Damn you, L.A. It’s enough that you enjoy sunshine every day and $2 tacos New York will never quite nail. Now you’ve gone and lured Thom Yorke in for a “warm-up show” with a new band that features Radiohead’s longtime producer (Nigel Godrich), Beck’s drummer (Joey Waronker), Forro in the Dark frontman Mauro Refosco, and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ very own string-slapper, Flea? Well played, City of Angels; well played.
Since we missed the reported 90-minute set–featuring live renditions of The Eraser and a handful of B-sides and new songs–we decided to track down the setlist and upload as many tolerable YouTube clips as possible. The best so far happen to be from this person, so go visit their YouTube channel and say thank you for watching an entire one-night-only show through a crap viewfinder. We’ll keep adding new videos as we find ’em. And who knows, maybe we’ll do the same thing for the group’s pair of proper shows in the coming days.
Thom Yorke @ Echoplex, 10.2.09:
The Eraser
Analyze
The Clock
Black Swan
Skip Divided
Atoms for Peace
And It Rained All Night
Harrowdown Hill
Cymbal Rush
Encore #1 [Thom solo; all new songs]:
Open The Floodgates *
Lotus Flower *
Skirting On The Surface *
Encore #2 [With full band]:
Paperbag Writer
Judge, Jury, Executioner *
The Hollow Earth
Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses
* new song