Editing Wilco (section)

==Musical style and influence==
[[File:WilcoFIB.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Wilco performing in support of ''Sky Blue Sky'' at [[Festival Internacional de Benicàssim]] on July 20, 2007]]

Mark Deming of [[AllMusic]] described Wilco's early releases as "rough-and-tumble [[alt-country]]" and their later releases as "mature and [[wikt:eclectic|eclectic]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wilco Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More {{!}} All... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/wilco-mn0000254215#biography |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> Although they have a career-long association with a major record label, Wilco are generally associated with [[indie rock]].<ref name="AllMusic biography"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Hart |first=Peter Andrew |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wilco-releases-surprise-new-album-star-wars_n_55a84257e4b0896514d0ef38 |title=Wilco Releases Surprise New Album 'Star Wars{{'-}} |work=[[HuffPost]] |date=July 17, 2015 |access-date=September 15, 2024}}</ref> The band has additionally been described by journalists as [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Wilco/Biography/ |title=Wilco Biography |website=Starpulse.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130437/http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Wilco/Biography/ |archive-date=September 24, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> alt-country,<ref>{{cite web |last=Crisp |first=Andrew |url=http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/wilco-is-not-a-country-band/Content?oid=2671798 |title=Wilco is Not A Country Band |publisher=[[Boise Weekly]] |date=June 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223449/http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/wilco-is-not-a-country-band/Content?oid=2671798 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[art rock]],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11488781|title=Album review: Wilco, Star Wars|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|access-date=August 24, 2015}}</ref> [[experimental rock]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pilgrimagefestival.com/news-updates/grammy-award-winning-band-wilco-will-make-the-pilgrimage-to-franklin-tn|title=Grammy Award Winning Band, Wilco, Will Make the Pilgrimage to Franklin, TN|publisher=Pilgrimage Festival|access-date=August 24, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915135322/http://pilgrimagefestival.com/news-updates/grammy-award-winning-band-wilco-will-make-the-pilgrimage-to-franklin-tn|archive-date=September 15, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and [[folk rock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1897103/premature-evaluation-wilco-schmilco/reviews/premature-evaluation/|title=Premature Evaluation: Wilco Schmilco|last=Deville|first=Chris|date=September 7, 2016|website=[[Stereogum]]|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref> Wilco draws influence from bands from a variety of musical genres, but primarily from music created between 1966 and 1974.<ref>{{cite web|last=Crock |first=Jason |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/42415-interview-wilco |title=Interview:Wilco |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=May 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608173247/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/42415-interview-wilco |archive-date=June 8, 2007 }} Last accessed July 23, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kot|first=Greg|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/39168/back-to-basics-an-interview-with-wilco|title=Back to Basics: An Interview with Wilco|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|date=May 14, 2007}} Last accessed July 23, 2007.</ref> [[John Cale]]'s ''[[Paris 1919 (album)|Paris 1919]]'' was credited by the band as providing a musical parallel. According to Tweedy, "It was eye-opening that I wasn't the only person that felt like these worlds had a lot more in common than they'd been given credit for—that experimentation and avant-garde theory was not directly opposed to beauty, y'know?"<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Mulvey|first=John|title=Pet Sounds|magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|date=May 2002}}</ref>

Other recording artists from the timespan cited  as most influential by the band include [[John Lennon]], [[Neil Young]], and [[Brian Wilson]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Cashmere|first=Paul|url=http://www.undercover.com.au/idol/wilco2004.html|title=Wilco (interview)|publisher=undercover.com.au|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070622041454/http://www.undercover.com.au/idol/wilco2004.html |archive-date = June 22, 2007|url-status=dead}} Last accessed July 23, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Green |first=Joshua |url=http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/03/17int.html |title=Been There |work=[[Salon (magazine)|Salon]] |date=March 17, 1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814013215/http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/03/17int.html |archive-date=August 14, 2007 }} Last accessed July 23, 2007.</ref> As a gift for his thirty-fourth birthday, Tweedy received a private guitar lesson from [[Richard Lloyd (guitarist)|Richard Lloyd]] of [[Television (band)|Television]]; Tweedy was a fan of the group and was particularly fond of the guitar work, which he wanted to incorporate into his music.<ref name="Kot3"/> Uncle Tupelo was inspired by bands such as [[Jason & the Scorchers]] and the [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]], influencing the recording of Wilco's ''A.M.''.<ref>Kot 2004, p. 24–26</ref> Tweedy and O'Rourke enjoyed [[free jazz]] artists such as [[Ornette Coleman]], [[Albert Ayler]], and [[Derek Bailey (guitarist)|Derek Bailey]]; they also listen to mainstream jazz by artists such as [[Miles Davis]] and [[John Coltrane]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kot|first=Greg|title=Pillar of Alt|publisher=[[Guitar World]] Acoustic|date=September 2004}}</ref><ref name="Magnet">{{cite news|last=Valania|first=Jonathan|url=https://magnetmagazine.com/2002/06/01/wilco-heroes-and-villains/|title=Heroes and Villains|publisher=Magnet|date=June 2002}}</ref> The lyrical structure of Wilco's songs was dictated by classic literature and ''[[Exquisite corpse|cadavre exquis]]''—an exercise where band members take turns writing lines on a typewriter, but are only allowed to see the previously written line.<ref name="Magnet"/> Among the books that the band has cited as being stylistically influential include [[William H. Gass]]'s ''In the Heart of the Heart of the Country'', [[Henry Miller]]'s ''[[Tropic of Cancer (novel)|Tropic of Cancer]]'', and [[Harold Bloom]]'s ''[[The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry]]''.<ref name="Magnet"/><ref>Kot 2004. p. 136</ref>

