1. Tanlines – Mixed Emotions (True Panther)

2. The Men – Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones)

3. M Ward – A Wasteland Companion (Merge)

4. Emily Wells – Mama (Partisan)

5. Zammuto - Zammuto (Temporary Residence)

6. La Sera – Sees The Light (Hardly Art)

7. Oberhofer – Time Capsules II (Glassnote)

8. Maps and Atlases – Beware and Be Grateful (Barsuk)

9. Vacationer – Gone (Downtown)

10. Zambri – House of Baasa (Kanine)

11. Yppah – Eighty One (Ninja Tune)

12. Motel Beds – Sunfried Dreams/Tango Boys (No More Fake Labels)

13. Bear in Heaven - I Love You, It’s Cool (Hometapes-Dead Oceans)

14. Xiu Xiu – Always (Polyvinyl)

15. Little Barrie – King of the Waves (Tummy Touch)

16. Grimes – Visions (4AD)

17. Coke Weed – Nice Dreams (Self-Released)

18. Trampled By Turtles – Stars and Satellites (Thirty Tigers)

19. Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune (EMI)

20. Lost in the Trees – A Church That Fits Our Needs (Anti)

21. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light (Fat Possum)

22. Yukon Blonde - Tiger Talk (dine alone)

23. Nite Jewel – One Second of Love (Secretly Canadian)

24. Chairlift – Something (Columbia)

25. Hunx – Hairdresser Blues (Hardly Art)

26. Trust – TRST (Arts and Crafts)

27. Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit (Rounder)

28. Young Prisms - In Between (Kanine)

29. Black Dice – Mr. Impossible (Ribbon)

30. Evan Voytas – Feel Me (Dovecote)

1. The Men – Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones)

2. Little Barrie – King of the Waves (Tummy Touch)

3. Bahamas – Barchords (Brushfire)

4. Zammuto – Zammuto (Temporary Residence)

5. High Highs - High Highs (Rocket)

6. La Sera – Sees the Light (Hardly Art)

7. Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself (Mom and Pop)

8. Islands – A Sleep and A Forgetting (Anti)

9. Tanlines – Mixed Emotions (True Panther)

10. Oberhofer – Time Capsules II (Glassnote)

11. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp (Jagjaguwar)

12. Dr. Dog - Be The Void (Anti)

13. Yppah – Eighty One (Ninja Tune)

14. Daughter - The Wild Youth [EP] (Glassnote)

15. Bear in Heaven - I Love You, It’s Cool (Hometapes-Dead Oceans)

16. Tops – Tender Opposites (Arbutus)

17. Bowerbirds – The Clearing (Dead Oceans)

18. Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune (EMI)

19. Porcelain Raft – Strange Weekend (Secretly Canadian)

20. Hunx – Hairdresser Blues (Hardly Art)

21. Grimes – Visions (4AD)

22. Nite Jewel – One Second of Love (Secretly Canadian)

23. Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It (Matador)

24. Trust – TRST (Arts and Crafts)

25. Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit (Rounder)

26. Daniel Rossen – Silent Hour/Golden Mile (Warp)

27. Yukon Blonde - Tiger Talk (dine alone)

28. Young Prisms – In Between (Kanine)

29. Chairlift – Something (Columbia)

30. School of Seven Bells – Ghostory (Vagrant)

1. Frankie Rose – Interstellar (Slumberland)

2. Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend (Secretly Canadian)

3. Matthew Dear – Headcage (Ghostly)

4. Cate Le Bon – Cyrk (The Control Group)

5. High Highs - High Highs (Rocket)

6. Terry Malts – Killing Time (Slumberland)

7. Laura Gibson - La Grande (Barsuk)

8. Young Magic – Melt (Carpark)

9. Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory (Carpark)

10. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp (Jagjaguwar)

11. Bowerbirds – The Clearing (Dead Oceans)

12. Tennis - Young and Old (Fat Possum)

13. Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It (Matador)

