Spring Break
Wilco rocks the Crossroads
Grant Snider
Issue date: 10/22/07 Section: Culture
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"Jesus, Etc.," was a beautiful, sensitive moment, as was "Hesitating Beauty."
But each time Wilco played a song from their new album, my thoughts drifted. They seemed to get a brand new guitar for each song.
The band sure wasn't dressed cohesively. Nels Cline looks like Sting, or maybe the singer from Spoon.
The third guitarist resembles Beck crossed with Brad Pitt dressed as Jesse James. Tweedy seems to be going for a Nashville Skyline-era Dylan.
I couldn't see the keyboard player because he was hidden behind everyone. And is Kotche his kid's den leader?
I refocused my attention as Wilco finished with "I'm the Man Who Loves You," then came back for the obligatory encore.
They closed with the overrated but pleasant "Heavy Metal Drummer." Had I not attended the Old 97's concert at the Crossroads this summer, I would have bolted across the mulched ground to the parking lot.
This time, I anticipated the controversial second encore. Sometimes, playing two encores comes off as cocky. Wilco succeeded in justifying the second encore, playing a thrashing version of "Outtasite," followed by a "Spiders/Kidsmoke" finale.
Fireworks exploded above the stage during the extended jam, echoing the earlier fireworks over the Sprint Center.
Wilco fans applauded a phenomenal show. And somewhere on Interstate 35, a middle-aged woman hummed "Tiny Dancer."
gsnider@unews.com
But each time Wilco played a song from their new album, my thoughts drifted. They seemed to get a brand new guitar for each song.
The band sure wasn't dressed cohesively. Nels Cline looks like Sting, or maybe the singer from Spoon.
The third guitarist resembles Beck crossed with Brad Pitt dressed as Jesse James. Tweedy seems to be going for a Nashville Skyline-era Dylan.
I couldn't see the keyboard player because he was hidden behind everyone. And is Kotche his kid's den leader?
I refocused my attention as Wilco finished with "I'm the Man Who Loves You," then came back for the obligatory encore.
They closed with the overrated but pleasant "Heavy Metal Drummer." Had I not attended the Old 97's concert at the Crossroads this summer, I would have bolted across the mulched ground to the parking lot.
This time, I anticipated the controversial second encore. Sometimes, playing two encores comes off as cocky. Wilco succeeded in justifying the second encore, playing a thrashing version of "Outtasite," followed by a "Spiders/Kidsmoke" finale.
Fireworks exploded above the stage during the extended jam, echoing the earlier fireworks over the Sprint Center.
Wilco fans applauded a phenomenal show. And somewhere on Interstate 35, a middle-aged woman hummed "Tiny Dancer."
gsnider@unews.com
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