Wilco and The Black Keys were among the highlights of the Outside Lands Festival this past weekend, with tens of thousands of music fans flooding San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. SPIN captured two songs from The Black Keys' opening-night performance on video. The San Jose Mercury News writes of Wilco's set: "Guitarist Nels Cline is a monster, and this lineup brilliantly balances the gentle, reassuring music Jeff Tweedy could make with his eyes closed and the challenging, difficult elements that have endeared Wilco to critics and urban hipsters."
Wilco and The Black Keys were among the highlights of the Outside Lands Festival this past weekend, with tens of thousands of music fans flooding San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for three days of music and more.
The Black Keys played the festival's opening night on Friday, and SPIN magazine was there to capture two songs on video: "Girl Is on My Mind" and "Set You Free." You can watch both performances at spinmagazine.com.
San Jose Mercury News writer Shay Quillen covered the festival for the paper's arts and entertainment blog. In his final-day wrap-up, he writes of Wilco's set, the penultimate of the entire festival:
Guitarist Nels Cline is a monster, and this lineup brilliantly balances the gentle, reassuring music Jeff Tweedy could make with his eyes closed and the challenging, difficult elements that have endeared Wilco to critics and urban hipsters. It’s too bad the whole festival couldn’t have ended with the band performing Woody Guthrie’s “California Stars.”
Read more of Quillen's coverage at blogs.mercurynews.com.
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