News of a new Yo La Tengo album is reason enough to celebrate. News of a great new Yo La Tengo album? Well, there ought to be a national holiday of some sort. The long-running […]
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Yo La Tengo :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Yo La Tengo is unmistakable. Over the last 31 years, the Hoboken band has created a signature style, one that’s comprised of identifiable building blocks: Georgia Hubley’s hushed, husky voice and drumming, which balances a jazzy lilt and […]
Yo La Tengo :: Stuff Like That There
Fans of Yo La Tengo’s softer side received some very good news this week with the announcement of the band’s latest LP, Stuff Like That There , out August 28th. It’s being pitched as a “spiritual sequel” to YLT’s beloved, […]
Yo La Tengo :: Nowhere Near (Black Sessions, 1993)
At this point, it’s hard to imagine a world without Yo La Tengo. The band celebrates their 30th anniversary this week with a series of east coast shows, and yesterday released a deluxe reissue of […]
Yo La Tengo :: Fade
Recently, I was thinking about artists who have been around awhile and whose work has been labeled as ‘influential’ at one point or another. Thirteen albums into their career, Yo La Tengo certainly falls into […]
Chris Stamey & Yo La Tengo :: Shapes Of Things
The Yo La Tengo gang hit Los Angeles last week at the El Rey with their Wheel-O-Songs—which fortuitously included a set comprised of tunes via their garage rock alter-egos, Condo Fucks . (That album, by the way, […]
Merry Christmas From Yo La Tengo
It’s the first of December. In addition to it being the first day in the last month of the year, it’s also when I allow myself to begin with the month-long Christmas song onslaught. For […]
Originals :: Almost Blue/Fakebook
Last week, while discussing unofficial compilations, I suggested that readers share some if their favorites in the comments. In doing so I asked myself the same question. While a number come to mind, I want to highlight […]
Yo La Tengo :: Here to Fall (New MP3)
Matador just released “Here to Fall,” the second mp3 teaser off Yo La Tengo’s upcoming LP, Popular Songs, which is slated for retail shelves September 8th. The band plays the Avalon, here in Los Angeles, October 15th. Related: Yo La Tengo :: They Shoot, We Score Download: […]
Yo La Tengo :: They Shoot, We Score
“If you build it, they will come,” or in the case of Yo La Tengo , if they record it I will most likely eventually get around to listening to it — whatever the it may be. In […]
That Skinny Motherfucker With The High Voice?
Last week Matador Records treated Yo La Tengo fans to “Periodically Double Or Triple,” the first single off the band’s upcoming September release, Popular Songs . If you’ve been following along the past few months than you’re well aware […]
Yo La Tengo :: Fakebook (1990)
Last month we discussed Fuckbook , but first there was Fakebook. As full albums go Fakebook is arguably one of, if not, the most enjoyable of Yo La Tengo’s releases to sit down and experience from beginning to end. Is […]
Condo Fucks :: Fuckbook
Rock ‘n’ roll can be so confounding. Some days, you’ll be sitting there like a good rock fan, trying to compose something elegant and beautiful — one thousand provocative words about Okkervil River, a requiem […]