Wilco have actually revealed the complete line-up for this year’s version of their Solid Sound event, with 2 loads acts extending a varied series of categories and also layouts. Signing up with the alt-rock symbols will certainly be a variety of their contemporaries both developed and also arising, with imitate Japanese Breakfast, Sylvan Esso, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Iceage and also Hand Habits all billed high.
Riding warm on the heels of this month’s Sky Blue Sky – the four-day Mexican event that saw Wilco play 3 different programs, in addition to a solo established from frontman Jeff Tweedy – Solid Sound will certainly happen at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) over the prolonged weekend break of May 27-29.
Tweedy will certainly likewise play an unique collection with a variety of as-yet-unannounced visitors, billed on the poster as ‘Jeff Tweedy & Friends’.
Elsewhere at the event, John Hodgman and also Jean Grae will certainly organize a display of stand-up funny, with visitors like Negin Farsad, River Butcher and also Nick Offerman.
Other standout additions are an established by the Sun Ra Arkestra routed by Marshall Allen, an efficiency by Nels Cline’s Consentrik Quartet, and also the ‘On Fillmore’ setup led by Finnish pop vocalist Jonna Tervomaa.
Tickets for Solid Sound will certainly consist of complete gain access to MASS MoCA – hailed as the United States’ most large gallery of modern art – with existing destinations consisting of installments by the similarity James Turrell, Laurie Anderson, Sol LeWitt, Jenny Holzer, and also Anselm Kiefer. Three-day passes can be bought from the event’s main web site.
Meanwhile, Wilco were lately sworn in right into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame. The honours event was broadcast on PBS previously this month, and also included a guest-heavy efficiency consisting of looks from Japanese Breakfast, Sheila E, Margo Price, Jason Isbell and also extra. The band were honoured along with Lucinda Williams and also Texas singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo.
Wilco’s last workshop cd was 2019’s Ode To Joy, which was extensively applauded by the movie critics, with the NME describing it as “a silently victorious recover.”
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