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ginchy shit, 2024

ginchy shit, 2024
Jesse Jarnow / @bourgwick@heads.social / @bourgwick.bsky.social

a running list

single-asterisk – extra-highly recommended
double-asterisk – I’ll figure out what 2 stars means one of these years
triple-asterisk – instant classic in my own personal canon

newish
MANAS + E.M.M., At House Unamerican (no label)
ecoegoe, ecoegoe (no label)
Urban Village, Udondolo (No Format)
Maiju Jouppi, Of Epic Proportions (Artsy)
Long Odds, Fine Threads (no label)

new
Inside C.C. (Charlie Christian At Half-Speed), (For Guitar), Noël Akchoté (no label)
Shackamaxon Concert, Elkhorn & Mike Gangloff (VHF)
Gercyz/Powers/Rolin, Activator (12XU) *
Peter Stampfel/Eli Smith/Walker Shepard, Wildernauts (Don Giovanni)
Mary Halvorson, Cloudwards (Nonesuch)
The Hypos, s/t (no label)
Abdullah Ibrahim, 3 (Glitterbeat)
Vague Plot, Crying In 9 (Island House)
Chris Weisman, Plum Appointments (no label)
Dave Harrington, The Pictures (no label)
Myriam Gendron, Mayday (Thrill Jockey) *
David Nance and Mowed Sound, s/t (Third Man)
Lupo Cittá, s/t (12XU)
Kim Gordon, The Collective (Matador)
Rafael Toral, Spectral Evolution (Moikai)
Bob Dylan, Like the Motion of the Sea: Best of Spring 2024 (no label)
Vampire Weekend, Only God Was Above Us (Columbia) ***
Daniel Bachman, Quaker Run Wildfire (10/24/23-11/17/23) for Fiddle and Guitar (Longform Editions)
Cindy Lee, Diamond Jubilee (no label) ***
Jessica Pratt, Here In the Pitch (Drag City) ***
Drew Gardner, Cygnus A (Centripetal Force) *
Winged Wheel, Big Hotel (12XU)
Swamp Dogg, Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th Street (Oh Boy)
Prairiewolf, Deep Time (Centripetal Force)
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin, Ghosted II (Drag City) *
Beings, There Is A Garden (No Quarter)
Laraaji + Agnes Martian + Music For Connection + Hair And Space Museum, Coincidence (Centripetal Force)
William Parker, Cooper-Moore, Hamid Drake, Heart Trio (AUM Fidelity) ***
Mountain Movers, Walking After Dark (Trouble In Mind)
The Resonars, Electricity Plus (no label)
Chris Corsano, The Key (Became the Important Thing [and Then Just Faded Away]) (Drag City)
Powers/Rolin Duo, Clearing (Astral Editions)
v/a, Dot Dash Mixtape Volume Two (Dot Dash)
Honey Radar, Ribbon Factory (no label)
Tara Jane O’Neil, The Cool Cloud of Okayness (Orindal)
Weak Signal, Fine (12XU) *
Esy Tadesse, Ahadu (FPE)
Hard Quartet, s/t (Matador)
BASIC, This Is Basic (No Quarter) *
Bill MacKay, Locust Land (Drag City)
Kenji Kariu, Rain / Water (bruit direct disques)
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Woodland (Acony) *
John Kiran Fernandes, and Friends (Cloud)
Jack White, no name (Third Man)
Osees, Sorcs 80 (Castle Face)
Six Organs of Admittance, Time Is Glass (Drag City)
Fabiano do Nascimento and Shin Sasakubo, Harmônicos (rings)
Setting, at Eulogy, Asheville, NC, June 7, 2024 (no label)
Trey Anastasio, Atriums (Rubber Jungle) ***
Jack Silverman Quintet, Prince of Shadows (Centripetal Force)
Jim White and Marissa Anderson, Swallowtail (Thrill Jockey)
Jake Xerxes Fussell, When I’m Called (Fat Possum)
Smoke Bellow. Structurally Sound (Moon Glyph)
Parsnip, Behold (Upset the Rhythm)
Shane Parish, Repertoire (Palilalia)
Peter Perrett, The Cleansing (Domino)
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, TexiCali (Yep-Roc)
Sgt. Papers, SGTP (Devil In The Woods)
Kim Deal, Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
Bilders, Dustbin of Empathy (Sophomore Lounge)
Thurston Moore, Flow Critical Lucidity (Daydream Library)
Bill Frisell/Andrew Cyrille/Kit Downes, Breaking The Shell (Red Hook)
Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper, s/t (Matsuli)
Yaryu, For Damage (Centripetal Force)
Carsick Cars, Aha (Taihe Music Group)
Tashi Dorji, we will be wherever the fires are lit (Drag City)
J.R. Bohannon & Dave Shuford, Reclined In the Haze (Barchan Dune)
Mari Kvien Brunvoll & Stein Urheim with Moskus, Barefoot in Bryophyte (Hubro)
Cornelius, Ethereal Essence (Warner Music Japan)
Willie Nelson, Last Leaf on the Tree (Legacy)
Bill Orcutt, How To Rescue Things (Palilalia) ***
أحمد [Ahmed], Giant Beauty (fönstret) *
أحمد [Ahmed], Super Majnoon (OTOROKU) *
Human Error, s/t (Astral Editions)
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem/Nonesuch)

