{"id":2095,"date":"2015-02-02T14:48:34","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T20:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2015-06-10T15:05:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T20:05:27","slug":"chicago-artist-wilco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=2095","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Artist : Wilco"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wilco<\/b>\u00a0is an American\u00a0alternative rock<\/a>\u00a0band based in\u00a0Chicago<\/a>,\u00a0Illinois<\/a>. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of\u00a0alternative country<\/a>\u00a0group\u00a0Uncle Tupelo<\/a>\u00a0following singer\u00a0Jay Farrar<\/a>‘s departure. Wilco’s lineup changed frequently during its first decade, with only singer\u00a0Jeff Tweedy<\/a>\u00a0and bassist\u00a0John Stirratt<\/a>\u00a0remaining from the original incarnation. Since early 2004, the lineup has been unchanged, consisting of Tweedy, Stirratt, guitarist\u00a0Nels Cline<\/a>, multi-instrumentalist\u00a0Pat Sansone<\/a>, keyboard player\u00a0Mikael Jorgensen<\/a>, and drummer\u00a0Glenn Kotche<\/a>. Wilco has released eight studio albums, a live double album, and four collaborations: three with\u00a0Billy Bragg<\/a>\u00a0and one with\u00a0The Minus 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wilco’s music has been inspired by a wide variety of artists and styles, including\u00a0Bill Fay<\/a>,\u00a0The Beatles<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Television<\/a>, and has in turn influenced music by a number of modern alternative rock acts. The band continued in the alternative country of Uncle Tupelo on its debut album\u00a0A.M.<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(1995), but has since introduced more\u00a0experimental<\/a>\u00a0aspects to their music, including elements of alternative rock and classic pop. Wilco’s musical style has evolved from a 1990s country rock sound to a current “eclectic\u00a0indie rock<\/a>\u00a0collective that touches on many eras and genres.”[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Wilco garnered media attention for its fourth album,\u00a0Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(2002), and the controversy surrounding it. After the recording sessions were complete,\u00a0Reprise Records<\/a>\u00a0rejected the album and dismissed Wilco from the label. As part of a buy-out deal, Reprise gave Wilco the rights to the album for free. After streaming\u00a0Foxtrot<\/i>\u00a0on its website, Wilco sold the album to\u00a0Nonesuch Records<\/a>\u00a0in 2002. Both record labels are subsidiaries of\u00a0Warner Music Group<\/a>, leading one critic to say the album showed “how screwed up the music business is in the early twenty-first century.”[2]<\/a><\/sup>Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<\/i>\u00a0is Wilco’s most successful release to date, selling over 670,000 copies. Wilco won two\u00a0Grammy Awards<\/a>\u00a0for their fifth studio album, 2004’s\u00a0A Ghost Is Born<\/a><\/i>, including\u00a0Best Alternative Music Album<\/a>. Wilco’s most recent studio album,\u00a0The Whole Love<\/a><\/i>, was released on September 27, 2011.<\/p>\n

(source wikipedia)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wilco\u00a0is an American\u00a0alternative rock\u00a0band based in\u00a0Chicago,\u00a0Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of\u00a0alternative country\u00a0group\u00a0Uncle Tupelo\u00a0following singer\u00a0Jay Farrar‘s departure. Wilco’s lineup changed frequently during its first decade, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-loop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}