Watch Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy be part of Bleachers to cowl Lana Del Rey’s ‘Margaret’
Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has joined Bleachers to cowl Lana Del Rey‘s ‘Margaret’ – watch the second under.
Bleachers carried out in Chicago on Saturday (Could 25), the place they unveiled a particular visitor to carry out with them. That’s when Tweedy arrived on stage, the place he and the band sang a canopy of Del Rey’s ‘Margaret’.
‘Margaret’ was written as a tribute to frontman Jack Antonoff and his spouse, actress Margaret Qualley. It appeared on the ‘Journey’ singer’s newest album, ‘Do you know that there’s a tunnel below Ocean Blvd’, which she launched final yr.
Watch Tweedy and Bleachers crew up for ‘Margaret’ under:
Wilco have simply introduced their new EP ‘Scorching Solar Cool Shroud’, which can be launched on June 28 by way of dBpm Data, which is able to develop on the sounds from their final report ‘Cousin’. It’ll coincide with Wilco’s Strong Sound Pageant, which is able to happen on June 28-30 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts – get your tickets here.
“It’s enjoyable to have one thing new to launch at Strong Sound,” Tweedy stated of the EP. “This yr we’re placing out an EP with a summertime-after-dark form of feeling. It begins off fairly sizzling, like warmth in the course of the day, has some instrumentals on it which might be a little bit agitated and uncomfortable and ends with a cooling breeze.
“There are tracks on Scorching Solar Cool Shroud which might be extra aggressive and angular than something we’ve put out shortly, and a tune about love melting you want ice cream right into a puddle of sugary soup. All of the items of summer time, together with the broody cicadas.”
In the meantime, NME spoke to Del Rey just lately on the Ivor Novello Academy Awards, the place she spoke about whether or not she felt any vindication towards her detractors upon her big success.
“No, possibly three years in the past there would have been a way of vindication, however now it simply feels playful. I don’t know why,” she replied. “Should you hold in lengthy sufficient, it simply feels simple. There’s no vindication, no nothing – I’m simply form of completely happy to be right here. It’s easy-going in that approach.”
She additionally opened up about her time residing in Hackney’s Kingsland Street, saying: “I keep in mind each odor, each store, each magnificence store. I used to get inexperienced contact lenses – like, greener than my eyes – for my interviews to get signed. Ben [Mawson, manager] as soon as noticed me, and I had these huge extensions as effectively, and he bodily took the little inexperienced lizard contacts.
“He stomped them and he was like, ‘You seem like a lizard!’ Anyhow, there are wonderful magnificence retailers on Kingsland Street: previous the fish market, the buses, I keep in mind the whole lot.”
NME additionally spoke to Jack Antonoff forward of Bleachers’ second offered out London present, the place he spoke about selecting his collaborators.
“If there’s ever one thing that sounds attention-grabbing to work on, I attempt to meet folks and see if I can think about doing issues with them. You realize, the power to make one thing with somebody is so delicate that you would like somebody, you would love their work, nevertheless it won’t work,” he stated.
He continued: “You simply should attempt to be very trustworthy when it occurs and when it doesn’t. And I have a tendency and intend to observe the issues the place I really feel lots of inspiration and pleasure. It’s all form of intestine feeling, however yeah, it may be a bit awkward if it’s not there. As a result of you possibly can’t actually faux it.”
In different information, Jack Antonoff has hit out at Kanye West once more: “Your diaper is so full”.