Wilco just makes you feel good to be alive. They played a sweet show to the good people of Vancouver last night at the Commodore. I admit I never really got into the band till their latest release 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot', even despite their work with Billy Bragg. That's my loss, but nevertheless, I could still recognize some of their older 'hits' as well as all the great new stuff.

These guys can get their groove on while playing music that appeals to all types of peoples ranging from the indie crowd to some new-country fans. Actually, maybe that's the only groups they get through to. That's a shame. A show like this gives you faith that even though the old routine of guitar, drums and bass has been around so long, there's still a countless number of ways to put it all together to sound better than 90% of the crap that's out there (old and new; 99% with the newer shiat).

With the release of the new Queens of the Stone Age album last week, The new Wilco is pretty much the only one close to it for the year. Their second show in two nights at the Commodore put the emphasis on music and made people sway and sing along, even if they didn't know the words. They could have made new fans out of everyone even if no one had heard them till last night.

The crew I was with (Jon, Rob, Jake) all agreed, if we had died last night as my car flew over the Granville Street bridge with the gas pedal stuck, at least we would have been smiling through our bloody, messed up faces with the memories of the show. From now on that kind of action will be known as Wilco-style.

As for those of you who weren't there, support this band in any way you can. Definitely go see them live and make yourself feel that your life doesn't need to suck and that things can rock on. You know that's the way you feel the morning after a Wilco show and you look in the mirror and it dawns on you that you weren't there. Suckers.