Wilco's set at the Troxy in London last night was the first of three sold-out shows with Blitzen Trapper in Britain and Ireland this week (and marked Jeff Tweedy's 42nd birthday). The Evening Standard gives the show four stars, praising "the quality of the tunes" from throughout the group's seven-album repertoire, Tweedy's "bittersweet vocal and the band’s brilliant musicianship."
Wilco's set at the Troxy in London last night was the first of three sold-out shows with Blitzen Trapper in Britain and Ireland this week; two nights at Vicar Street in Dublin follow on Thursday and Friday. (Just as important, it marked Jeff Tweedy's 42nd birthday, which was appropriately celebrated on stage with a cake.) The Evening Standard gives the London show four stars, with readers rating it a perfect five.
"The cult Chicago band’s shifting between melodic and avant-garde appears effortless on their new self-titled album," says the Evening Standard's André Paine, "although on stage their industry was unmistakeable, particularly from Glenn Kotche who attacked his drums for two hours."
The reviewer says it was "the quality of the tunes, which drew inspiration from various classic records while sounding indisputably like Wilco," that kept the crowd enaged throughout the night. Echoing the theme of this week's CBS Sunday Morning profile of the band, the reviewer concludes that, with Tweedy's "bittersweet vocal and the band’s brilliant musicianship," now may just be Wilco's moment.
Read the complete concert review at thisislondon.co.uk.
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