Another New Wilco album leaked online...

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Another Wilco album leaked online

By Jonathan Cohen
Fri Mar 9, 9:29 PM ET

NEW YORK (Billboard) - In what is becoming an unfortunate tradition, Wilco's new album, "Sky Blue Sky," has leaked online, more than two months prior to its May 15 release date.

The group's 2002 album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" was online for nine months before it was eventually released in stores, and 2004's "A Ghost Is Born" also hit the Internet well before street date. In the latter instance, Wilco fan site http://www.Justafan.org asked fans who had downloaded the album early to donate money to Doctors Without Borders, a fund which eventually grew to $15,000.

"There's probably some good argument to be made that (the latest online leak) will prevent a few people from buying the record," Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy told Billboard. "But there's also the idea that I believe is true for us, which is, it's people listening to our music."

"We feel very proud of our record and we want people to hear it. Ultimately, that's the goal," he continued. "I think most people will do the right thing and support us and buy the record, even if they have downloaded it."

Added bassist John Stirratt: "Frankly, I would like to have people get a head start on knowing the material before we come to whatever town they live in."

*To stem the tide, the group will stream "Sky Blue Sky" from 9 a.m to 9 p.m. ET Sunday on its official Web site: http://www.wilcoworld.net

"We've always viewed the whole thing as similar to radio," Wilco manager Tony Margherita said. "We were prepared for it to leak as soon as the first advance CD went out. That's just part and parcel of the deal. As with previous records, our plan was and is to give people another way to hear the record besides the download, since these often sound like crap and are a pain in the *** for people who don't have a lot of time or are not super tech-savvy."

Wilco will get busy on the road beginning April 16 in Brisbane, Australia.

Reuters/Billboard

 

I hate that. Really do. Morons.

 

Umm, what is it that you hate?

Wilco seemed to be expecting it. Remember, this is the band that streamed Yankee Hotel Foxtrot from their website for many, many months before it was released. And it was their biggest seller to date.

 

Johnny....what? What do you hate? Wilco or whomever is responsible for leaking the music? I welcome the opportunity to hear brand new music from one of my favorite bands. Of course, I will be buying it in May but until then, I would at least like to hear the songs.

I liken it to the good old days of radio when a station would sometimes play a brand new song weeks or months before the album hit stores.

 

silly Reuters/Billboard...
1) Wilco streamed the whole album online to anyone who wanted to listen last Sunday
2) album leaks happen to nearly every band these days

 

Hmm... I don't know anything about the reporting... I just posted the news story.

In any case, Wilco is streaming the entire new CD today for anyone who wants to hear it.

Steve

 

The band doesn't seem to be perturbed about it, so why should anyone else be? Oh wait...

 

Hey, my old home town!

 

Well, I don't understand the problem? Didn't the last two Wilco albums sell rather well? And again, people will buy the album if they want it.

 

Every album leaks -- why is this news?

 

There isn`t a problem. It was leaked from the online stream. So Wilco want to give the music to the people who can decide to buy it or not, the fans will surely do. It seems that Wilco aren`t only in it for the money. The real news for those who didn`t know this before is this philosophy of the band.