Sukierae, Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy’s first “official” solo record, isn’t bounds away from Wilco’s American-influenced art-rock, but the overall sound is both a bit more progressive (in the literal sense: odd time signatures and such) and simpler. That seems like hypocrisy, but interestingly, both traits can be credited to the drummer, Tweedy’s son Spencer, who—while in the pocket—has a more rudimental bag of tricks than his dad’s longtime collaborator Glenn Kotche. Here, too, Tweedy avoids the guitar heroics that’ve become part of the band’s Nels Cline-abetted calling card. It means that even Wilco-y songs like “Nobody Dies Anymore” can come off as demos rather than finished products, but that loose grit gives them an airy charm that avoids the dreaded “dad-rock” tag, even though, really, in a way, it’s more applicable than ever.