Kicking Television: Live in Chicago by Wilco

Pros: It's everything their last two albums will ever want to be.
Cons: Errr. I dunno.

So you're sitting there, reacquainting yourself with someone you once loved, later hated, and then subconsciously longed for, and you've settled into an energetic ease, a real conversation, a spoken duet. And it's like you're with the world's ...

Pros: very well recorded and mixed. A tuneful live overview of Wilco's career
Cons: none

Wilco, along with The Lost Planet Airmen and The Old '97s, are nothing less than gods at the Vic theater as well as nearly every Illinois and Missouri collegiate concert venue. It is true that, at times when gods come back home to the old reliables they ...

Pros: Solid collection of all areas of the band's endeavors and successes
Cons: "I'm The Man Who Loves You" might be a little too poppy--that's it.

It is frustrating to lose count of how many times Jeff Tweedy screams "nothing" at the end of "Misunderstood," the opening track on Wilco's live double-CD masterpiece. But that's just about the only frustration in listening to all 117 minutes of ...