UPDATE....
Wilco Make New EP Available for Download
Are they trying to break our balls?
Marnie Christenson reports:
As we recently reported, Wilco shelved their long-anticipated Kamera EP. Or did they? Nope. They lied-- or maybe pulled another one of their grazy publicity stunts-- and now the EP is available to either download for free in MP4 format if you're a proud owner of a legitimately purchased copy of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, or to listen to via a Quicktime stream if you're not. The guys even put up some slick-ass cover art to boot. Oh, and, um, it's not called Kamera, it's called More Like the Moon. The official Pitchfork Newswire CD-R copy now reads: More Like the Moon/ Kamera/ Camera/ More Like the Moon EP. It's ------' ugly!
Turns out that enhanced Yankee Hotel Foxtrot CD-- you know, the one that bugs the living shit out of you when all you want's just want to listen to it on your computer-- is good for something after all. You just drop the CD into the tray, and click "Skip Intro". Then connect to the web and at the menu, click on the link to "Wilcoworld.net." You will then be taken to a supersecret special page that hooks you up with the download. (You'll need Quicktime 6, too.) Although, if you needed these instructions in the first place, you're probably my dad and prone to inserting CDs into the tray upside down and shit.
The More Like the Moon EP was originally issued in Australia in January as a bonus disc to the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot release there. In other words, it's been available on your favorite file-sharing system (as have all the incredibly weird album demos, but that's another story) since the time it took to rip the first copy immediately after that. The EP was originally slated for release domestically, but Tweedy & Co. apparently had a change of heart, concluding that they'd rather just say "thanks." All like, you know, for the kids stylie. As the band's digital strategist (they have a ------- digital strategist?!), Ken Waagner, told the Chicago Tribune, Wilco decided "that they didn't want to sell a 21-minute record for 10 bucks or whatever it would cost to get into stores." The kindness!
And so, the issue is settled. One more time, just for grins, here's the tracklist:
01 Camera
02 Handshake Drugs
03 Woodgrain
04 A Magazine Called Sunset
05 Bob Dylan's 49th Beard
06 More Like the Moon
These six songs include one outtake from the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot sessions, "A Magazine Called Sunset", and a grittier version of "Kamera"-- which warranted the harder "c" instead. The remaining four songs are a glimpse of the latest Wilco lineup: Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt on bass, Glenn Kotche on drums, Leroy Bach on various instruments, programmer Mikael Jorgensen... and a digital strategist to be named later.
Next step is getting you to a concert! 
