Watch Yo La Tengo Cover “Slack Motherfucker” And Other Punk Classics With Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan At The First Night Of Their Hanukkah Residency

Wednesday was the first night of Hanukkah, which meant it was also the first night of Yo La Tengo’s annual Hanukkah residency at New York’s Bowery Ballroom, one of indie rock’s most storied traditions. (R.I.P. to Maxwell’s, the legendary Hoboken club where this event used to take place.) This first gig featured openers the Sloppy Heads, comedy from Todd Barry, a music mix by Bill Frisell, and a post-show DJ set from Joe Belock, “the People’s Champ of Rock & Roll,” host of WFMU�...

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