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The third night of Yo La Tengo’s Hannukah residency at Bowery Ballroom featured another awesome assortment of covers and guests. After an assist from Steve Shelley earlier this week, his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo played much of Tuesday’s show with YLT, including a suitably loud and droning cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Run Run Run.” Bill Nace — who plays with another Sonic Youth alum, Kim Gordon, in Body/Head — was involved as well.
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