Yo La Tengo are ending their annual run of Hanukkah shows at New York’s Bowery Ballroom, and they’ve made good and certain that each show goes off with a bang. In the first six nights, YLT have shared their stage with guests like the Feelies, Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, and Beach House’s Victoria Legrand. This time around, the band covered Beastie Boys’ classic “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)” with support from Damon & Naomi.
Brooklyn Vegan reported that last night’s show began with Velvet Underground covers from Foggy Notion who later joined Yo La Tengo at various points during the performance. For the encores, Yo La Tengo were joined by Damon & Naomi, the dream-pop duo who also took part in Tuesday night’s show.
Together, Yo La Tengo and Damon & Naomi played four covers. They started with the Monkees’ “Take A Giant Step” before launching into the Beastie Boys’ “You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party.” Yo La Tengo have covered several songs over the decades, but it appears that they’d never done that one before. Afterwards, the two bands also covered Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer” and Jonathan Richman’s “Don’t Let Our Youth Go To Waste.”
The final Hanukkah show goes down tonight.
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