yo la tengo
mosaic music festival
live, even the most abstract feedback/static-filled soundscape was filled with urgency. they seemed organic to the songs instead of mere indulgence on the part of the band. it didn't hurt that frontman ira kaplan staggered about in a musical trance during these sessions.
after 22 years and 15 albums, the trio played a tight set and moved nimbly from genre to genre, changing moods on the turn of a dime. they rocked, they serenaded, they let it rip, they mixed it up with different instruments.
kaplan took 2 questions from the audience -where are u going for dinner? dunno. good question. who cuts your hair? his wife and bandmate georgia.
as a friend promised, they pretty much rocked our socks off.
i didn't even mind that they didn't play the admittedly few songs that i knew. think there was something off summer sun and a looser, transposed version of you can have it all. oh, and apparently pass the hatchet, i think i'm goodkind, the ten minute plus opener on latest album i am not afraid of you and i will beat your ass. which i absolutely cannot recall at this moment.