14. Royal Baths - Better Luck Next Life (Kanine)

15. Grimes – Visions (4AD)

16. Chairlift – Something (Columbia)

17. Dr. Dog - Be The Void (Anti)

18. Gonjasufi – MU.ZZ.LE (Warp)

19. Hunx – Hairdresser Blues (Hardly Art)

20. Islands – A Sleep And A Forgetting (Anti)

21. Hospitality – Hospitality (Merge)

22. Imperial Teen – Feel The Sound (Merge)

23. School of Seven Bells – Ghostory (Vagrant)

24. Memoryhouse - The Slideshow Effect (Sub Pop)

25. Polica - Give You The Ghost (Totally Gross National Product)

26. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Stage Whisper (Elektra-Because)

27. Little Barrie – King Of The Waves (Tummy Touch)

28. Errors – Have Some Faith In Magic (Rock Action)

29. Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune (EMI)

30. Shearwater – Animal Joy (Sub Pop)

1. Icebird - The Abandoned Lullaby (RJ’s Electrical Connections)

2. Jeff the Brotherhood - ”Whatever I Want” [Single] (Third Man)

3. Cass McCombs - Humor Risk (Domino)

4. Jane Jane Pollock - Jane Jane Pollock (Flea Ridden Kitten)

5. Korallreven - An Album By Korallreven (Acephale)

6. Wise Blood - These Wings [EP] (Dovecote)

7. Wooden Wand - Briarwood (Fire)

8. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (4AD)

9. Tom Waits - Bad As Me (Anti)

10. Future Islands - On The Water (Thrill Jockey)

11. M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Mute)

12. Real Estate – Days (Domino)

13. Wilco - The Whole Love (Anti)

14. Atlas Sound - Parallax (4AD)

15. Donora - Boyfriends, Girlfriends (Rostrum)

16. Megafaun -Megafaun (Hometapes)

17. Phantogram - Nightlife (Barsuk)

18. Dirty Projectors and Bjork - Mount Wittenberg Orca (Domino)

19. Dessa - Castor, The Twin (Doomtree)

20. Beets - Let The Poison Out (Hardly Art)

21. Spank Rock - Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A Fucking Liar (Bad Blood)

22. Russian Circles - Empros (Sargent House)

23. Joker - The Vision (4AD)

24. Holiday Shores - New Masses For Squaw Peak (Twosyllable)

25. Orchestra of Spheres - Nonagonic Now (Fire)

26. Touché Amoré - Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me (Deathwish)

27. Neon Indian - Era Extrana (Mom And Pop)

28. Friends - College Sampler (Lucky Number)

29. Sparkadia - The Great Impression (Ok! Good)

30. Canyons - Keep Your Dreams (Modular)

1. Youth Lagoon - The Year Of Hibernation (Fat Possum)

2. Icebird - The Abandoned Lullaby (RJ’s Electrical Connections)

3. Class Actress - Rapproacher (Carpark)

4. Korallreven - An Album By Korallreven (Acephale)

5. Jane Jane Pollock - Jane Jane Pollock (Flea Ridden Kitten)

6. Jeff the Brotherhood - ”Whatever I Want” [Single] (Third Man)

7. Drums - Portamento (Frenchkiss)

8. Real Estate - Days (Domino)

9. Future Islands – On the Water (Thrill Jockey)

10. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (4AD)

11. Tom Waits - Bad As Me (Anti)

12. Dirty Projectors and Bjork - Mount Wittenberg Orca (Domino)

13. Wilco – The Whole Love (Anti)

14. Viva Voce - The Future Will Destroy You (Vanguard)

15. Ryan Adams - Ashes And Fire (Capitol)

16. Neon Indian - Era Extrana (Mom And Pop)

17. Megafaun – Megafaun (Hometapes)

18. Fool’s Gold - Leave No Trace (Iamsound)

19. Donora - Boyfriends, Girlfriends (Rostrum)

20. Bonnie Prince Billy - Wolfroy Goes To Town (Drag City)

21. Apparat - The Devil’s Walk (Mute)

22. Friends - College Sampler (Lucky Number)

23. Gauntlet Hair - Gauntlet Hair (Dead Oceans)

24. Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself (Secretly Canadian)

