Last night I took Wyatt to see Tune-Yards at the Brighton Music Hall. Leader Merrill Garbus seemed genuinely surprised by the enthusiastic full house, despite the recent success of her newest studio album W h o k i l l. It's my third time seeing her and she's mostly doing the same thing, just with a little more polish and attention to detail. She is touring with two sax players and they, along with bassist Nate Brenner, wore coordinated custom shirts and face paint. Garbus wore the most amazing dress, complete with big multi-colored tulle shoulder poofs.
The sound quality in this video is terrible but it features the poofs and will give you an idea of how fun the show was.
Openers Pat Jordache and Buke&Gass were both pretty swell. Pat Jordache made a splash on Best of 2010 lists last year with their song "Radio Generation" which sounds like the Clash drunkenly covering some recent indie rock song. Pat and his band were solid on stage. While not as unique as TY, they've got a good little thing going.
Buke&Gass (rhymes with "puke and race") were as loud as they were endearing. The duo rocked homemade instruments really hard along to Arone Dyer's soaring and unpredictable vocals. Their name is derived from the unique instruments they wield, a six string baritone ukelele or "buke" and a hybrid electric guitar and bass, or "gass." They also employ a small harem of percussion implements, including a kick drum with a bass drum and a tambourine inside it. I'm not sure their sound transfers in recording. Definitely see them live if you can.
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