The third evening of Yo La Tengo’s Hannukah residency at Bowery Ballroom featured one other superior assortment of covers and friends. After an help from Steve Shelley earlier this week, his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo performed a lot of Tuesday’s present with YLT, together with a suitably loud and droning cowl of the Velvet Underground’s “Run Run Run.” Bill Nace — who performs with one other Sonic Youth alum, Kim Gordon, in Body/Head — was concerned as nicely.
Yo La additionally lined Bobby “Blue” Bland’s “Turn On Your Love Light” and Bob Dylan’s “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” and opened their encore with the Monkees’ “Take A Giant Step.” Then got here three songs with Lucy Dacus, a famous Yo La Tengo stan who has lined “Tom Courtenay” and as soon as made an “Autumn Sweater” TikTook. Dacus has additionally beforehand lined Carole King, which made her an ideal match for every week through which YLT are gravitating towards King’s songbook. Last evening, their present ended with Dacus singing the Ronettes’ King-penned “Walking In The Rain,” her personal “First Time,” and King’s “Home Again.”
Check out some footage from the gig beneath, in addition to the setlist by way of setlist.fm.
Night 3 of Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah shows had:
– David Cross dressed as Ira’s rabbi answering questions about Judaism
– an incredible Run Run Run Velvet Underground cover
– and most importantly, Lucy Dacus as a surprise guest!Honestly a perfect show pic.twitter.com/6ytDVUIKFS
— Sam McCann🌹 (@SamMcCann) December 21, 2022
SETLIST:
“Turn On Your Love Light” (Bobby “Blue” Bland cowl)
“Everyday”
“Demons”
“Let’s Do It Wrong”
“Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop”
“Satellite”
“I’m On My Way”
“Paul Is Dead”
“Love Minus Zero/No Limit” (Bob Dylan cowl)
“My Heart’s Reflection”
“Run, Run, Run” (The Velvet Underground cowl)
“Nothing To Hide”
“Tom Courtenay”
“Artificial Heart”
“Mushroom Cloud Of Hiss”
ENCORE:
“Take A Giant Step” (The Monkees cowl)
“Walking In The Rain” (The Ronettes cowl) (with Lucy Dacus)
“First Time” (Lucy Dacus cowl) (with Lucy Dacus)
“Home Again” (Carole King cowl) (with Lucy Dacus)