tUnE-yArDs @ the Vic, Chicago October 22, 2014 I showed up to the Vic thinking the tUnE-yArDs crew w
tUnE-yArDs @ the Vic, Chicago October 22, 2014 I showed up to the Vic thinking the tUnE-yArDs crew would have to work really really hard to top the set they played at Pitchfork this summer. Of course, Merrill Garbus and the rest of her freaky singers, percussionists and strings players were up to the challenge. The great part about headlining a show rather than having a 45 minute outdoor set is simple: a longer set, a better acoustics and a more focused audience totally allow Merrill to take her time, showing us the step by step process of her song making. Sure, for the first part of the show she had a full crew, but after kicking it off fast, Merrill worked alone with her guitarist/synth player, live-layering percussion pieces on top of each other, verbally reminding us that “all good things take time.” Maybe the coolest part of the night, though, was between the main set and the encore, the whole crowd signaled tUnE-yArDs to come back out by shouting the “wee-ooh, wee-ooh, wee-oh!” police-siren sounds from the beginning of her song “Gangsta.” So much more fun than the basic applause. // Kati Heng -- source link
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