Sonic Youth played the “final show ever” at McCarren Pool this past Saturday night and brought the house down with a set that included some rarities, oldies, fan favorites, and two brand new songs they “wrote just a few days ago”. In all, the show was fantastic. The band was in fine form and Thurston and Kim rocked as though the passing of time does not affect them. However, the show was over before 9:30pm (they started right around 7:45), and they did not play “Teen Age Riot” or “Kool Thing” or “Dirty Boots” or “100%”. I’m just saying, they probably could’ve played for another 30-45 minutes or so (or perhaps until someone forced them to stop?) and really closed out the concerts at McCarren Pool in epic fashion.

Setlist:
Untitled New Song (vocals by Thurston)
Untitled New Song (vocals by Kim)
“Burning Spear”
“The Sprawl”
“Cross the Breeze”
“Hey Joni”
“Silver Rocket” (video)
“The Wonder”
“Hyperstation”
“Mote”
“Jams Run Free” (video)
“Pink Steam”
-ENCORE #1-
“Making the Nature Scene”
“Brother James” (video | MP3)
-ENCORE #2-
“Expressway to Yr. Skull”

See Sonic Youth Live:
9 Oct - Alcatraz - Milan, Italy
11 Oct - Stahlbau Pichler - Bolzano, Italy

Visit Sonic Youth on MySpace.

Also there: Spectacular Views, Footurama, Talking Cupcake, James M. Graham (NSFW), Liz & Jenn (setlist source).