Yo La Tengo played Roseland Ballroom w/ Black Lips, a fancy light show & a band in the lobby (pics)

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photos by Andrew Frisicano

"...big thanks to S.I.T. & Die, The Black Lips, John Oliver, Gary Panter and Joshua White. YLT tour phase 2 begins Friday in Montreal!" - Yo La Tengo

DOWNLOAD: Yo La Tengo - Here to Fall (MP3)

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"YLT augmented their show with a light show by Joshua White and Gary Panter projected on a large screen at the rear of the stage. It very much reminded me of the time they played The Sounds Of Science at the Prospect Park Bandshell, but this time without the angry octopus. From the Mezzanine, I had a good vantage point from which to spy the setup. The band played on the stage where you'd expect them to be while the light show crew of about ten people worked behind the screen.

Pretty nifty! It resulted in a great psychedelic backdrop which pulsated and evolved with the trippy music, kinda like seeing the old Pink Floyd laser light show at the Hayden Planetarium, except live and more organic. [During] "Here To Fall"...they brought on a small troupe of accompanying strings" [QbertPlaya]

A video of "Here to Fall" from the show is below.

Andrew stopped by the show last night (9/25) and took some pics, but he got there too late to see opener Black Lips (who after the show went to Brooklyn and caused some WAVVES-related trouble). He did see host John Oliver, and Susquehanna Industrial Tool and Die Co, who were playing in the lobby, though. How was the show? More of his pictures below...

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Susquehanna Industrial Tool and Die Co

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John Oliver

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you can sort of see the string section
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YLT @ Roseland - Here To Fall w/ strings

Tags: Black Lips, John Oliver, Joshua White and Gary Panter Light Show, Roseland Ballroom, string sections, Susquehanna Industrial Tool and Die Co, The Black Lips, Yo La Tengo

posted at 4:42 PM on September 26, 2009 in music | pictures | Comments (15)

Comments (15)

Setlist, please?

Posted by Anonymous | September 26, 2009 5:00 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/ci1025/0926090052.jpg
and they encored with "Autumn Sweater", "Dog Meat" (condo fucks), and "The whole of the law" (the only ones cover), from what I can remember.

Posted by ci1025 | September 26, 2009 5:43 PM

Thanks! Wish I could've gone.

Posted by Anonymous | September 26, 2009 6:09 PM

anyone know what was the second song they played?

Posted by jkristian | September 26, 2009 8:38 PM

It wasn't "More Stars Than There Are in Heaven" off Popular Songs?

Posted by Anonymous | September 26, 2009 8:56 PM

it was.

Posted by Anonymous | September 26, 2009 9:01 PM

yo la MEHngo

Posted by Anonymous | September 27, 2009 12:37 AM

Great show, pics are cool