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Yo la Tengo (1/3)

Clunky is a good description, but very much in a good way. I've not seen Jeff this loose in a very long time. I think he enjoyed not being the boss for a few evenings, slipping into the back line to play bass for a few songs and giving a "sure whatever" shrug or two during the set. "BASS SOLO" (not sure who hollered that) was started halfheartedly and quickly abandoned. "A few more warmup shows" was mentioned by Jeff as a possible cure for the clunk. Guitar techs were bumping into each other. Notes were missed / funny looks were cast in response. It wasn't open mic night by any stretch,

Never thought I'd say this either... Golden Smog!!

Notes?? We don’t need no stinking NOTES! Well done ya hoser.

Kathleen Edwards

More reporting from the local sub(stitute). Deal with it. Complete setlist, per WilcoWorld but I'm pretty sure it was as played: Betrayed One Tiny Flower Caught Up In The Past Sign of Life Forever Never Ends This Is How It Ends World Away Saddest Eyes Low Key KC Rain (No Wonder) Mirror Don't Forget Stray Cats In Spain Out In The Dark Ain't It A Shame Flowering New Orleans Diamond Light Pt. 1 No One's Moving On Feel Free Lou Reed Was My Babysitter ------------------------

At the risk of totally messing up the sequencing of these posts, I'll chime in on the two shows I was able to attend this past week. Here we have the spelunking entry of the Twilight Override tour. Being a part-time conformist, I shall even follow the new format. Almost. Complete setlist, per WilcoWorld but I'm pretty sure it was as played: Betrayed One Tiny Flower Caught Up In The Past Parking Lot Forever Never Ends This Is How It Ends World Away Too Real (tour debut) Low Key KC Rain (No Wonder) Mirror

Yo la Tengo. Sorta. Anyone seen this? No idea what to expect other than a live soundtrack by YLT and a live narrated documentary about someone I've never heard of.

Little bit yeah. One that my wife actually WANTS to go to. We saw him in London this summer the night before Wilco and he really is a great musician and entertainer.

Jon Batiste

And the Instagram post from SSF has this, so, yeah.

Low Cut Connie

Shoutout to the one and only @kidsmoke for reviving the VC after its most recent unexpected hiatus.

"It's really great to be back playing the EnormoDome!" And with that, Wilco began their Western Canada 3-city finale to the "August Evening With" tour of 2025. But as mentioned above by our absent-once-again humble correspondent, the usual two-set-plus-encore format was *not* Meant To Be this evening. There was plenty of character (and a couple characters) however to make it a memorable evening for what seemed like a very eager Vancouver crowd attending the show as part of the PNE Fair. A ticket to the concert included admission to the fair, so a few of us arrived early t