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Article: NEW RELEASES
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 26, 2009
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WILCO (THE ALBUM) Wilco Nonesuch *****
With the magnificent Wilco (the album), Wilco (the band) reach
the point that REM were at around the time of Automatic for the
People: a group at the peak of its powers, offering hope and
consolation in the face of growing discord, and an undimmed faith in
the transformative power of rock'n'roll. It's an album in the
classic sense of The Band and Nevermind, beautifully conceived to
reflect misgivings about its changing era, and executed with the
kind of intelligence that can fool one into thinking it's
instinctive.
It's not, of course: the blend of genial welcome and spiky
antagonism effected by the way the trenchant rock-guitar riff of
"Wilco (The ...