25. M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Mute)

26. Memoryhouse - The Years (Sub Pop-Arcade Sound)

27. Russian Circles - Empros (Sargent House)

28. Pack A.D. - Unpersons (Mint)

29. Patti Smith - Outside Of Society (Columbia)

30. Widowspeak - Widowspeak (Captured Tracks)

1. Gloominous Doom - Cosmic Superghoul (DRP)

2. Megadeth - Th1rt3en (Roadrunner)

3. Isole - Born From Shadows (Napalm)

4. Cradle of Filth - Evermore Darkly (Nuclear Blast)

5. Machine Head - Unto The Locust (Roadrunner)

6. Iced Earth - Dystopia (Century Media)

7. Ashes Of Your Enemy – Anthem (Zenergy)

8. Animals As Leaders - Weightless (Prosthetic)

9. Generation Kill - Red White And Blood (Season Of Mist)

10. Dub Trio – IV (ROIR)

1. Widowspeak – Widowspeak (Captured Tracks)

2. Young Man – Ideas of Distance (Frenchkiss)

3. The Field – Looping State of Mind (Kompakt)

4. Class Actress - Rapproacher (Carpark)

5. Various Artists - GRPTPS Vs. PTLCK (Grip Tapes)

6. Memoryhouse – The Years (Sub Pop-Arcade Sound)

7. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Mute)

8. Donora – Boyfriends, Girlfriends (Rostrum)

9. Icebird - The Abandoned Lullaby (RJ’s Electrical Connections)

10. Wavves – Life Sux (Ghost Ramp)

11. Real Estate – Days (Domino)

12. Gauntlet Hair – Gauntlet Hair (Dead Oceans)

13. Emika – Emika (Ninja Tune)

14. Bonnie Prince Billy - Wolfroy Goes To Town (Drag City)

15. Neon Indian – Era Extrana (Mom and Pop)

16. Future Islands – On The Water (Thrill Jockey)

17. Bleeding Knees Club – Virginity (Iamsound)

18. Mike Doughty – Yes And Also Yes (Megaforce-Snack Bar)

19. Viva Voce - The Future Will Destroy You (Vanguard)

20. Wilco – The Whole Love (Anti)

21. Marketa Irglova – Anar (Anti)

22. Pujol - Nasty, Brutish, And Short (Saddle Creek)

23. Hella – Tripper (Sargent House)

24. High Places – Original Colors (Thrill Jockey)

25. Wooden Shjips – West (Thrill Jockey)

26. Megafaun – Megafaun (Hometapes)

27. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)

28. Ryan Adams – Ashes and Fire (Capitol)

29. Phantogram – Nightlife (Barsuk)

30. Body Language – Social Studies (Om)

1. Future Islands – On The Water (Thrill Jockey)

2. Zola Jesus – Conatus (Sacred Bones)

3. Widowspeak – Widowspeak (Captured Tracks)

4. Young Man – Ideas of Distance (Frenchkiss)

5. The Field – Looping State Of Mind (Kompakt)

6. Class Actress - Rapproacher (Carpark)

7. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)

8. Megafaun – Megafaun (Hometapes)

9. Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation (Fat Possum)

10. Sugarplum Fairies – The Images We Get (M-M)

11. Various Artists - GRPTPS Vs. PTLCK (Grip Tapes)

12. Viva Voce – The Future Will Destroy You (Vanguard)

13. Wilco – The Whole Love (Anti)

14. Wild Flag – Wild Flag (Merge)

15. Mandolin Orange - Haste Make/Hard Hearted Stranger (Self-Released)

16. Icebird - The Abandoned Lullaby (RJ’s Electrical Connections)

17. Real Estate – Days (Domino)

18. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Mute)

19. Bonnie Prince Billy - Wolfroy Goes To Town (Drag City)

20. Wavves – Life Sux (Ghost Ramp)

21. Mike Doughty – Yes And Also Yes (Megaforce-Snack Bar)

22. High Places – Original Colors (Thrill Jockey)

23. Jens Lekman – An Argument With Myself (Secretly Canadian)

24. Touché Amoré - Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me (Deathwish)

25. Donora – Boyfriends, Girlfriends (Rostrum)

26. Phantogram – Nightlife (Barsuk)

27. Jono McCleery – There Is (Counter)

28. Patti Smith – Outside of Society (Columbia)

29. Hella – Tripper (Sargent House)

30. Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain (L Y F)

