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Absurdus - downloadAlbum: No Heaven In Sight
NewsWilco discuss forthcoming albumAs Wilco prepare to release their sixth studio album, NME.COM caught up with guitarist Nels Cline before they embark on an extensive world tour. 'Blue Sky Blue' -- which is due out on May 14 in the UK and a day later in the US -- harkens back to traditional rock and roll, said Cline, and is more upbeat than some previous Wilco outings. "The songs on this album are more positive and uplifting if not romantic in nature," Cline told NME.COM. "People are used to hearing a lot of imploding angst from Jeff (Tweedy) , but a lot of these songs are love songs to his wife. I think it's also about not collapsing under the weight of one's own psyche." Cline said that the album was recorded at a leisurely pace in the band's Chicago loft studio. "There was no clock to worry about since we were recording in our own space, so we worked at a pretty relaxed pace," the guitarist explained. "We played in a circle without any headphones or barriers between us. We spent time eating and sleeping in the loft. We cooked a lot so I gained some weight!" he laughed. Cline said that the loft experience was so positive that he expects it will be the site of future Wilco recordings. "Jeff upgraded a lot of equipment for this album so we'll probably record there in the future," he said. "I often wonder if you listen to the album closely if you can hear traffic going by because there was no soundproofing," he laughed. The band self-produced the follow-up to 2004's 'A Ghost Is Born' --a process that seemed entirely natural, admitted Cline. "I realized that there was no one directing us, but I didn't realize until reading it in print that it was produced by Wilco," he said. "Jeff is the final arbiter of what happens. But the songs are pretty straightforward--there's not a lot of treatment or artifice involved in what you hear." The band's recent Australian tour dates got the band "back into the groove," Cline said, and helped prepare them for their forthcoming world tour. Cline revealed that he's particularly excited about playing their North American dates with supporting band Low beginning in June. "I'm extremely thrilled to be touring with Low--they're one of my favourite bands of all time," gushed the guitarist. 'Blue Sky Blue' is now streaming in its entirety from Wilco's webpage: Wilcoworld.net. The Who frontman attacks Live Earth gigs The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has slammed the upcoming Live Earth concert as being un-environmental. The concerts being organised by former US vice-president Al Gore, will take place in city's across the globe on July 7 and feature the likes of Madonna and Foo Fighters. However the singer believes the shows are undermining their own aims of raising awareness about climate change. "Bollocks to that! The last thing the planet needs is a rock concert," he told The Sun. "I can't believe it. Let's burn even more fuel. We have problems with global warming, but the questions and the answers are so huge I don't know what a rock concert's ever going to do to help." However The Who man - who claimed the gigs are pointless as most of the planet were aware of global warming issues - did offer a novel solution of his own to the world's environmental woes. "My answer is to burn all the fucking oil as quick as possible and then the politicians will have to find a solution," he declared. The worldwide shows have also being criticised by Live8 organiser Bob Geldof, however Daltrey was also critical of that event, even though his band planed the London leg. "What did we really achieve at Live 8? We got loads of platitudes and no action. Who were we kidding there?" he asked. "At least with (original event) Live Aid, Bob Geldof was willing to work the trenches and they did save a lot of lives. We could see what we achieved at the end of it." |
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