weren’t there; you’ll get very jealous)

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Wilco Reveals Details on New Album, US Tour

The Whole Love, Wilco's latest, releases September 27th

After the wildly successful  Solid Sound Festival, Wilco has revealed details on its latest record, the band’s eighth.  The album is titled The Whole Love, and is set to release  Sept. 27 on Wilco’s very own dBpm Records label. Made up of 12 songs, The Whole Love was recorded in the band’s Chicago loft,  produced by front-man Jeff Tweedy, multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone, and Tom Schick, producer of Mavis Staples’s latest You Are Not Alone. The first single, “I Might,” which you may have heard on the radio already, was released last weekend at Solid Sound Fest on clear 7-inch vinyl, and will be available in record stores July 19th.

Wilco – I Might

The Whole Love Tracklist

1 Art of Almost
2 I Might
3 Sunloathe
4 Dawned on Me
5 Black Moon
6 Born Alone
7 Open Mind
8 Capitol City
9 Standing O
10 Rising Red Lung
11 Whole Love
12 One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend)

Wilco has also announced some dates for their latest North American tour slated for this fall, though more dates are anticipated:

Sept 13 Murat Theatre

Indianapolis, IN
Sept 16 & 17 Massey Hall

Toronto, ONT
Sept 18 Metropolis

Montreal, QC
Sept 20 Wang Theatre

Boston, MA
Sept 22 Central Park Summerstage

New York, NY
Sept 25 Merriweather Post Pavilion

Columbia, MD
Sept 27 Raleigh Amphitheater

Raleigh, NC
Sept 28 & 29 Cobb Performing Arts Ctr

Atlanta, GA
Oct 1 & 2 The Ryman

Nashville, TN
Oct 4 Peabody Opera House

St. Louis, MO
Oct 5 Overture Hall

Madison, WI

Anybody got any ideas for a tour name? I was thinking The Whole Tour. Comment below with any suggestions.

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