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A Rose Parade opened with only a 4 song set, and although I hadn't heard of this band, I was definitely a fan after just the four songs. Shannon Funchess [of !!! fame] has an amazing voice and sounded great. The music was just a simple drum loop with either an acoustic guitar or keys. Takka Takka was the second opener and was pretty warmly welcomed by the crowd. They were accompanied by 2 horn players [and The National's Bryan Devendorf], and played a few new songs.
tUnE-yArDs came out and Merrill who could not stop smiling admitted she was quite nervous and as she put it, "it was the first time [so many] people were coming to a show knowing they were gonna see me". During the song "Gangsta", the crowd started to sing along with her, and after the song ended, she asked the crowd "How do you know the words to that song"? She admitted "I don't even know the words to that one". She also stopped at the beginning of another song due to what she was stage fright and needed a moment for it to pass. Great energy throughout the entire show as usual.
tUnE-yArDs kicks off a tour with Xiu Xiu in March. More pictures from Friday night's show at the Bell House, below...






A Rose Parade








Takka Takka










Tune-Yards















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dude looks like a lady(boy) au
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 10:38 AM
I am superficial because I choose not to listen to this chick's music just because she is hideous looking. For no other reason.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 10:40 AM
Face paint
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 10:48 AM
Man that Gerard from Tv on the Radio is one talented MOFO! Is there an instrument he can't play?
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 10:55 AM
That's Gerard? No Way!
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 11:32 AM
nice must(au)che
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 11:34 AM
me no get
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 11:55 AM
I'm judging a book by it's cover.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 11:57 AM
She was great.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 12:07 PM
great show! i went with no tuneyards listening experience or expectations and was blown away. incredibly soulful performer.
Posted by b | February 8, 2010 12:16 PM
I liked this album more when I thought it was sung by a cute girl. Her voice is very deceiving. You know what they say though, fool me once but don't get fooled again by a teenage wasteland.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 12:43 PM
bell house, what a nightmare. never again.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 1:09 PM
how is bell house a nightmare? besides the fact that it's in the middle of nowhere i think it's a pretty good venue.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 1:18 PM
Wonderful comments. Hope she (who is a human being) doesn't read this.
She's awesome!
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 1:41 PM
If I had to choose over bands that toured with Dirty Projectors last year, Givers kill this chick.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 1:52 PM
As per usual BV commenters do poorly. This show was wonderful. She is wonderful.
Posted by Daniel | February 8, 2010 1:59 PM
She was definitely fantastic.
Posted by Liz | February 8, 2010 2:15 PM
this girl is due for some kind of persona change. Along the lines of The Knife or Daft Punk where you wouldn't be able to see her face.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 2:17 PM
i think the real news here is AGNOSTIC FRONT AT THE BELL HOUSE????
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 2:21 PM
You fuckin losers should all die an incredibly slow and painful death (one which includes your tiny dicks rotting and falling off... but you won't miss them because hey, you never used them anyway as you were too busy posting shit on Brooklyn Vegan).
You assholes haven't got the talent that this girl has on her worst day.
I have the incredible pleasure of knowing her personally and can say that her boundless talent is only supplanted by her amazing heart.
That said, I sincerely doubt any one of you has ever fucked something that doesn't look like a rotted out yak.
So once again. Go fuck yourselves. You fucking losers.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 2:28 PM
she was amazing as usual.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 2:33 PM
2:28 is my hero
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 2:39 PM
^^^^ the girlfriend speaks.
If you're so annoyed and pissed off at us tiny-dicked BV posters lamenting the ho-humness of your girlfriend with the mustache, then why the FUCK are YOU posting here?
She may have an amazing heart, but her music is worse than the sound of my tiny dick flopping against my thigh. And THAT is a horrible sound.
I will now go back to fucking my rotted-out yak. Which, hmmm, odd...I just noticed, looks like Merrill Garbus....
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 2:41 PM
right on 2:41!!!
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 2:47 PM
Amazing Show. Amazing venue. Perfect.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 2:55 PM
I'm posting in defense a good person... and to point out what fucking losers you people are, considering you have nothing better to do than talk shit about people who actually have the guts to do something with their lives... Oh I guess it must be slow at the coffee shop, huh? Back to work asshole.
Or wait... no. You don't work, do you? Daddy pays your rent so you can concentrate on your 'art' which probably looks the shit that's hanging off my chin after I finish munching your mother's box.
I dare you too make good music you fucking jerkoff.
BTW only big dicks slap against thighs. Your only problem is the frequent pissing on your own balls.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 2:55 PM
Amazing Show. Amazing venue. Perfect.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 2:58 PM