singles/EPs/short-form/individual non-album performances
“Zali” – Buzz’ Ayaz (Glitterbeat)
“Mérinos” – Maria Teriaeva feat. Vadik Korolev (no label)
“Pennies and Dimes” – Geneva Powerhouse (3 O’Clock Rock)
“Little White Box” – Will Rigby (no label) *
Meets The Space Monster EP – The Special Pillow (Zofko)
Crooked Boy EP – Ringo Starr (UMe)
Pitch & Yaw EP – Antietam (no label) *
Whirlygigs EP – The Scene Is Now (no label)
Reset Mariachi EP – Panda Bear & Sonic Boom with Mariachi 2000 de Cutberto Pérez (Domino)
“Polkamania!” – Weird Al Yankovic (no label)
“Mouse Trap”/”Fantastic Voyage” – Dew Claw (no label)
Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP – Wilco (dBpm)
“The Same Place”/”Garden of Light” – Olivia Tremor Control (Elephant 6 Recording Co.)
“Bad Advice”/”Mind Train” – Cornelius (Warner Music Japan)
“Great”/”The Evidence” – The Ex (Ex)
“Festive AF” – Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby (no label)

reissues/newish old things
Jackie-O Motherfucker, Smiles (Castel Sottera)
CAN, Live In Paris 1973 (Mute) ***
Darrell DeVore, Another Song of Civilization (Goaty Tapes/House Rules)
Gastr Del Sol, We Have Dozens of Titles (Drag City)
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Whisky A Go Go 1968 (UMe) *
CAN, Live in Aston 1977 (Mute)
Robert Hunter, Tales of the Great Rum Runners (Rhino)
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman, Bare Bones: Master Takes, vols. 1-3 (Acoustic Oasis)
The Rabbits, s/t (Mesh Key) *
Television, Live at the Academy, NYC, 12.4.92 (Ohoo) *
Alice Coltrane, The Carnegie Hall Concert (Impulse)
Les Rallizes Denudes, YaneUra, Oct. ‘80 (Temporal Drift)
Neil Young, Archives, vol. 3 (Reprise)
David Gilmour & Family, Von Trapped Family Singers (no label)
Ween, Chocolate & Cheese 30 (Rhino)
Love Child, Never Meant To Be (12XU)
Firesign Theatre, Not Insane 1980! Campaign Chronicles (no label)

misc. new-to-me
Arnold Dreyblatt & the Orchestra of Excited Strings, Live at Tonic (Dreyblatt Live Archive)
Henry Flynt & Nova’Billy, Henry Flynt & Nova’Billy (Locust) *
The Roches, Keep On Doing (Warner Bros.)
Robert Wyatt, Radio Experiment (Rai Trade)
Joseph Mazibuko, Greatest Accordion Jive Hits, Volume 3 (Go Go) ***
Fred Frith, The Technology of Tears (SST)
Kabouter Chismus, s/t (Plug)
Cluster, One Hour (Gyroscope)
Lovin’ Spoonful, What’s Up, Tiger Lily? OST (Kama Sutra)
Yura Yura Teikoku, III (MIDI, Inc.) ***
The Breeders, Fate to Fatal EP (4AD)
The Only Ones, s/t (CBS) ***
Brian Eno, My Squelchy Life (Opal)
Sadistic Mika Band. s/t (Harvest)
Hub City Movers, “The Chicken Song”/”I Can’t Know Tomorrow” (Lutazma)

live recordings
Laraaji & Vernon Reid, 19 December 1998 Tonic, NYC
Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons, 29 November 2023 Solar Myth, Philadelphia, PA
Jim O’Rourke, 16 September 2002 Aoyama Cay, JP
Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons, 28 January 2024 Solar Myth, Philadelphia, PA
Willie Nelson & Kimmie Rhodes, 18 February 1996 Studio One, KUT, Austin, TX
Television, 2 October 2004 Roseland Ballroom, NYC
Roxy Music, BBC Sessions, 1972-1973
Lovin’ Spoonful, February 1965, Night Owl Cafe, NYC
Weird Al Yankovic, 4 July 1984 Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI
Willie Nelson, 17 October 1974 LBJ Building, University of Texas, Austin, TX
BCMC, 19 October 2023 Iowa City, IA
Lou Reed, 19 February 1993 Bottom Line, NYC

