Oh boy this gig was quite an epic one. It was quite a buzz to not only see the band play, but to actually take photos of them playing. New York rockers Sonic Youth return to play a nice and ickle intimate gig at a venue I love, Scala.
Knowing they were playing one would need to make sure that they turned up early to get a good spot, the queue was rather epic at 6.30pm despite the doors opening in an hour. Once inside we managed to watch the support band Chora play. They were alright, but didn’t stick out too much (especially when Sonic Youth were up next).
The stage was filled with guitars and gear, almost to a point where they could play a guitar for each song (which they probably did). I stood next to some annoying smug folks which happened to only be in front because I couldn’t hold my bladder long enough (damnit).
Sonic Youth were quite an aural pleasure, they rocked and they rocked hard. Most likely everything was set to 11 on the amps as I suddenly became glad that there was a barrier between me and the band at this event (usually there’s no barriers). The gig photographers managed to block most of the noise for me whilst we enjoyed a nice length set of thumping music. Kim looked wild as ever whilst Thurston looked like he was still 18 donning a boyish stripey top.
The gig was filled with hardcore fans, at which one point the band told them to keep it in their pants (say, not spray as they say). Here’s a video of them in action, you can tell from the distortion it was a loud gig:
They came back and played The World Looks Red which was suiting for the set since the lights were mainly red, after that they played Brother James which got the crowd going. They came back once again (only bands I’ve seen do multiple encores are big ones) and played Kool Thing. It was a super tasty show which left my ears ringing for the first time (well, in a while anyway…).
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