You've heard a few of Yo La Tengo's Popular Songs. Sink completely into the band's excellent twelfth full-length over at NPR.... CONTINUE READING STREAM THE NEW YO LA TENGO»
Posted on September 2, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Mew | Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo's Pelham Johnston and Brandon Reichard-directed video for Popular Songs' "Nothing To Hide" was shot at Lost Weekend Records in Columbus, Ohio with labelmates (and Columbus residents) Times New Viking playing the parts of Ira, Georgia, and James... CONTINUE READING NEW YO LA TENGO VIDEO (FEAT. TIMES NEW VIKING) - "NOTHING TO HIDE"»
Posted on August 19, 2009 in (1 comments)
Tags: of Montreal | Times New Viking | Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo's been generous with advance listens of their lovely and nostalgic new collection Popular Songs, so far offering previews via a pair of must-grab MP3s (the chilled-out '60s organ funk of "Periodically Double Or Triple," the Melody Nelson... CONTINUE READING NEW YO LA TENGO VIDEO - "AVALON OR SOMEONE VERY SIMILAR" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on August 11, 2009 in (4 comments)
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"Here To Fall" opens Yo La Tengo's Popular Songs, an album that seems like it was perfectly calibrated to usher in the summer (even though it doesn't actually come out until September). It has something to do with the textures... CONTINUE READING NEW YO LA TENGO - "HERE TO FALL"»
Posted on July 22, 2009 in , (12 comments)
Tags: Pictureplane | Yo La Tengo
In a few days the city's indie kids will make their way out to Coney Island for the Voice's annual Siren festival, chances are many of the same kids who made the trek last night to see Tweedy and Yo... CONTINUE READING WILCO/YO LA TENGO @ KEYSPAN PARK, CONEY ISLAND 7/13/09»
Posted on July 14, 2009 in , , , (9 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Ed Droste | Feist | Franz Ferdinand | Grizzly Bear | Wilco | Yo La Tengo
At the beginning of last month we posted the studio version of one of Yo La Tengo's Popular Songs, the mellow, organ-lined lead track "Periodically Double Or Triple." People liked it. For another angle of the trio's forthcoming collection, here's... CONTINUE READING NEW YO LA TENGO - "NOTHING TO HIDE" (LIVE ON FRENCH TV)»
Posted on July 6, 2009 in (3 comments)
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The last time Scott checked in with the old folks (his favorite folks) of Breakfast At Sulmay's, he requested they do Dirty Projectors next. And so they did. Seeing how polarizing the arty Brooklyn band's Bitte Orca can be among... CONTINUE READING OLD FOLKS REVIEW DIRTY PROJECTORS, INTERVIEW FIERY FURNACES»
Posted on June 22, 2009 in (57 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projecors | DOOM | Phoenix | Raphael Saadiq | The Fiery Furnaces | Wilco | Yo La Tengo
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew will likely be at it longer than you'll ever be at it. After 2006's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass and the equally feisty Fuckbook, which they... CONTINUE READING NEW YO LA TENGO - "PERIODICALLY DOUBLE OR TRIPLE"»
Posted on June 4, 2009 in , (17 comments)
Tags: Leeds | Pants Yell! | Them Crooked Vultures | Yo La Tengo
Day last of All Tomorrow's Parties' first foray in the great state of New York featured another blockbuster, '90s-leaning lineup, although this one was extra special: acts hand picked by the triumphantly returning My Bloody Valentine, and evidently proud of... CONTINUE READING ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES NY: BROUGHT TO YOU BY MY BLOODY VALENTINE'S FAVORITE BANDS»
Posted on September 23, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead | All Tomorrow's Parties | Dinosaur Jr | Lilys | Mogwai | Steve Albini | Yo La Tengo
And that was that. Yesterday was the last McCarren Pool Party. The city's gone and had the bright idea to fill the pool with -- get this -- water instead of hipsters (imagine that), bringing a halt to what quickly... CONTINUE READING THE MCCARREN POOL PARTIES SAY GOODBYE WITH YO LA TENGO»
Posted on August 25, 2008 in (15 comments)
Tags: Brian Jonestown Massacre | Coachella | Ebony Bones | No Age | Titus Andronicus | Yo La Tengo
The free, good times at McCarren Pool are unfortunately coming to an end, but they are going out in style with a set from YLT on August 24th. If that's not enough Yo, the band's announced They Shoot, We Score... CONTINUE READING YO LA TENGO TO RELEASE SOUNDTRACK COMPILATION, PLAY FINAL MCCARREN POOL PARTY »
Posted on August 8, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Mimicking Birds | Silversun Pickups | Yo La Tengo
M. Ward recently told the New York Times: As long as people are listening to the songs first and not getting too caught up with who is making the songs, I'm happy. Agreed, and the surprisingly good Volume One would... CONTINUE READING SHE & HIM & YO LA TENGO & CONAN»
Posted on April 23, 2008 in (23 comments)
Tags: Conan O'Brien | M. Ward | She And Him | Yo La Tengo | Zooey Deschanel
