Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah residency is at present beneath means at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. This yr’s iteration of the annual custom has already given us some information to write down residence about — for instance, Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan joined them to do “Slack Motherfucker” on Night time One — and Saturday night time, Yo La Tengo bought Robyn Hitchcock to reunite the Tender Boys.
Hitchcock opened the present together with his bandmates Kimberley Rew and Morris Windsor, with whom he additionally performed a handful of reveals in England earlier this yr. (Brooklyn Vegan factors out that Rew’s partner Lee Cave-Berry stepped in to play bass, as unique Tender Boy bassist Matthew Seligman handed away from COVID problems in 2020.) They performed songs each from the Tender Boys’ discography, in addition to highlights from Hitchcock’s solo profession.
Yo La Tengo performed as a trio. After their set — throughout which Rew joined for “The Race Is On Once more” — they introduced the Tender Boys again onstage for the encore, the place they did “Queen Of Eyes” and “I Wanna Destroy You” collectively. Additionally they did covers of the Velvet Underground and the Beatles.
Nights Two and Three of Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah residency featured company like Fred Armisen and Wilco’s Pat Sansone. On Night time 4, buddy of the band Eugene Mirman did some comedy, whereas Jodi Artichoke did a post-show DJ set. Proceeds went to Coalition For The Homeless. See viewers clips and the total Night time 4 setlists beneath.
THE SOFT BOYS SETLIST:
“Kingdom Of Love”
“Madonna Of The Wasps”
“Brenda’s Iron Sledge”
“Metropolis Of Disgrace”
“Sally Was A Legend”
“Sudden City”
“Sounds Nice When You’re Useless”
“The Sir Tommy Shovell”
“Give It To The Tender Boys”
“The Pigworker”
“Insanely Jealous”
“He’s A Reptile”
“Underwater Moonlight”
YO LA TENGO SETLIST:
“Inexperienced Arrow”
“Sinatra Drive Breakdown”
“Cherry Chapstick”
“Ashes”
“I’ll Be Round”
“Swing For Life”
“Mild Hour” (Snapper Cowl)
“The Level Of It”
“Aselestine”
“Tiny Birds”
“The Race Is On Once more”
“Beanbag Chair”
“Types Of The Occasions”
“Decora”
“The Story Of Yo La Tango”
“Huge Day Coming”
ENCORE:
“Queen Of Eyes” (The Tender Boys Cowl)
“Child, Let Me Comply with You Down”
“Run Run Run” (The Velvet Underground Cowl)
“I Wanna Destroy You” (The Tender Boys Cowl)
“It’s All Too A lot” (The Beatles Cowl)
