Schmilco

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AlbumSep 06 / 201612 songs, 36m 29s
Indie Rock Alt-Country
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7.0 / 10

Wilco's 10th album is a largely acoustic affair laden with sweet melodies, autumnal production, and childhood memories that stop just short of nostalgic.

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Do you prefer your Wilco wild, wooly, and electric, or soft-spoken and contemplative? The band—perhaps getting a little loopy in its advancing years—has made choosing one side of its personality or the other easy in the last 18 months, first knocking out the noisy, chugging Star Wars and now the downcast, simple Schmil…

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Scmilco presents a formidably expansive and muscular band operating with one hand willingly tied behind its back.

The American rock group offer a loose new album with simple appeal

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Our take on the latest from Jeff Tweedy and Co.

With ‘Schmilco’, Wilco are getting funnier, more surprising and more interesting.

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8 / 10

Over their two-decades-plus run as one of America's most consistently rewarding bands, Wilco have rarely sounded as hushed, as restrained, a...

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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.

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Jeff Tweedy’s songwriting has achieved previously unheard dimensions of clarity and emotionality.

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'Schmilco' by Wilco, album review by Stewart Wiseman. The full-length comes out on September via Anti-Records. Wilco, play tonight in San Francisco, CA.

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