Interested in filling a rock club to the rafters? Simple: Just have Nada Surf and Destroyer play back to back sometime. People were stuffed asses to elbows at Volume night club for the first day of the Stereogum/PASTE party, although... CONTINUE READING SXSW: THURSDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on March 15, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Destroyer | Dr. Dog | Ezra Furman | Islands | Joseph Arthur | Lou Reed | Lykke Li | Mark Kozelek | Moby | Nada Surf | Oh No! Oh My! | Peter Morén | SXSW | Thurston Moore | Yo La Tengo
The excellent WFMU is in the midst of their 50th anniversary pledge drive, so last night the unlikely trio listed above variously stopped by Tom Scharpling's The Best Show to help raise cash. You can hear the 3-hour broadcast --... CONTINUE READING BEN GIBBARD, TED LEO, PATTON OSWALT VISIT THE BEST SHOW»
Posted on March 5, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Ben Gibbard | Patton Oswalt | Ted Leo | The Best Show | Tom Scharpling | Yo La Tengo
"Kaplan's Corner" is a good place to be. In this behind-the-scene video, Ira Kaplan reaches out and explains the story behind how Yo La Tengo got their name. Most fans would know that already, but here are some other things we learn: Georgia has one hell of a swing, James needs to work on his curve ball, Ira's too distracted to be a good outfielder and often looks like he's about to break out laughing when he interviews someone, and, finally, Mets great Ed Kranepool not only has a cool name, he seems like a cool guy. And, if you didn't know already, you'll also understand how Yo La got their name. That's a lot of learnin'. (via)
Posted on January 25, 2008 (5 comments)
Every now and then, you should remind yourself how lucky we are to have a band like Yo La Tengo chugging along. For the past 20-something years, they've been belting out their gorgeous Hoboken art-rock 'n' roll, managing to reinvent... CONTINUE READING YO LA TENGO CELEBRATE HANUKKAH WITH ALEX CHILTON AND OTHER FRIENDS»
Posted on December 10, 2007 in (1 comments)
Tags: Alex Chilton | Yo La Tengo
This weekend, amid the writer's strike, the SNL cast performed in Chelsea in the Upright Citizens Brigade theater to an audience of less than 200 peeps, though their numbers included Julian Casablancas, Jon Glaser, Will Arnett, and John Krasinski. Guests... CONTINUE READING SNL LIVE @ UCB WITH MICHAEL CERA, YO LA TENGO»
Posted on November 19, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Andy Samberg | Fred Armisen | Michael Cera | Norah Jones | Paul F. Tompkins | Saturday Night Live | Yo La Tengo
At some point we called this year's Austin City Limits festival "Friday and Sunday heavy," but that shit ain't right; this year's ACL dance-card was tilted entirely toward the tail end. In fact, pretty sure we saw more bands... CONTINUE READING AUSTIN CITY LIMITS '07: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS, "BEST OF" LIST»
Posted on September 18, 2007 in (24 comments)
Tags: Austin City Limits | Ben Kweller | Bloc Party | Common | Dr. Dog | Ghostland Observatory | Nicole Atkins | Regina Spektor | The Decemberists | The National | Yo La Tengo
The night before the mainstream music industry self-fellated on worldwide television, the indie scene had a little backslapping of its own at Irving Plaza for the PLUG Awards show which, despite being rough around the edges, was a decent time.... CONTINUE READING 2007 PLUG AWARDS»
Posted on February 12, 2007 (13 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Band Of Horses | David Cross | Neko Case | Stephen Malkmus | Sufjan Stevens | Yo La Tengo
People really win at Stereogum Dot Com. On Friday night we met up with Ellen and Jeremy, the winners of Stereogum's I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will FLY Your Ass Sweepstakes. Along with their guests Steve and... CONTINUE READING YO LA TENGO @ LANDMARK LOEWS THEATRE, NJ 9/29/06»
Posted on October 2, 2006 (3 comments)
Tags: Yo La Tengo
Based on track titles alone. Via eMusic:Yo La Tengo's debut CD, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass: The Florence Nightingale Story is filled with the cranky meanderings of today's new nu rock. Forged in... CONTINUE READING DAVID CROSS REVIEWS YO LA TENGO...»
Posted on September 13, 2006 (20 comments)
Tags: David Cross | Eagles Of Death Metal | Southeast Engine | Yo La Tengo
New and approved... Justin Timberlake - FutureSex / LoveSounds The Rapture - Pieces of the People We Love Brazilian Girls - Talk to La Bomb Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your... CONTINUE READING LOTS OF STREAMING STUFF AT AOL»
Posted on September 11, 2006 (5 comments)
Tags: Justin Timberlake | R.E.M. | The Rapture | Yo La Tengo
First off, congratulations to Andres, who won our Spin-Off Sweepstakes ($250 Guitar Center Giftcard, Technics SL-1200 MKII turnables, and Technics headphones), to Nate, who won a 30Gig video iPod loaded with every Outkast album and video, and to Kat and... CONTINUE READING I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU AND I WILL FLY YOUR ASS»
Posted on September 5, 2006 (20 comments)
Tags: Yo La Tengo
