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The Loom / Secret Garden, part 2 from hoovesontheturf on Vimeo.
As they move on fresh from a very big 2008, The Loom begin 2009 with a series of January gigs, highlighted by three-gig residency at Pianos. The dates for the Pianos shows are January 6, January 13, and January 27. We are particularly [...]

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As a lead up to their annual New Year’s run in NYC, Gov’t Mule offered their fans a pair of intimate semi-acoustic shows at the Orensanz Center — a beautiful renovated 150 year old former synagogue on Norfolk Street. On Sunday night, we were witness to an extraordinary display of multifaceted musicianship [...]

At the second night of his Festival of Light shows, Matisyahu came bearing gifts — nearly two and half hours of music, a rock solid performance, and several key guests. We were particularly thankful for the appearance of guitar virtuoso Yosi Piamenta, who completely shredded in his two extended performances. The set featured [...]

[photo from Ira's Hanukkah Diary]
At night seven of the Hanukkah celebration, Yo La Tengo displayed the most compelling characteristics of the band — their versatility and encyclopedic knowledge of popular music. As the band took the stage with an aggressive “Sugarcube”, the expectation was that the set would feature the rocking YLT. In [...]

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On Wednesday, the fourth night of Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah celebration, the band performed an odd show — no special guests at all, just the usual trio for the entire set. What made it special was the setlist, which went deep into the band’s catalog to dig up such rarely heard gems as [...]

[photo from Ira's Hanukkah Diary]
If the third night of Yo La Tengo’s annual Hanukkah celebration at Maxwell’s did not have the big name guests as in previous nights and years, our hosts more than made up for the deficit with a smoking ninety-minute set that alternated between quiet lithe numbers and absolute shredding. Yo [...]

[photo by nyctaper]
I love this picture. Its the dreidel / disco ball that came down from the ceiling at the Matisyahu show at Webster Hall tonight. It looks like its about the come down onto my microphones, but the dreidel was really about 20 feet in front of me.
We recorded Matisyahu tonight. [...]

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As we announced/leaked all the way back in October two weeks before the official announcement, Yo La Tengo is set to perform their eight nights of Hanukkah at Maxwell’s with special unannounced opening bands and comedy.
We will be present on Tuesday December 23 and Saturday December 27. Our recording of the December 6 [...]

[image by Songbirdnest]
Its getting late, less than 2 weeks left in the year. So we feel like we left our yearly Top Concerts post until as late as we can, with all due respect to the rest of the shows we will see this year — Matisyahu (Dec 22) and Yo La Tengo (Dec [...]

[photo courtesy of Diana.Wong]
Last night at Music Hall of Williamsburg, we decided to get among the crazy throngs on the floor at the Of Montreal show. While it was certainly comfortable up in the balcony at Roseland, we must admit to a bit of envy when the crowd on the floor erupted in unison [...]