Wilco just released their ninth album, Star Wars, for FREE. But now they’re highlighting their fave records—and insisting you buy ‘em.
In an email to all fans who downloaded Star Wars, Wilco stated, “We consider ourselves lucky to be in the position to give you this music free of charge, but we do so knowing not every band, label or studio can do the same. Much of the ‘music business’ relies on physical sales to keep the lights on and the mics up. Without that support, well, it gets tougher and tougher to make it all work.”
Wilco listed their favorite recent records and encouraged their fans to discover and support those artists. “There’s a lot of great music out there, lets all try to support it,” Wilco wrote. “After all, it’s the years of support (and purchases) of Wilco’s music that allowed us to do what we did last week.”
See Wilco’s favorite new records below. Click the link to stream for FREE in Prime or purchase from Amazon Music. And be sure to download Star Wars for FREE at Amazon.
Adron - Organismo
Cibo Matto - Hotel Valentine
Empyrean Atlas - Inner Circle
Eleventh Dream Day - Works for Tomorrow
Full of Hell, Merzbow - Full of Hell & Merzbow
Game Theory - Real Nighttime
Girlpool - Before the World Was Big
Invisible Familiars - Disturbing Wildlife
Landlady - Upright Behavior
Luluc - Passerby
Ned Doheny - Hard Candy
Parquet Courts - Content Nausea
Scott Walker + Sunn O))) - Soused
Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer
Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather
William Tyler - Deseret Canyon