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setlist via http://www.jessejarnow.com/category/ylt / @bourgwick ... looks amazing.

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
12 December 2017
*(Hanukkah, night 1)*

Todd Barry, Bob Odenkirk, and Miriam & Nobody’s Babies opened
mix disc by Mike Watt

whole set with Mary Halvorson (guitar) and Zeena Parkins (harp), entering during “Before We Run” outro jam.

Back in the New York Groove (KISS) (sung “Back With the New York Jews”)
Before We Run >
Everyday
From A Motel 6
Walking Away From You
Last Days of Disco
Saturday
The Kid With the Replaceable Head (Richard Hell)
Moby Octopad
Artificial Heart
Tom Courtenay
I Heard You Looking

*(encore)*
So Easy Baby (The Zantees) (with Miriam Linna on percussion/vocals & Bruce Bennett on guitar/vocals)
Cruel To Be Kind (with Nick Lowe on guitar/vocals)
Baby, It’s You (Burt Bacharach/Luther Dixon/Mack David) (with NL)
Here Comes the Night (Bert Berns) (with NL)
Shake That Rat (Nick Lowe) (NL on bass)
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding? (Nick Lowe) (with NL)

tylerw, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link

Saw a pic on Instagram of Nick Lowe onstage with them

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 17:57 (six years ago) link

Apparently there was a heckler during the Todd Barry set and then a commotion in the balcony later on (where the heckler was). Anyone have any details on that? I also heard that per the band's request there will be no open/public taping and sharing of these sets, but they may circulate privately.

Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 19:59 (six years ago) link

seems like there's been a bit of a falling out w/ YLT and the taping community ... but yeah, these shows will probably circulate on the down low.

tylerw, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link

I saw Todd Barry open for them at a Maxwell's Hanukkah show, probably 15 years ago.

kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 22:37 (six years ago) link

going Thursday.
Haven't seen YLT proper since 2005 when I caught them on the Columbia quad.
Saw Georgia and Ira play a Velvet Underground cover with Lee Ranaldo and Steve Gunn last January, and have seen James in Oneida a handful of times in the last two years.

I figured NYCtaper would have all these gigs on lock

jrussohwell, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 23:10 (six years ago) link

2nd show:

opening: Los Straitjackets (saw em 4 months ago, good at showbiz)
comic: Neil Hamburger (some of these were actual jokes, not as meta as i was expecting)
encore guest: John Doe (still sings well)

The major diff from the Maxwells shows is there's room onstage for a guitar tech.

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 December 2017 06:21 (six years ago) link

Los Straitjackets ran "My Heart Will Go On" thru the surf-rock mixer

YLT had a harpist

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 December 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link

yeah, saw that Mary Lattimore (the harpist) joined 'em last night — she's great.

tylerw, Thursday, 14 December 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link

i thought it was strange she stayed for the loud raveups -- tried to hear her, couldn't

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 December 2017 21:01 (six years ago) link

haha, yeah i imagine it'd be tough for a harp to drown Ira out

tylerw, Thursday, 14 December 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link

setlist from last night:

credit to Frank & Earthy: http://www.jessejarnow.com/category/ylt / @bourgwick

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
13 December 2017
*(Hanukkah, night 2)*

comedian: Neil Hamburger
opening act: Los Straitjackets
mix CD: Dave the Spazz

whole set (after 1st 3 songs) with Mary Lattimore on concert harp.

The Evil That Men Do (Craig’s Version)
Run, Run, Run (Velvet Underground) (surf instrumental version) (with Los Straitjackets)
new song #1 (“That Guy”)
Green Arrow
Today Is The Day
Gentle Hour (Snapper)
Pablo and Andrea
The Sea Horse
Stupid Things
Big Day Coming (fast)
We’re An American Band
The Story of Yo La Tango

*(encore)*
with John Doe of X on vocals/guitar/bass
The New World (X)
My Darling, Blue Skies (John Doe)
Pressing On (Bob Dylan)
Let’s Get Rid of New York (The Randoms)
Adult Books (X)

Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Thursday, 14 December 2017 22:34 (six years ago) link

never heard "Let’s Get Rid of New York" before

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2017 03:39 (six years ago) link

oh man I loooove that tune, nice choice

sleeve, Friday, 15 December 2017 03:41 (six years ago) link

(nothing against NY, just a great song of regional pride)

sleeve, Friday, 15 December 2017 03:42 (six years ago) link

i now agree w/ the sentiment

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2017 03:44 (six years ago) link

haha, caught last night's comedians about ten years ago; once was enough

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/yo-la-tengo-hanukkah-night-3-jim-jarmusch-jon-benjamin-more-pics-setlist-video/