1. Absu – Abzu (Candlelight)

2. Anthrax – Worship Music (Megaforce)

3. Chelsea Grin – My Damnation (Razor And Tie)

4. Machine Head – Unto The Locust (Roadrunner)

5. Warbringer – Worlds Torn Asunder (Century Media)

6. Mastodon – The Hunter (Reprise)

7. Cradle Of Filth - Evermore Darkly (Nuclear Blast)

8. Iced Earth – Dystopia (Century Media)

9. Anvil – Monument Of Metal: The Very Best of Anvil (The End)

10. Hull – Beyond the Lightless Sky (The End)

1. I Break Horses – Hearts (Co-op)

2. Cant – Dreams Come True (Terrible)

3. Widowspeak – Widowspeak (Captured Tracks)

4. Alias – Fever Dream (Anticon)

5. Various Artists - GRPTPS vs. PTLCK (Grip Tapes)

6. Young Man - Ideas of Distance (Frenchkiss)

7. Soley – We Sink (Morr)

8. Sugarplum Fairies – The Images We Get (M-M)

9. Sleep Over – Forever (Hippos in Tanks)

10. Zola Jesus - Conatus (Sacred Bones)

11. Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls (Slumberland)

12. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)

13. Weekend – Red (Slumberland)

14. Memoryhouse – The Years (Sub Pop-Arcade Sound)

15. Fool’s Gold – Leave No Trace (Iamsound)

16. Megafaun – Megafaun (Hometapes)

17. Drums – Portamento (Frenchkiss)

18. Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation (Fat Possum)

19. Wooden Shjips – West (Thrill Jockey)

20. Body Language – Social Studies (Om)

21. Wilco – The Whole Love (Anti)

22. Wild Flag – Wild Flag (Merge)

23. Patti Smith – Outside of Society (Columbia)

24. Wu Lyf – Go Tell Fire to the Mountain (LYF)

25. Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing (Sub Pop)

26. Scott Solter – One River (Hidden Shoal)

27. Apparat – The Devil’s Walk (Mute)

28. Pack A.D. – Unpersons (Mint)

29. Neon Indian – Era Extrana (Mom and Pop)

30. Exitmusic - From Silence (Secretly Canadian)

1. Absu – Abzu (Candlelight)

2. Anthrax – Worship Music (Megaforce)

3. Nachtbult – Antik (Napalm)

4. Mastodon – The Hunter (Reprise)

5. Thulcandra - Under a Frozen Sun (Napalm)

6. Machine Head – Unto the Locust (Roadrunner)

7. Warbringer – Worlds Torn Asunder (Century Media)

8. Chelsea Grin – My Damnation (Razor and Tie)

9. Hatesphere – The Great Bludgeoning (Napalm)

10. Chimaira – The Age of Hell (eOne)

1. Various Artists - GRPTPS vs. PTLCK (Grip Tapes)

2. Cant – Dreams Come True (Terrible)

3. Mogwai – Earth Division (Sub Pop)

4. Sleep Over – Forever (Hippos in Tanks)

5. Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls (Slumberland)

6. Megafaun – Megafaun (Hometapes)

7. Drums – Portamento (Frenchkiss)

8. Weekend – Red (Slumberland)

9. Memoryhouse – The Years (Sub Pop-Arcade Sound)

10. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)

11. Wilco – The Whole Love (Anti)

12. Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing (Sub Pop)

13. Apparat – The Devil’s Walk (Mute)

14. Toro y Moi – Freaking Out (Carpark)

15. Neon Indian – Era Extrana (Mom and Pop)

16. Wu Lyf – Go Tell Fire To the Mountain (L Y F)

17. Wild Flag – Wild Flag (Merge)

18. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Mirror Traffic (Matador)

19. Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves (Domino)

20. CSS – La Liberacion (V2-Downtown-Cooperative)

21. Tasseomancy - Ulalume (Out Of This Spark)

22. Wooden Shjips – West (Thrill Jockey)

23. I Break Horses – Hearts (Co-op)

24. Iceage – New Brigade (Dais-What’s Your Rupture)

25. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Hysterical (Self-Released)

