A Wilco birthday.
I got one of the best birthday presents ever the other night, when I dug through some packing peanuts to pull out the 7″ clear, first-pressing vinyl single of the new Wilco song “I Might” b/w a cover of Nick Lowe’s “I Love My Label,” in a special Solid Sound Festival edition. My dear friend Dainon, who covered the fest for me, sent it on over. “I Might” is muscular and crunchy pop, like no one does quite as well as Wilco. Since we can’t all gather ’round my record player (boo), I wanted to make sure you’d heard the sweet melody of the b-side especially — a charming way to honor the founding of the new Wilco label, dBpm Records.
I Love My Label (Nick Lowe cover) – Wilco
The new Wilco album The Whole Love comes out in one month (9/27), and you can listen to a rad assemblage of preview tracks over at The Wounded Jukebox. Cannot wait.
[Wilco photo by Zoran Orlic]
Name: Heather Browne
Happy Birthday, fellow Virgo!
I feel like there’s yet another Virgo who started this whole Nick Lowe resurgence by covering the same song at Matador’s 21st last year – Ted Leo. His version’s also worth checking out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drfh7J5YqTg
Your Narrator — August 28, 2011 @ 11:48 am
Thanks so much for the love!
Sean — August 28, 2011 @ 2:20 pm
thanks, Your Narrator – bday was aug 19, so i am actually a leo. rawr!
browneheather — August 28, 2011 @ 3:25 pm
I guess you can’t win ‘em all:)Happy B-Day anyway!
Your Narrator — August 28, 2011 @ 9:12 pm
In Wilco and Nick Lowe, we trust … and that will always be the case.
Dainon — August 29, 2011 @ 11:58 am