Thoughts on last night's Yo La Tengo show?
I pretty much hated it. For the "spin the wheel" set, we got the "Sounds of Science" part 2. This was actually really interesting music, but just not the right setting for it. Also I was really not in the mood for. I was really hoping for the Condo Fucks set or something with some energy. There was alot of audience chatter throughout this set, as it wasn't really holding alot of people's attention.
Then about 11:15 there was about a 20 minute break and they came back for another set. I left about halfway through that, so maybe it got better, but from the part I saw they were just not picking any songs I wanted to hear (except for Tom Courtenay).
I know some of this is my fault for going, as I've felt over YLT for a while and don't really like the last two records. I was just drawn in again by the spin the wheel set concept, hoping to hear something really different from them.
The show also just felt too late. Having the main band start at 10:30 is late for a show with an intermission. I know some of that is due to being out the night before seeing Kylesa, who were awesome.