26. Hella – Tripper (Sargent House)

27. Jens Lekman – An Argument With Myself (Secretly Canadian)

28. Pepper Rabbit – Red Velvet Snowball (Kanine)

29. Jacuzzi Boys – Glazin’ (Hardly Art)

30. Mister Heavenly – Out of Love (Sub Pop)

First, Nick Lowe is cool.  As Jeff Tweedy said when Lowe came out to accompany Wilco for two songs (including one of his own), “It’s okay to like Nick Lowe.”  He was a perfect opener.  He played solo, just him and his pretty, old Hummingbird.  Sure, this is the guy that people mostly (if not only) know for “Cruel to Be Kind,” and that seemed to be the main criticism of him I was hearing.  But I scoffed at these doubters – these fools would doubt anyone that Wilco choose to play with them.  His guitaring was smooth, his lyrics were smart, and he was cool.  Supreme.

Now, Wilco.  ”Who’s your favorite band” can be a pesky question if you don’t have a ready answer.  Wilco’s been mine since early high school.  This span of favoritism has included weeks without their music and days of listening only to them, but even when I’m not listening to Wilco I know that I’d like to be.  With 75 of their songs on my iTunes, adding up to more than five hours and 19 albums (and EPs, Singles, Compilations, etc.), they surely outnumber any other artist.  (This doesn’t even include Loose Fur or any other side projects.)  Plenty of their 4+ minute songs have over 30 plays, and the star ratings… plentiful.  I love them.

So, hooray for Raleigh.  We hosted Wilco’s new album (The Whole Love) release party, and we got a shout-out for housing their merchandiser, Kung Fu Nation. Many of my Wilco-friends thought The Whole Love has restored their faith in the band, and it’s their favorite album since (blablabla yadayadayada), etc.  Yes, the new album kicks ass, but for me, so do the old albums–all of them.  Songs from their Wilco album already feel like classics, and hell, so do half the songs from their newest album.  They proved their range of greatness with a killer set and a magnificent encore.  There’s nothing like knowing every song.  This is their set list as recorded by me (comment corrections if necessary):

1. Art of Almost

2. I Might

3. Rising Red Lung

4. Ashes of American Flags

5. Bull Black Nova

6. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

7. One Wing

8. Dawned On Me

9. Born Alone

10. Impossible Germany

11. Say You Miss Me

12. Whole Love

13. Pot Kettle Black

14. Handshake Drugs

15. War on War

16. Black Moon

17. One Sunday Morning

Encore

Shot In The Arm

Jesus, Etc.

36 Inches High (Song by Nick Lowe, with Nick Lowe)

I Love My Label (with Nick Lowe)

Red-Eyed and Blue

Walkin’

I’m The Man Who Loves You

One hell of a night.  Tweedy called it out himself.  Honestly, though… it could’ve been a little louder (and I had great, close seats).  I’ll be glad to see them as many times as I can.  They produce a poster for every single concert they put on.  If that’s not some indication for how much they care about their shows, I’m not sure what is.  You can always count on bits of Tweedy’s character in between songs. This evening was not filled with rants between each song, but there were a few gems to prove how personable he can be (plAAAtinum).

1. Anthrax – Worship Music (Megaforce)

2. Chelsea Grin - My Damnation (Razor and Tie)

3. Absu – Abraxas Connexus (Candlelight)

4. Textures – Dualism (Nuclear Blast)

5. Chimaira - The Age Of Hell (eOne)

6. Opeth – Heritage Sampler (Roadrunner)

7. Hatesphere – The Great Bludgeoning (Napalm)

8. Kittie - I’ve Failed You (eOne)

9. Kyng – Trampled Sun (ILG)

10. Slot – Break the Code (Neurodisc)

1. Anthrax – Worship Music (Megaforce)

2. Chelsea Grin – My Damnation (Razor and Tie)

3. Absu - Abraxas Connexus (Candlelight)

4. Arkona – Solvo (Napalm)

5. Chimaira - The Age of Hell (eOne)

6. Opeth – Heritage Sampler (Roadrunner)

7. Mastodon – Black Tongue (Reprise)

8. Kittie – I’ve Failed You (eOne)

9. Textures – Dualism (Nuclear Blast)

10. Dirge Within – Absolution (Big Time)