tUnE-yArDs | NPR MUSIC FRONT ROW

A live performance by tUnE-yArDs is as thrilling and unshakeable as the music itself. For this set, recorded live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., Merrill Garbus, the mad genius behind tUnE-yArDs brought along two frenetic dancers and backup singers, an extra percussionist, a bassist, and two enormous pairs of glittery blue eyes that stared the audience down from the back of the stage. Wearing an aqua dress with a pattern made to look like fish scales, Garbus stood at center stage, deftly directing he