setlists are really all over the place
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 March 2023 16:44 (one year ago) link
makes sense, 40 years as a band, around 20 albums ...
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 March 2023 16:48 (one year ago) link
and on those extended Hanukkah runs they don't repeat any songs (or at least they don't repeat any arrangements, they might do like the slow "Big Day Coming" one night and the fast one on another) — their repertoire is impressively deep. i saw them looking at lyric sheets in the yo la wilco encore, but i think that's a rarity.
― tylerw, Monday, 27 March 2023 16:54 (one year ago) link
Ira seems to be wearing the same striped shirt in every photo or video I've seen, he must have a suitcase full of them.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 March 2023 18:29 (one year ago) link
hahaha my friend and I were joking about that at the show
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 March 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
seems like alan was mostly just doing the organ drone on "i heard you looking"
Drone Not Drones lives on. feel like I can hear it better in that clip than in person -- mostly came through at a few shocking moments, and in the single note candlelight flicker he ended with, very beautiful.
― fleeting art that floats! (geoffreyess), Monday, 27 March 2023 19:29 (one year ago) link
Also (and I know it's kind of his deal) when the guests come out it's often the only time Ira smiles and seems to be enjoying himself.
Now that you mention it, he usually seems really serious or focused on the task at hand whenever I saw him perform.
FWIW, the only time I've ever heard him say anything humorous was at a Hanukkah show (from the first run at the Bowery Ballroom), and given the way it came off, I just got the impression he was generally a shy person. Jeff Tweedy was the guest - he did his set and stayed on stage to play with Yo La Tengo. Eventually Ira pointed out that "when Jeff sang 'New York,' I noticed you all clapped, and then when I sang it on that last number, you didn't do anything, so...just thought I'd point that out..." Then after they performed a few more songs, someone in the audience yelled out "New York!" which got some tepid applause. Tweedy responded with "TOO LATE!" So then someone yelled out "Hoboken!" and almost everyone booed, and Ira just grinned and said "I should've kept my mouth shut."
― birdistheword, Monday, 27 March 2023 19:31 (one year ago) link
feel like we've been in the same room tons of times probably
bet I could find plenty of evidence on ILM confirming this!
― fleeting art that floats! (geoffreyess), Monday, 27 March 2023 19:33 (one year ago) link
I can't remember exactly what he said, but Ira actually had a few moments of playful banter with the crowd at the Chicago show.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 March 2023 19:50 (one year ago) link
The first was a jokey acknowledgment that he didn't say "hello" to the crowd until four or five songs in and the other was in response to some overzealous "woo"ing when they announced they were going to play a song not from the new album. He seemed in good spirits all night.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 March 2023 19:51 (one year ago) link
Yeah at the show I saw they did 3-4 songs from the new album and Ira made a low-key joke about "For those keeping score — and I know some of you are — those were all from the new record." Kind of a nod to their obsessive-geek fans, also implicitly acknowledging that he's an obsessive-geek music guy himself. Or that's how I took it.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 March 2023 20:19 (one year ago) link
At the DC show he stopped "Periodically Double or Triple" before doing the 2nd verse and humorously explained he regretted writing that part because it was too brash, and didn't want to contribute to today's thoughtless climate.
― Chris L, Monday, 27 March 2023 20:22 (one year ago) link
8 minutes of Time Fades Away with Mark Freeman of NNB
Holy shit, I haven't seen him on a stage since early 80s. NNB and YLT kindred guitar drone/noise spirits for sure.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 27 March 2023 20:37 (one year ago) link
oh wow you saw NNB?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 March 2023 20:39 (one year ago) link
Yes, Red House moreso. I'm old.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 27 March 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
how was NNB live? I don't know Red House, was that a later project?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 March 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
Great dance and trance band with clashing guitars, like Television. By the time I saw NNB Cindy was already playing drums, so they were halfway to the Red House lineup. There is/was a live Red House song on youtube but I'm not finding it at the moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnSNEymcd_8
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 27 March 2023 20:58 (one year ago) link
Oh they were still NNB at the time, here it is! I know we've had this convo on another thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUSTH7qMwb4
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 27 March 2023 21:05 (one year ago) link
"Slack" rules so hard, yeah we've talked abt this on other threadz
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Monday, 27 March 2023 21:07 (one year ago) link
Well, I just learned the bass line for "25 Reasons" this afternoon, so thanks thread!
