The Feelies | Sonic Youth @ Battery Park


Despite the incredibly long lines to get into this free show, I did catch some of The Feelies play their guitar no-wavish rock. Reuniting after 15 years, I was impressed how tight they were on stage and felt their songs held up in today’s musical world.

The sold-out crowd enthusiastically welcomed New York’s Sonic Youth to Battery Park. Kim Gordon started the evening with “She is not Alone” and then into “Bull in the Heather”. The band played a great selection from their past catalogs and even forgot the lyrics to one of her songs. Ending with “100%” for their second encore made this 4th of July memorable. After 25 years, this band continues to impress me with the direction they take their music. Afterwards we didn’t see fireworks from a rainy roof on the Upper East Side.

Pictures from the show.