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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Wilco: More Like The Moon EP

Wilco has a nice little EP available for free download (with cover art) called More Like The Moon (or Australia EP, or Bridge EP) on the WilcoWorld site.

Thanks to a special correspondent, I was pointed in this direction yesterday and have been particularly enjoying the "Magazine Called Sunset" tune ever since (and that quiet folksy one about Dylan), although the whole EP is first-rate.

This was originally released a bonus disc to the Australian version of 2002's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. According to the ever-helpful Wiki: The EP was comprised of six songs that were recorded but not released during the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot sessions. On the one-year anniversary of the release of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco made the EP available through their website. Hurrah! Check out this fine little collection:

Camera
Handshake Drugs
Woodgrain
Magazine Called Sunset (borderline kitschy with that tropical lounge feel, but hot dang, it works!)
Bob Dylan's 49th Beard
More Like The Moon


ZIP: MORE LIKE THE MOON EP

Also, news out of Nashville last night; Jeff Tweedy announced that the title of the new Wilco album will be Sky-Blue Sky (not to be confused with Ryan Adams' song Blue Sky Blues), and will be out May 15.

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14 Comments:

At January 18, 2007 1:20 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I can't seem to download them from that site, either. Weird.

Thanks for posting them here (you've saved me some frustration).

 
At January 18, 2007 1:23 PM, Blogger Matthew said...

I've always been a fan of this. Woodgrain is probably one of my favorite, and most personal, songs of all-time. And how can you not love a song titled "Bob Dylan's 49th Beard"?

 
At January 18, 2007 1:27 PM, Blogger Frank said...

Saw Tweedy solo in Nashville last night, and he did "Bob Dylan's 49th Beard" from the EP. "Magazine Called Sunset" is a great YHF outtake, up there with "Cars Can't Escape" and "Venus Stopped The Train." A re-worked "Handshake Drugs" was later a track on A Ghost Is Born. In short, this EP is a must-have for Wilco fans. BTW, as I excitedly posted this morning, Tweedy announced from the stage last night that the new Wilco record is called Sky-Blue Sky and will be out May 15.

 
At January 18, 2007 4:22 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

To download from the site, you have to own yankee hotel foxtrot. Simply insert the dsic and unlocks it.

 
At January 18, 2007 4:32 PM, Blogger heather said...

Weird that the website says nothing about that on the download page. Very confusing. Thanks!

 
At January 18, 2007 4:42 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Sarcastic Idiocy Forum finds that Wilco complements a fine cheddar cheese perfectly.

http://www.thesif.net/SIF/index.php?

 
At January 18, 2007 5:17 PM, Blogger Duke of Straw said...

Heather,

This was my take back in Aug.
http://staergetaleht.blogspot.com/2006/08/random-friday-post-is-this-best-wilco.html

Thanks for keeping interest in Wilco's best song.

 
At January 18, 2007 7:04 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh, and it came with three versions of Cover Art....very cool.

 
At January 19, 2007 5:47 AM, Blogger F.J. Delgado said...

I'm very much looking forward to the new Wilco, great band and one of the few of my favorites I've never seen live.

I heart Wilco.

 
At January 19, 2007 12:07 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

A Magazine Called Sunset was also part of the soundtrack to the I Am Trying To Break Your Heart doc. I've always wanted that song since seeing the film and ended up with it perhaps a year later.

Strangely enough, I just put together a Wilco playlist on my iPod a few days ago.

 
At January 19, 2007 4:41 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks Heather, was not that easy to get it down. Would like to see the Wilco here (Germany) again. Maybe this summer.All the best to you!

 
At February 10, 2007 4:58 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Muchos, muchos gracias.

I had downloaded this e.p a couple years back and had lost it.

I'm watching I'm Trying To Break Your Heart on Sundance this moment, I had to find it again.

 
At March 29, 2007 9:19 AM, Blogger Cpooch said...

Have you heard the new stuff? They've streamed it twice over the last month. WOW, I've heard all but three of these songs live over the course of the last year. Think "Being There" with a domestic voice. Would be happy to send it if you'd like to check it out. Best live band in America today. Bar none. Bleesings, Peace, and Happiness, C. Puchino

 
At June 16, 2007 11:03 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great EP, thanks for the post! Does everyone's copy have that weird sound blip/volume tweak at around :43 in the title track?

 

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