Kicking Television, Wilco’s first official live album, taken from a number of spring shows played in the band’s native Chicago, seems to be aimed squarely at those alienated YHF fans bored stiff by AGiB’s dirge-like down-tempos.  Full text...

Live And Kicking: Surprisingly terrific live CD from predictably terrific live band   Full text...

A live album from Wilco is like a postcard home from a wayward child.  Full text...

The tables turn again with Kicking Television, which casts its predecessor's songs in hotter light and serves as a coming-out party for Wilco's newest, six-member incarnation: a drinking man's avant-jam band.   Full text...

They show that this band is ready to have fun and show a softer side, too. The future's looking pretty bright for Wilco fans.  Full text...

Kicking Television is glorious.  Full text...

The live Wilco is a rock band and nothing more.  Full text...

Over the course of nearly two hours, Kicking Television gives a good picture of Wilco live.  Full text...

Luckily, "Kicking Television: Live in Chicago," Wilco (music)'s foray into the live-album universe, doesn't feature any drum solos. Instead the group simply concentrates on fierce performances--and, usually, that's enough.  Full text...

Stretching nearly two hours and twenty-three cuts, Kicking Television is both a love letter to Wilco's dedicated fans and a definitive live statement from America's foremost rock impressionists.  Full text...

If you're looking for a superb, classic-laden summary of Wilco's recent career and a clear insight into the huge progressions in their sound and songwriting, then look no further.  Full text...

But Kicking Television is never a patch on the real thing and does little more than temporarily appease those awaiting a new album or tour.  Full text...