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Podcast: Discologist
Episode: Episode 447: Wilco's 'Ode To Joy'
Description: 2015’s Star Wars and its 2016 follow up Schmilco delivered a shot in the arm to one of indie-rock’s most lauded and revered acts: Wilco. Both were shaggier affairs then what had come before — 2011’s The Whole Love, while it had its moments, was a more near-miss-than-hit power-pop extravaganza. And both showed that, at least for Wilco, smaller albums necessarily meant better albums as the band pushed into its second decade with the current, and most stable lineup in Wilco’s history. Enter Ode To Joy.Taught, anxious, and sonically adventurous in ways Wilco hasn’t been since Yankee Hot...