Wilco Complies

God bless Wilco!

Just when I had resigned myself to the fact that I'd have to hunt down a rare (and expensive) import of Wilco's Australian tour edition of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, so I could get my hands on the bonus 6-song EP the band had promised some time ago to release "early in 2003", they've gone and decided to give the EP away as a free download! Cover art and all!
(I know... that was a very long-winded and at times awkward sentence... but the pay-off was worth it, wasn't it?)

It's apparently to celebrate the one-year anniversary of YHF's official release. They say it's a way of saying thanks for supporting the band over the past year.

They're also streaming the six songs through the site, so you can listen first. You may need Quicktime 6, which you can download here.

It was also just announced that they'll be playing here on June 20. That's the good news. The bad news is they're playing Kool Haus, which is as bad a venue for live music as the name is pretentious. Use to be more aptly named The Warehouse. Oh well, I haven't missed a Wilco show yet, so I guess I'll be at this one.

Yes...will comply.