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link

oh man, they did 'gentle hour' live? love that.

campreverb, Saturday, 16 December 2017 02:08 (six years ago) link

well that's a wrap — pretty amazing, i think the only repeat song in seven nights was "tom courtenay" (they did both the electric and acoustic versions).

tylerw, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 15:08 (six years ago) link

there's 8 nights :)

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 15:34 (six years ago) link

oh lol duh

tylerw, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link

interested to hear michael shannon's alan vega impression ...

tylerw, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 15:38 (six years ago) link

there's a clip on eleanor freiedberger's instagram

mizzell, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link

Google is our friend, tylerw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zlXbaAheo8

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link

ha, well that was fast ...

tylerw, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link

pretty good!

tylerw, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link

oh man i wish i could have made it to more than one of the Maxwell shows

(•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link

I miss them.

Evan, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link

I think I was at the Shepherds Bush gig described by masonic boom at the top of this thread, and I thought they were great. But it was quite busy and maybe I was in a better spot, Shepherds Bush Empire has been very hit and miss soundwise for me. I saw JSBX there once and the sound was terrible.

Anyway I was thinking of that gig today because they covered Neutron Bomb by Art Attacks that night and today I found out the Art Attacks guitarist died last month.

Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link

they've done "Autumn Sweater" at least twice this run

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link

three months pass...

Ira, Georgia and James will be back for another NYC show this summer, this time a Rocks Off Concert Cruise on June 28. The show will be aboard the The Liberty Belle which departs from Pier 36 at the Seaport. Tickets ($50) for this show will be available with no service charges at Earwax Records in Williamsburg on Friday, April 13 from 5-9 PM and are cash only. Any remaining tickets will then go on sale online on Saturday (4/14) at noon.

https://www.ticketweb.com/event/yo-la-tengo-the-liberty-belle-tickets/8277535

the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 02:47 (six years ago) link

one month passes...

Ira is still a crazyman, georgia’s voice sounds great, and they played ‘be thankful for what u got’

let’s get real (alomar lines), Saturday, 2 June 2018 08:08 (five years ago) link

And that’s my show review. Print that shit!

let’s get real (alomar lines), Saturday, 2 June 2018 08:09 (five years ago) link

I have two tickets for this saturday in los angeles if anyone is interested? been under the weather lately.

officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 7 June 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link

saw them here in PDX the other night. was kind of lukewarm on the setlist, but agree that Georgia sounded great.
I'm not sure they have such a great job recording/mixing her vocals on these past couple of records.

campreverb, Thursday, 7 June 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link

The last show of theirs I saw was such a snooze I decided I wouldn't go too far out of my way to catch them again, but they're playing Oxford, MS, in September, so I may see them one more time.

WilliamC, Thursday, 7 June 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link

I caught the 2nd show in SF and thought they were spellbinding - especially the first, more ambient set they played. The fairly large crowd was so so so wonderfully quiet, too

KevRus, Thursday, 7 June 2018 17:19 (five years ago) link

three months pass...

Hanukkah shows (Dec 2-9) on sale Friday.

http://yolatengo.com/schedule/

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 September 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link

two months pass...

anyone going next week? i may not.

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 30 November 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link

I'll be in town the night of the last show, gave it some thought ...

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 November 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link

Apparently the other night they covered “Jesus” with the Blind Boys of Alabama. There’s also a nice clip of Ira and Jon Langford duetting on “Girl From the North Country.”

JoeStork, Thursday, 6 December 2018 00:29 (five years ago) link

Never been, always wanted to go ... so I got a good deal on tickets, so pretty much coming to the city to hang out with my old buddy and see the Saturday show. I'm pretty jazzed and have really been enjoying There's A Riot Goin' On over the last month.

dronestreet, Thursday, 6 December 2018 00:55 (five years ago) link

Matmos last night! I couldn't go.

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link

and LaLa Brooks from the Crystals! jeez, I need to go to this someday ...

tylerw, Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link

setlists etc are over here: http://www.jessejarnow.com/blog/

tylerw, Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link

one month passes...
five months pass...

...anyone heard if they are doing a hanukkah run again this yr? had such a good time last yr i kinda want to go again...
not to mention plane tix were super cheap and the weather was ok...

dronestreet, Friday, 26 July 2019 18:50 (four years ago) link

four months pass...

welp, guess i had a good enough time last year to snag tickets for Fri & Sat this yr.
(also good excuse to visit some friends in Kingston afterwards.)
anyone else going?

dronestreet, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link

two weeks pass...

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