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Yo La Tengo rocked Town Hall last Tuesday night.

Am and I saw them at the Showbox earlier this year on their tour for I Am Not Afraid Of You, And I Will Beat Your Ass. They rocked their more loud electric stuff for the club, but on Tuesday they got to bring out more of their mid-range and quieter fair.

I wasn't sure what to expect going in other than an evening with my favorite alt rockers in one of the most intimate settings one could wish for. We got great seats in the old church-style sweeping wooden benches of the Hall even though I was late showing up (stupid Bellevue busses! Thanks to the driver of the 550 who didn't dally in the shiny new bus tunnels downtown)

Things kicked off with one of my favs: "Big Day Coming" the lead song from 1993's Painful - the year I really started getting into them. They didn't have a set list but instead played on a whim, chatting with the audience whilst tuning between songs, even taking requests from the audience. Ira solicited questions from the audience, saying they were their to "correct any misconceptions" about their 20-some year musical career. The result was a nice interactive conversation with audience between some of my favorite Yo La Tengo tunes of the last score years, like "Tom Courteney".

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