Some critics have dubbed Wilco the "American [[Radiohead]]", due to the band's stylistically diverse catalog.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hoard|first=Christian|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0217,hoard,34151,22.html|title=Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)|newspaper=The Village Voice|date=April 24, 2002|access-date=July 19, 2007|archive-date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012213748/http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0217,hoard,34151,22.html|url-status=dead}} Last accessed July 18, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Metevier|first=Michael|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/33236/wilco-sky-blue-sky/|title=Sky Blue Sky (review)|magazine=PopMatters|date=May 14, 2007}} Last accessed July 18, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Keefe|first=Jonathan|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1123|title=Sky Blue Sky (review)|magazine=[[Slant Magazine|Slant]]|date=May 13, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184350/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1123|archive-date=September 30, 2007|df=mdy-all}} Last accessed July 18, 2007.</ref> A critic from the ''New York Times'' argues that Wilco has a "[[roots rock|roots-rock]]&nbsp;... [sound which] reached back to proven materials: the twang of country, the steady chug of 1960s rock, the undulating sheen of [[the Beach Boys]], the [[honky-tonk]] hymns of [[the Band]] and the melodic symmetries of pop."<ref>{{cite news |first=Jon |last=Pareles |author-link=Jon Pareles |title=ROCK REVIEW; Running the Roots-Rock Sound Through a Shape-Shifting Machine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/10/arts/rock-review-running-the-roots-rock-sound-through-a-shape-shifting-machine.html |work=[[The New York Times]]  |date=June 10, 2004|access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref>

''Rolling Stone'' described Wilco as "one of America's most consistently interesting bands" and "America's foremost rock impressionists."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Pareles|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/ghost-is-born-202027/|title=Ghost Is Born|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 8, 2004|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070619094431/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/wilco/albums/album/6187605/review/6194215/a_ghost_is_born |archive-date = June 19, 2007|access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hoard|first=Christian|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/kicking-television-live-in-chicago-249386/|title=Kicking Television: Live in Chicago (review)|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 21, 2005|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071001224206/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/wilco/albums/album/8683989/review/8855801/kicking_television_live_in_chicago |archive-date = October 1, 2007|url-status=dead}} Last accessed July 18, 2007.</ref> Bands that Wilco has influenced include [[Derek Webb]] (of [[Caedmon's Call]]),<ref>{{cite news|last=Snyder|first=Jillian|url=http://www.marshillonline.com/an-interview-with-derek-webb|title=An Interview with Derek Webb|publisher=[[Mars' Hill]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012214033/http://www.marshillonline.com/an-interview-with-derek-webb |archive-date = October 12, 2007|url-status=dead}} Last accessed July 17, 2007.</ref> [[The National (band)|the National]],<ref name="BH">{{cite news|last=Gottlieb|first=Jed|url=http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=1007464|title=National Anthems Eschew Catchy for Wilco-like Sound|newspaper=[[Boston Herald]]|date=June 21, 2007}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Last accessed July 18, 2007.</ref> and [[Grace Potter and the Nocturnals]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Bruss|first=Andrew|url=https://glidemagazine.com/5105/grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-bring-it-on-home/|title=Grace Potter and the Nocturnals: Bring It on Home|work=[[Glide (magazine)|Glide]]|date=September 1, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012214049/http://www.glidemagazine.com/Articles/47840/Grace-Potter-and-the-Nocturnals:--Bring-It-On-Home.html|archive-date=October 12, 2007|df=mdy-all|access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref> [[Adam Granduciel|Adam Grunduciel]] of [[The War on Drugs (band)|The War on Drugs]] calls Wilco his "Favorite modern day band."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |title=The War on Drugs on the Sonic Roots of 'A Deeper Understanding' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=September 13, 2017 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-war-on-drugs-on-the-sonic-roots-of-a-deeper-understanding-111114/warren-zevon-3-111408/}}</ref> [[Norah Jones]] performed a cover of "[[Jesus, Etc.]]" at the 2008 [[Bridge School Benefit]] where both Jones and Wilco performed;<ref>{{cite web |last=Stosuy |first=Brandon |url=https://www.stereogum.com/31701/wilco_debut_new_tunes_get_covered_by_norah_jones/news/ |title=Wilco Debut New Tunes, Get Covered By Norah Jones |website=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 30, 2008 |access-date=September 15, 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212192841/http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/wilco-debut-new-tunes-get-covered-by-norah-jones_031701.html |archive-date=December 12, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> a version of the song was released as a bonus track on Jones' album ''[[The Fall (Norah Jones album)|The Fall]]'' in 2009. [[Counting Crows]] also covered the song "California Stars."<ref>{{cite web|author=Anonymous |url=http://fuelfriends.blogspot.com/2006/01/counting-crows-live-covers.html |title=Fuelfriends.blogspot.com |publisher=Fuelfriends.blogspot.com |date=January 10, 2006 |access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref>