9:30 Club Concerts

Tune-Yards @ 9:30 Club

Posted on July 1, 2014
Tune-Yards Performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 13th, 2014 - Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The group has received high praise for their third album, Nikki Nack, which was released in May. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

Merrill Garbus has carved out quite a creed in a short amount of time as Tune-Yards (no, I’m not using her asinine punctuation) so I was excited to shoot her when she recently came through D.C. for a stop at the 9:30 Club. Turns out her show wasn’t really my thing, but I can see why it appeals to people. She’s very engaging and expressive on stage, and that comes through in these photos. Even though she’s planted behind her equipment, there’s plenty to shoot.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 13th, 2014 - Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The group has received high praise for their third album, Nikki Nack, which was released in May. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 13th, 2014 - Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The group has received high praise for their third album, Nikki Nack, which was released in May. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 13th, 2014 - Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The group has received high praise for their third album, Nikki Nack, which was released in May. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 13th, 2014 - Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The group has received high praise for their third album, Nikki Nack, which was released in May. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 13th, 2014 - Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The group has received high praise for their third album, Nikki Nack, which was released in May. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

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Kyle Gustafson is a freelance photographer based in Washington, D.C. His work appears weekly in The Washington Post. Complex Magazine named him one of the 50 Greatest Concert Photographers Right Now.

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