the mustache speaks
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 3:04 PM
2:41, it's one thing to hate on music, it's another thing to hate on someone's body. Pretty low, buddy.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 3:09 PM
i heard that she's very talented. so what if she has a mustache!
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 3:34 PM
She sold out the Bell House.... that's pretty goddamn impressive
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 3:40 PM
Great venue, great lineup from top to bottom, and amazing headlining performance from a talented musician.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 4:20 PM
sorry, Bell House is a disaster area. lazy bartenders too.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 4:41 PM
WTF are you talking about? Bell House is an amazing venue. Its the best place to see a show in NYC. The bartenders have always been incredibly friendly and the other staff are too. The woman at the front ticket/will call area is so friendly and helpful. The sound is always excellent and the bookings are impressive for a small-ish venue. There is literally nothing bad you could possibly say about this place other than its kind of pain to get to.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 4:50 PM
2:55, that's a very fitting response. I'm just baffled how a well-written blog, with plenty of interesting content, attracts such assholes. Seriously, if you're the type that wants to judge your artists by their looks or won't like a band if you find out the female singer "isn't cute," then by all means, go buy some fucking Lady Gaga or Fergie or whoever's deemed "attractive enough" these days. You're clearly only here because you think it makes you better or smarter, and fucking shit, you're completely wrong. Oh, and the hot girl at the counter of your coffee shop you probably pine over, she probably thinks the same of you that you do of this poor girl from Tuneyards. Too bad there isn't a Brooklyn Vegan about baristas where she can post said comment.
Posted by Brian | February 8, 2010 5:34 PM
leave lady gaga out of this. you probably have a sweet stache too! ladyboyyyyyyy.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 8:17 PM
not every woman musician can look like Cat Power guys.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 9:21 PM
They trash Cat Power, too, 9:21.
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 10:57 PM
cat power sucks. she doesn't have one iota of the talent of tune-yards. and cat power is mean and stupid. merrill garbus is the sweetest person and incredibly intelligent.
her friend is pissed because you guys writing moustache would be her lap dogs if you spent 20 mintues with her. she is a tour de force.
she's the roger federer of of indie rock!
Posted by Anonymous | February 8, 2010 10:59 PM
"she's the roger federer of of indie rock!"
this gets my vot for the most retarded comment (on more levels than I can even comprehend) in the history of BV comments. That is saying something. Congrats 10:59.
Posted by Anonymous | February 9, 2010 8:04 AM
8:04 i agree!
10:59 don't ever speak of cat power again. go wax yr stache.
Posted by Anonymous | February 9, 2010 8:14 AM
if only people would put this much vitriol into their politics rather than something as ridiculous as music....who the hell cares? the cat power bashing is perplexing.
Posted by Anonymous | February 9, 2010 10:44 AM
On a personal basis music is a million times more important and satisfying to me than the game of politicking will ever be. EVER. For instance I care a whole lot more about what a real person such as Chan Marshall (Cat Power) has to say and think than some fake bullshit politician just looking to line their pockets and push their own polluted agenda.
I've learned ALOT more about life listening to music and reading interviews of musicians than listening to political speeches and the like.
Posted by Anonymous | February 9, 2010 11:08 AM
8:14 and 10:44 go wax yr chests and backs and while yr at it yr unibrows, ear hair, and excessive toe and finger hair. yuck i'm gagging at the thought of what u men must look like. you'll only waste several 100s of dollars a year on that shit! and if you are ladies, i dunno what to say.
with comments like these, america deserves to deteriorate into a 3rd world country.
Posted by Anonymous | February 9, 2010 4:59 PM
cat power only knows about her reflection in the mirror.
Posted by Anonymous | February 9, 2010 4:59 PM
i think she's hot. all you teenage morons would be lucky to find someone as amazing as her.
Posted by Anonymous | February 10, 2010 4:20 PM
sorry, Bell House is a disaster area. lazy bartenders too.
Posted by jenny | February 22, 2010 10:13 AM
You fuckin losers should all die an incredibly slow and painful death (one which includes your tiny dicks rotting and falling off... but you won't miss them because hey, you never used them anyway as you were too busy posting shit on Brooklyn Vegan).
You assholes haven't got the talent that this girl has on her worst day.
I have the incredible pleasure of knowing her personally and can say that her boundless talent is only supplanted by her amazing heart.
Posted by يوتيوب | December 27, 2010 12:52 AM
Wonderful post and the location is beautiful and elegant in design and information and everything>>> to Favorites
Amazing is an enormous understatement. One of the best electronic shows I've ever been to and I've seen well over a thousand concerts. I had no idea Vladislav Delay was as good a drummer & percussionist as he is- fabulous and he kept everything swinging with a very unique style of playing. If you missed this you missed out big time...
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Posted by يوتيوب القمة | February 10, 2011 8:50 AM
The irony is, the same people bagging on the looks rather than the music probably spend vast swathes of their time complaining that the music industry is too superficial and image focussed and is all about manufactured pop acts...
Posted by Heath | May 20, 2011 10:50 AM