{"id":25125,"date":"2015-11-20T10:25:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T18:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=25125"},"modified":"2015-11-20T10:26:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T18:26:31","slug":"watch-el-vy-perform-sad-casehappiness-missouri-medley-in-kexp-studio-and-at-bowery-ballroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-11\/watch-el-vy-perform-sad-casehappiness-missouri-medley-in-kexp-studio-and-at-bowery-ballroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch EL VY Perform &#8220;Sad Case\/Happiness, Missouri&#8221; Medley in KEXP Studio and at Bowery Ballroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ELVYKEXP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ELVYKEXP-650x487.jpg\" alt=\"ELVYKEXP\" width=\"635\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ELVYKEXP-650x487.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ELVYKEXP-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ELVYKEXP-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ELVYKEXP.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We caught <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elvy.co\/\" target=\"_blank\">EL VY<\/a><\/strong> at the tiny <strong>Troubadour<\/strong> a couple weeks ago in support of their album <em><strong>Return to the Moon<\/strong><\/em> (sure to be one of our <strong>Best Albums of 2015<\/strong>), and the show was one of the (many) highlights of the fall concert constellation. \u00a0<em><strong>Brent Knopf<\/strong><\/em> particularly impressed with his ambidextrous instrumental plate-spinning, along with the project&#8217;s fantastic rhythm section (drummer\u00a0<span class=\"ft\"><strong>Andy Stack<\/strong> from Wye Oak and bassist\u00a0<strong>Matt Sheehy<\/strong> from Lost Lander)<\/span>, special backup singers and, of course, <strong>The National&#8217;s<\/strong> <strong>Matt Berninger<\/strong> out front and doing what he does best. \u00a0 Their sad-cap medley of <em><strong>Sad Case\/Happiness, Missouri<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0was a particular highlight and by itself made the night memorable at the <strong>Troubadour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>To get a feel watch the comparatively staid, but compelling <strong>KEXP<\/strong> studio performance below followed by a more-animated, get-your-Ian-Curtis-on live version at the <strong>Bowery Ballroom<\/strong> in NYC. \u00a0Catch &#8217;em if you can.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jM65bqXfWc0\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j4ZDaAP-HMw\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We caught EL VY at the tiny Troubadour a couple weeks ago in support of their album Return to the Moon (sure to be one of our Best Albums of 2015), and the show was one of the (many) highlights of the fall concert constellation. \u00a0Brent Knopf particularly impressed with his ambidextrous instrumental plate-spinning, along 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