Canadians dig Pronto too!

THE SWEDE SIDE OF WILCO
Since joining Wilco during sessions for 2004’s A Ghost Is Born, keyboardist Mikael Jorgenson has watched his fellow bandmates fit in their own projects in the brief breaks between Tweedy time. After squeezing in sessions here and there, Jorgenson — a long-time engineer and studio student — assembled his team at Chicago’s SOMA studios last year and finished the recording. The result is Pronto. The four-piece band — which releases its debut album, All Is Golden on March 10 — features the pianist’s vast skills at songwriting and arranging and is easily the most melodic and interesting pop record of the Wilco side projects to date. With a ‘70s feel that moves from emotional Randy Newman-esque confessionals to mid-tempo exercises that harken back to vintage rock-country sounds of Poco and America, All Is Golden is a great listen. The band will do a short east coast tour in March that finds them opening for Tweedy at the Higher Ground in Burlington, Vermont March 26.