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 27 March 2023 22:03 (one year ago) link
and here they are, more North American tour dates!
06-09 Jersey City, New Jersey - White Eagle Hall06-10 Washington, D.C. - The Atlantis06-13 Portland, ME - State Theatre06-14 South Deerfield, MA - Tree House Brewing Company (Outdoors)06-15 Montreal, Quebec - Corona Theatre06-16 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre06-18 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club06-19 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club06-21 Homer, NY - Center For the Arts06-22 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre06-23 Kalamazoo, MI - Bell’s Beer Garden06-24 Chicago, IL -Metro06-26 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre06-27 Birmingham, AL - Saturn06-28 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 14:49 (one year ago) link
i've never seen em before, def gonna try to go to that jersey city show
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 14:53 (one year ago) link
man I really blew it not seeing them in the PNW this time, it was right at the start of the tour and I wasn't paying as much attention
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 14:57 (one year ago) link
omg, I would love to go to that Tree House Brewing Company show.
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link
yesssssssss i couldn't get tickets to the last chicago show but snagged two for this one
― na (NA), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:09 (one year ago) link
Ha, you know a band understands it's hit the sweet spot when it extends the tour.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:34 (one year ago) link
I guess I'm going to finally visit Bell's beer garden
― joygoat, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
Phew, I'm glad I went to the Asheville show because I'm going to be out of town for the Knoxville show.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:51 (one year ago) link
finally got the vinyl. brain capers ends with a lock groove and there's a secret bonus instrumental track on side 4 (though it's kind of annoying)
― na (NA), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 14:51 (eleven months ago) link
great acoustic set last night at a benefit. 2 highlights from James, Sun Ra's Nuclear War and Black Flag's Nervous Breakdown.
― bulb after bulb, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 15:05 (eleven months ago) link
I put together this little YLT deep cuts mix ... a good listen, I think!
https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2023/05/22/yo-la-tengo-deeper-into-deep-cuts/
― tylerw, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 15:06 (eleven months ago) link
Ira throws out the first pitch at a Mets game!
ole pal @noah_s just texted this in from the first base line pic.twitter.com/0DNv21coiy— joel berk (@pfcidb) June 1, 2023
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 1 June 2023 17:58 (eleven months ago) link
pretty good!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 June 2023 18:00 (eleven months ago) link
pretty good pitch too! Ira must have loved that.
(lol xpost)
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 1 June 2023 18:00 (eleven months ago) link
Matador has tweeted video of Ira's honorary first pitch too.
I need to dig into Tyler's deep cuts mix soon
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 1 June 2023 23:03 (eleven months ago) link
I just played it, very worthwhile. But not downloadable (didn't they used to be?).
― nickn, Friday, 2 June 2023 06:48 (eleven months ago) link
it's just one big mp3 file but if you right click / save as you should be able to download it.
― tylerw, Friday, 2 June 2023 14:40 (eleven months ago) link
aw yeah "Nutricia" is one of my very faves
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Friday, 2 June 2023 14:43 (eleven months ago) link
that's a song I could just play on a loop forever I think
― tylerw, Friday, 2 June 2023 14:47 (eleven months ago) link
xpOK, I got it, thanks. My PC said "save link as" and I thought that would just copy the link, not the file linked to.
― nickn, Friday, 2 June 2023 19:15 (eleven months ago) link
been on a big ylt kick, i'm familiar with the core four (painful -> and then nothing) but little outside of it. and then nothing is one of my favorite records of all time so it's been wonderful to discover that they made a few more slow motion nighttime insomniac records just like it (summer sun and there's a riot going on) and i adore them as well!!!
― ivy., Thursday, 27 July 2023 17:01 (nine months ago) link
don't sleep on the new one either, fantastic stuff
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 27 July 2023 17:07 (nine months ago) link
i'm gonna listen to it today!!! :)
― ivy., Thursday, 27 July 2023 17:28 (nine months ago) link
fade and i am not afraid of you... are both very good too
but this stupid world is a top 3 ylt album
― ufo, Thursday, 27 July 2023 20:45 (nine months ago) link
hard agree
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 27 July 2023 21:24 (nine months ago) link
Their sea creature documentary soundtrack is great too
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 27 July 2023 22:47 (nine months ago) link
yes!
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 27 July 2023 22:49 (nine months ago) link