Yo La Tengo continued their annual Hannukah exhibits at Bowery Ballroom Monday evening with one other set speckled with covers and particular visitors. At Sunday’s opening evening, the band — who’ve a brand new album referred to as This Stupid World on the best way — welcomed members of Lambchop and Pavement to the stage. This time it was Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker, the Raincoats’ Gina Burch, and the Bangles’ Vicki Peterson readily available.
During Monday’s encore, YLT lined “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” — penned by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, first made well-known by the Shirelles, and featured in my colleague Tom Breihan’s new guide The Number Ones — with assist from Burch. They additionally did two songs with Tucker: Neil Diamond’s “Solitary Man” and “Shape Of Things To Come,” penned by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and first carried out by fictional band Max Frost And The Troopers. The present ended with a run by means of “Banana Splits (Tra La La Song)” from ’60s youngsters’s TV present The Banana Splits, as lined by the Dickies, with assists from Burch, Tucker, and Peterson.
Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley was additionally readily available to assist out with various covers and originals. Check out the setlist (by way of setlist.fm) and plenty of movies under.
SETLIST:
“The Story Of Jazz”
“Radar Eyes” (The Godz cowl)
“Here To Fall”
“Here You Are”
“I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long”
“Madeline”
“Song For Mahila”
“Shadows”
“Detouring America With Horns”
“Sunday Morning” (The Velvet Underground cowl)
“Stupid Things”
“Big Day Coming (Second Version)”
“The Kid With The Replaceable Head” (Richard Hell & The Voidoids cowl)
“Drug Test”
“The Story Of Yo La Tango”
ENCORE:
“Tell Me When It’s Over” (The Dream Syndicate cowl)
“Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (The Shirelles cowl) (with Gina Birch)
“Solitary Man” (Neil Diamond cowl) (with Corin Tucker)
“Shape Of Things To Come” (Max Frost And The Troopers cowl) (with Corin Tucker)
“Banana Split (The Tra La La Song)” (The Dickies cowl) (with Corin Tucker, Gina Birch, Vicki Peterson)