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My name is Peter. 17 years old.

Enjoys Wilco, Elvis Costello, Radiohead, The National, Calvin and Hobbes, summer evenings around 8 PM, fall, winter, and tea.

So does Yankee Hotel Foxtrot justify the controversy, delay and buzz? Everyone, I think, already knows that the answer is yes; all I can offer is “me too” and reiterate. And after half a year living with a bootleg copy, the music remains revelatory. Complex and dangerously catchy, lyrically sophisticated and provocative, noisy and somehow serene, Wilco’s aging new album is simply a masterpiece; it is equally magnificent in headphones, cars and parties. And as anyone who’s seen the mixed-bag crowd at Wilco shows knows, it will find a home in the collections of hippies, frat boys, acid-eating prep schoolers, and the record store apparatchiks of the indiocracy. No one is too good for this album; it is better than all of us.

—Brent Sirota, getting it right on Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in Pitchfork upon its release. The record came out 10 years ago today. (via Kiehl)

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