live 
12 January – Marc Ribot & Mary Halvorson at Bowery Ballroom (Winter Jazz Fest)
12 January – Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons at Nublu (Winter Jazz Fest)
13 January – Laraaji at Superior Ingredients Rooftop (Winter Jazz Fest)
13 January – Natural Information Society at Union Pool (Winter Jazz Fest)
1 March – Yo La Tengo at Saxapahaw Ballroom
19 April – BASIC, Setting at Public Records
14 May – Neil Young & Crazy Horse at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
18 May – Neil Young & Crazy Horse in Bridgeport
9 June – Bitchin Bajas at Union Pool
15 June – Yo La Tengo, Sun Ra Arkestra at Sony Hall
29 June – Bob Dylan at Jones Beach
12 July – Yo La Tengo, Swamp Dogg at Sultan Room
20 July – Peter Stampfel & the Atomic Meta Pagans at Jalopy
14 September – BASIC, Oneida at Forest Park
23 September – Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts at Capitol Theatre
6 October – Vampire Weekend at Madison Square Garden
4 November – King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard at Frost Amphitheatre
25 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
26 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
27 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
28 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
29 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
30 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom
31 December – Yo La Tengo & co. at Bowery Ballroom

etc.
Scavengers Reign
Do Remember!: The Golden Era of NYC Hip-Hop Mixtapes by Evan Auerbach & Daniel Isenberg
Get Shown the Light by Michael Kaler
Statics #2 by Jeffrey Lewis
New Pets by Jesse Jacobs
RSS
The Greatest Night In Pop
Bootlegging the Airwaves by Eleanor Patterson
Unspooled by Rob Drew
Harlem World by Jonathan Mael
Record Time #1-#2
Fanzine Hemorrhage/Dynamite Hemorrhage
The Modem World by Kevin Driscoll
The Shrine Thief by W.A. Mathieu
The Silver Snarling Trumpet by Robert Hunter
Eno by Gary Hustwit
1967: How I Got There & Why I Never Left by Robyn Hitchcock
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
Jelly Roll Blues by Elijah Wald
Revelations in the Wink Of An Eye by Jeffrey Lewis

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yo la tengo, hanukkah 2024, night #6 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
30 December 2024
*(Hanukkah, night 6)*

opening act: Love Child
comedian: David Sedaris
mix CD: DJ Eweck
benefiting: Music Workers Alliance

whole set with Marc Ribot on guitar

band enters to “Jimmy Carter Says ‘Yes'”
More Stars Than There Are In Heaven
Forever
Damage
Can’t Forget
A Worrying Thing
Apology Letter
Walking Away From You
The Other Side of This Life (Fred Neil, arr. Jefferson Airplane)
One PM Again
I Feel Like Going Home
Here To Fall
False Alarm
The Kid With the Replaceable Head (Richard Hell)
Moby Octopad
Little Honda (The Hondells) (with Alan Licht on guitar)

*(encore)* with Swamp Dogg on vocals/keyboard & MoogStar on keyboard/vocals
Synthetic World (Swamp Dogg)
She’s All I Got (Jerry Williams Jr./Gary “U.S.” Bonds)
What Do You Plan To Do About It (Jerry Williams Jr.)
Total Destruction To Your Mind (Swamp Dogg)

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yo la tengo, hanukkah 2024, night #5 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
29 December 2024
*(Hanukkah, night 5)*

opening act: MJ Lenderman
comedian: Jay Jurden
mix CD: Kendraplex
benefiting: Brigid Alliance

whole set with Steve Shelley on drums, noise guitar on “Mushroom Cloud of Hiss”

You Are Here >
Ohm >
The Ballad of Red Buckets
Tonight’s Episode
Let’s Do It Wrong
Last Days of Disco
Something There Is About You (Bob Dylan) (with MJ Lenderman on guitar/vocals)
Don’t Have To Be So Sad
Nowhere Near
Deeper Into Movies
Drug Test
Out the Window
Sudden Organ
Sugarcube
Mushroom Cloud of Hiss

*(encore)* with Joey Spampinato (bass/vocals) & Kami Lyle (vocals/trumpet/organ)
Christmas Wish (NRBQ)
Mambo (Kami Lyle)
I Could Write A Book (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart)
What Can I Say (NRBQ)

