every-other-summer

new Wilco documentary 'Every Other Summer' now streaming -- watch them cover Pavement's "Cut Your Hair"

EVery Other Summer Wilco documentary

The 2015 edition of Wilco‘s Solid Sound Festival happens June 26-28 at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, with performances from Real Estate, King Sunny Ade, Mac Demarco, Bill Frisell, Parquet Courts, Shabazz Palaces, Jessica Pratt, Wilco themselves and lots more. Tickets and festival passes are still available, and WFUV will be broadcasting Real Estate and Wilco’s sets on Friday (6/26).

Meanwhile, a documentary about the festival, titled Every Other Summer, was just released today (6/19):

Directed by Christoph Green and Brendan Canty, Every Other Summer is a documentary about the Solid Sound Festival, Wilco’s three day music and arts gathering that takes place once every two years at MASS MoCA. Shot in 2013 and featuring performances by Wilco, Neko Case, Yo La Tengo, The Dream Syndicate, Lucius, Foxygen, Sam Amidon, Sean Rowe, The Relatives and appearances from Reggie Watts, John Hodgman, Jen Kirkman and others, Every Other Summer offers a peek into the festival’s utopian vibe, and the positive transformative impact it has had on the small rust belt town of North Adams, MA.

You can rent or buy it digitally via Vimeo. Watch the trailer and a segment where Wilco covers Pavement’s “Cut Your Hair” below.

Every Other Summer – "Cut Your Hair" from dBpm Records on Vimeo.