Whoa. That's incredible. I've seen every one of those bands of the front page play before. That's a first for me. Secondly, Yo La Tengo puts on a hell of a show. I saw them a few years ago in Santa Cruz when they were doing the freewheeling tour. It was really cool to just chat with them for a long time while they were playing. I got to ask about the Sounds of Science soundtrack they did for the Criterion Collection of Jean Painlevé films they released. Super cool. I plan to see them here in DC again in September.
That's impressive. I'm only going one day and a big part of that is because The Julie Ruin is playing and Kathleen Hanna is one of the most important people in music of the last 25 years. I'm so jealous that you were able to talk to them, Ira Kaplan is one of my musical idols. Their entire story is incredible and they are the definition of doing it themselves and embody what the word "Indie" should be mean. Have you read Big Day Coming?