I’m no musicologist, but I’m pretty sure no other band in the history of the world has ever performed on a rooftop.

Correction, this band did it first.

Anyway, The Thermals—featuring Hutch in a cowboy hat—climbed 25 stories into the New York sky to do a live set for the folks at Pitchfork.tv. They performed “Returning to the Fold” (embedded here), “St. Rosa and the Swallows,” a medley of “No Culture Icons” and “Overgrown, Overblown!,” plus an excellent version of “A Pillar of Salt” as well.