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Wilco

Wilco

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A band from Chicago that plays a mix of rock, country, and unusual sounds
  • proper noun
  • /ˈwɪlkoʊ/
: Wilco
  • One band that was successfully adapting to the changing landscape was Wilco.
  • Wilco album
  • band Wilco
  • Wilco fan

I also love, you know, I love Wilco and Ryan Adams and stuff that isn't that poppy.

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Examples

  • Wilco is only included if you buy a 3-day XPN Festival pass.

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  • That gets you 3 days of great acts, and that includes Wilco, The Avett Brothers, and Dr. Dog?

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  • And why would you sit around waiting for him to return if Wilco were playing so loud?

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  • A number of artists have now recorded at the studio, including Crowded House, Pajama Club, and Wilco, who recorded 'Wilco' there back in 2009.

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  • "For a 3-day pass, I paid less than a lawn seat to Wilco, and I get them and two extra days of music for the same price.

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  • This is Jeff Tweedy, frontman of Wilco and George Saunders as good a writer that we have living in America today.

  • Somehow, when a site like Pitchfork asks readers for their favorite albums, all anyone can think of is Radiohead, Wilco, Radiohead, and Radiohead.

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  • I'm so used to hearing "California Stars" on Billy Bragg & Wilco's 'Mermaid Avenue' (1998) that it's kinda weird hearing anybody but Jeff Tweedy sing it, but Wanda certainly sounds like she had fun with it.

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  • Stylistically, Whiskeytown sounded a bit like the rough-hewn rock that former Uncle Tupelo man Jay Farrar developed with the band Son Volt and which Jeff Tweedy's band Wilco also played on its first album, A.M., and parts of its second release, Being There.

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  • Wilco is known for their innovative sound that combines Wilco is known for their innovative sound that combines rock, country, and experimental music.

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Etymology

Wilco comes from a short radio reply made of the words will and comply, meaning 'will comply', which pilots and soldiers use to say 'I will do that'. The band took this radio word as their name, so you can remember Wilco as the group that answers 'wilco' and goes on to play.