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yo la tengo, hanukkah 2024, night #4 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
28 December 2024
*(Hanukkah, night 4)*

opening act: Robyn Hitchcock/Kimberley Rew/Morris Windsor/Lee Cave-Berry
comedian: Eugene Mirman
mix CD: Georgia
benefiting: Coalition For the Homeless

almost-Soft Boys:

Kingdom of Love
Madonna of the Wasps
Brenda’s Iron Sledge
City of Shame
Sally Was A Legend
Sudden Town
Sounds Great When You’re Dead
The Sir Tommy Shovell
Give It To the Soft Boys
The Pigworker
Insanely Jealous
He’s A Reptile
Underwater Moonlight

YLT:

Green Arrow
Sinatra Drive Breakdown
Cherry Chapstick
Ashes
I’ll Be Around
Swing For Life
Gentle Hour (Snapper)
The Point of It
Aselestine
Tiny Birds
The Race Is On Again (with Kimberley Rew on guitar)
Beanbag Chair
Styles of the Times
Decora
The Story of Yo La Tango
Big Day Coming (quiet)

*(encore)* with Robyn Hitchcock (guitar/vocals)/Kimberley Rew (guitar)/Morris Windsor (drums/vocals)/Lee Cave-Berry (vocals)
Queen of Eyes (Soft Boys)
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (trad., arr. Dylan/Hawks)
Run Run Run (Velvet Underground)
I Wanna Destroy You (Soft Boys)
It’s All Too Much (The Beatles)

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yo la tengo, hanukkah 2024, night #3 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
27 December 2024
*(Hanukkah, night 3)*

opening act: Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn
comedian: Jena Friedman
mix CD: Gregg Turkington
benefiting: ProPublica

entire set minus 1st song with Pat Sansone on guitar/vocals

Miles Away
Paul Is Dead
Little Eyes
The Lie and How We Told It
A Shy Dog
If I Ever Was A Child (Wilco)
Shades of Blue
Season of the Shark (with Spencer Zahn on keyboards)
Did I Tell You (with SZ)
I Am A Rock (Paul Simon) (with SZ)
It’s Too Late (Carole King) (with SZ and Dawn Richard on vocals)
I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You (Ramones) (with DR)
Fallout
Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)
Stockholm Syndrome
I Heard You Looking

*(encore)* with Ernie Brooks on bass/vocals
She Cracked (Modern Lovers)
Government Center (Modern Lovers)
Fly Into the Mystery (Modern Lovers)
Roadrunner (Modern Lovers)

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yo la tengo, hanukkah 2024, night #2 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
26 December 2024
*(Hanukkah, night 2)*

opening act: William Parker/Mixashawn Rozie/Michael Wimberly
comedian: Janeane Garofalo
mix CD: James
benefiting: Arts For Art

entire show with Fred Armisen on drums

Beach Party Tonight (with William Parker on bass/reeds, Mixshawn Rozie on saxophone, Michael Wimberly on percussion)
Let’s Be Still (with WP, MR, & MW)
This Stupid World (slow) (with WP, MR, & MW)
The Story of Jazz (with WP, MR, & MW)
Outsmartener (with WP, MR, & MW)
For You Too
Black Flowers
You Can Have It All (Harry Wayne Casey)
Detouring America With Horns
Mr. Tough
Before We Run >
Autumn Sweater
Big Day Coming (fast)
Artificial Heart
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind

*(encore)*
Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag)
Candy Says (Velvet Underground)
My Heart’s Not In It (Gerry Goffin)
Keep It Warm (Flo & Eddie)

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yo la tengo, hanukkah 2024, night #1 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
25 December 2024
*(Hanukkah, night 1)*

opening act: the Sloppy Heads
comedian: Todd Barry
mix CD: Bill Frisell
benefiting: We Act

entire set minus 1st 2 songs & last song with David Nagler on keyboards

This Stupid World
Rock & Roll 8 Nites (KISS)
Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House
Eight Candles (Sam Elwitt)
All Your Secrets
If It’s True
Everybody Loves A Clown (Gary Lewis)
Pablo and Andrea
Alyda
Junk (Christmas)
Barnaby, Hardly Working
Super Kiwi
Shaker
Double Dare
Blue Line Swinger

*(encore)*
Rock & Roll Santa (Jan Terri) (with Todd Barry on sleigh bells)
Listen To My Heart (Ramones) (with Mac McCaughan on guitar/vocals)
You Stupid Asshole (Angry Samoans) (with MM)
Live Fast Die Young (Circle Jerks) (with MM)
Slack Motherfucker (Superchunk) (with MM)
Nothing (The Fugs) (with DN, TB, MM, & the Sloppy Heads on vocals)

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