With Wilco still a few weeks away from jetting in to Scandinavia for some festivals before a too brief flit to Wales (Green Man), London, and Dublin, the genre-bending Chicago six piece have announced another European sortie.

Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
It’s Wilco. You know what you’re gonna get if you have any transitory knowledge of their work. And the band knows it doesn’t have to be different or strange in order to be great.

Wilco – Palacio de Congresos, Spain 01/06/09
“How far would you go to see your favourite band Nicey?” “The end of the earth Smashey.” “Quite literally, mate. Let’s rock” Andrew Dowdall goes on an expedition to catch Wilco showcase their new record in Spain.

New Neil Finn doc features members of Wilco, Radiohead plus Johnny Marr
A documenary about Neil Finn’s recent collaborator friendly 7 Worlds Collide project have surfaced on YouTube!

Stream Wilco (The Album) now!
Wilco have offered up a stream of their new album for you to listen to now!
It’s Wilco (The Album)
Wilco have named their new album, finally, which fits in nicely with the tracklisting… perhaps the band are becoming self-aware??

Wilco come to the UK, release DVD
Wilco have announced a couple of UK dates for the summer, plus have finally got round to releasing their long awaited live DVD.

Richard Swift – Atlantic Ocean
Singer-songwriter, lo-fi champion and sometime electronic experimentalist Richard Swift’s latest melds some of his eclectic interests into a boyuant set.
New Live DVD and Studio album due from Wilco
Our first news story of 2009 and it features one of our favourite bands. Could be a good year… Wilco have announced plans to release a live DVD to proceed a new studio album later in the year.
Introducing: The Buttless Chaps
They’ve been playing in their native Canada for over ten years, but TLOBF thinks it is about time the UK got better acquainted with Vancouver’s The Buttless Chaps.
Neil Finn returns with his friends (from Radiohead & Wilco)
Neil Finn has announced plans to record a studio album along the same lines of 2002′s ‘Seven Worlds Collide’, including guests Radiohead, Wilco and Johnny Marr.
Wilco and Fleet Foxes offer ‘I Shall Be Released’ to US voters
Remember that totally shit hot video of Dylan’s ‘I Shall Be Released’ by Fleet Foxes and Wilco we featured a while ago? Well, it must have proved pretty damn popular – it’s just been announced that the track is now available as a free download.
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