Watch MJ Lenderman cover Neil Young with J Mascis, collab with Waxahatchee & Yo La Tengo at Wilco’s fest

MJ Lenderman and his backing band The Wind played Wilco’s Mexico destination festival Sky Blue Sky on Friday, and he closed out his set by bringing out one of his musical heroes, J Mascis (whose band Dinosaur Jr are playing Sunday), to cover a song by one of their shared musical heroes, Neil Young. They did a jammed-out rendition of “Lotta Love” from 1978’s Comes A Time, turning the two-and-a-half-minute song into eight minutes of guitar-solo-filled bliss. Check out a video below.

Lenderman also brought out Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield to sing with him on “She’s Leaving You” (as they’ve done multiple times before), and Yo La Tengo also brought out Lenderman during their set on Saturday (like they did during their 2024 Hanukkah run) to play with them on their song “Ohm.” Watch videos of those songs below too.

Katie Crutchfield and MJ Lenderman also played together again on Saturday when their band Snocaps played a rare set at the fest.