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Wilco and the Lee Ranaldo Band are coming to Wolf Trap this month, and ShowlistDC is giving away a pair of front orchestra tickets to the show on Tuesday, 17 July! All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post telling me which song from either band you’d most like to hear live, and I’ll pick the winners at random (using random.org) on Thursday, 12 July at 5 PM Eastern. Be sure to use a valid email address when you enter, so I can contact you if you win (and don’t worry: your email address won’t be posted publicly when you comment on this entry and won’t be added to any sort of mailing list). If you’re a hotmail user, please add showlistdc@gmail.com to your address book or no-spam list, as other hotmail users have had problems with emails from us not getting through.
In case you don’t know anything about these bands, here’s a little history: Wilco is a rock band from Chicago that formed in 1994 when the alt-country band Uncle Tupelo broke up. They’ve released a ton of albums over their career, and each one seems to have its own story: By far, its most famous album is 2002′s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, which Wilco streamed for months on its web site before releasing it officially on Nonesuch (the album was rejected by Wilco’s previous label, Reprise Records, who then dropped the band but gave it the rights to the album). Wilco also collaborated with Billy Bragg on two albums of unreleased Woody Guthrie songs, 1998′s Mermaid Avenue and 2000′s Mermaid Avenue II. More recently, Wilco added avant-garde guitarist Nels Cline to its lineup; he’s been with the band since 2007′s Sky Blue Sky and also appears on their most recent album The Whole Love, which came out last year. We’ve got the video for “Born Alone” from The Whole Love below, so check it out if you haven’t heard it yet!
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We love it when shows have awesome openers, and this show is a great example: kicking off the show is the Lee Ranaldo Band, which is fronted by Sonic Youth co-founder Lee Ranaldo. Ranaldo has had a long history of experimental projects away from Sonic Youth, but his latest solo album, Between the Times and the Tides, is a song-based, very straightforward rock album. He’s joined on the album by guitarists Nels Cline and Alan Licht, Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, and keyboardist John Medeski. (Seems fairly perfect that Nels Cline would perform with both bands at this show!)
All in all, this is shaping up to be an awesome show, so check out some videos from the bands below, and let us know what song you’d like to hear either group perform live! And hey, if you’re new to ShowlistDC and wondering what this site is all about, check out our extensive calendar of upcoming events in the greater DC area (including Northern VA and Baltimore). We also make concert recommendations and post a daily round-up of DC-area music news and reviews. You can also follow us on twitter @showlistdc or like us on Facebook!
If you come across this post after the contest has closed, or if you’re not the lucky winner, then you can pick up tickets for $45 (orchestra) or $35 (lawn), plus service fees, via tickets.com. You can also check out a video preview of other July performances at Wolf Trap here (which includes some cool footage of Wilco as well!).
Contest is now closed and the winner has been notified!
Forget the Flowers!
I have seen Wilco about a half a dozen times and have NEVER seen them play ‘Dreamer in my Dreams’ so that is easily my choice.
wilco’s “how to fight loneliness.” it makes me cry everytime.
“Airline to Heaven”
I’d like to hear Passenger Side
Born Alone!
“On and On and On”…wouldn’t open with it, but who am I to tell you what to do….
Wilco – One Sunday Morning.
thanks!
Wilco’s “Impossible Germany”
Casino queen…my lord you’re mean
I would love to hear Wilco play “Sunken Treasure.”
Where are the Lee Ranaldo fans? I’d like to hear Waiting on a Dream.
“Misunderstood” from Being There.
Sunken treasure
I’ve always wanted to hear Wilco perform “Kamera” from their Bridge EP, but I’d settle for “Spiders” from A Ghost is Born.
“Airline to Heaven” off Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
Poor Places
Wilco – “Muzzle of Bees” from A Ghost is Born; thanks!!
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Jesus Don’t Cry
You and I xxx
Jesus, etc.
Monday
Wilco – Impossible Germany
Thanks!
Candyfloss
Wilco — You Are My Face – this song blows me away!
“Spiders (Kidsmoke)”
I would Love to hear
“Hoodoo Voodoo” Love, Love, Love Jeff’s voice on this one~!
But I would never be disappointed with any song they sing!
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sorry,
I did not want to put my choice as a comment……..
Spiders
(Kidsmoke)
I’ll go with Wilco’s Outta Site (outta mind)
Aw dang, I’m already looking forward to the RECOMMENDED Case & Hogan show that night; I withdraw unless you have another drawing for the 18th :)
at least that’s what you said
Wilco playing Sunken Treasure
Thanks
I am so innnnnnn
I must be high – wilco please
Misunderstood from Being There, Pieholden Suite from Summerteeth
I would love to hear Wilco play “Monday” on Tuesday!!!
would love to hear passenger side or if mermaid avenue songs are copacetic california stars would be very nice at wolftrap
Theologians!
Dash 7
Swimsuit Issue
Side With The Seeds – cool song.
Heavy Metal Drummer
box full of letters!
Poor Places…haven’t heard that one live in a while and it’s just the best. :-)
I would like to see Wilco play Radio Cure.
“I Can’t Stand It” please.
Born Alone