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Indie-rock trio, Yo La Tengo, brings its experimental sound to the Mountain Stage, performing songs from its latest album, Popular Songs.
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It seems as if Yo La Tengo was destined to become the prototypical indie-rock band. With a fierce independent streak and incredible record collections, guitarist Ira Kaplan and drummer Georgia Hubley have crafted a consistent discography of smart pop music and noisy rock.
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A warm swell fills the room when a My Morning Jacket album comes on. The band's songs possess unmistakable roots in American music forms — country, folk, classic rock — wrapped in reverb and Jim James' soaring voice. They performed with Yo La Tengo and The Whigs at SXSW.
()NPR's Rick Karr visits with Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan, two members of the New Jersey-based rock band, Yo La Tengo. In a time when the definition of "independent rock" has lost much of its meaning, this Hoboken trio can still be called independent. On their latest CD "AND THEN NOTHING TURNED ITSELF INSIDE-OUT" the band continues their extensive use of guitar feedback-laced instrumentals combined with quieter, more contemplative songs — a combination that has won the band favor among both music critics and fans.
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One of America's most influential and captivating rock bands, Hoboken, N.J.'s Yo La Tengo celebrates its 25th anniversary with the release of Popular Songs, which continues the trio's tradition of balancing soft acoustic pop with dark, enthralling rock. Hear the album in its entirety here, for the week prior to its release on Sept. 8.
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The first single from Yo La Tengo's 14th album is a summer-appropriate, beach-blanket boogie — the kind of song that could inspire just about any aging hipster to tap a Converse-clad foot. "Periodically Double or Triple" is a marvel of spare instrumentation.
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Where Yo La Tengo's "Tears Are in Your Eyes" possesses the heavy-lidded feel of shared sorrow (with a reassuring hint of optimism), Adem's cover opts for a tone of comparative comfort. His version also functions as a sort of Cliffs Notes to what Adem is all about: a figurative glass of warm milk for a world of nervous stomachs.
()New music from TV On the Radio; The beautifully sad return of Sparklehorse; A debut from Brooklyn's Dirty on Purpose; Inspired jazz trumpeter Steven Bernstein; Still standing and rocking: Jerry Lee Lewis; The longest meow from Bobby Bare Jr.; A dream jam from Jersey's Yo La Tengo.
()Music critic Will Hermes tells us about the latest crop of anti-war songs. These aren't your father's anti-war tunes. They have roots in the jazz stylings of Sun Ra, hip hop, punk and pop.
()The first single from Yo La Tengo's 14th album is a summer-appropriate, beach-blanket boogie — the kind of song that could inspire just about any aging hipster to tap a Converse-clad foot. "Periodically Double or Triple" is a marvel of spare instrumentation.
()Where Yo La Tengo's "Tears Are in Your Eyes" possesses the heavy-lidded feel of shared sorrow (with a reassuring hint of optimism), Adem's cover opts for a tone of comparative comfort. His version also functions as a sort of Cliffs Notes to what Adem is all about: a figurative glass of warm milk for a world of nervous stomachs.
()Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your A**, the new CD from the band Yo La Tengo.
()Indie rock heroes Yo La Tengo are known for confounding expectations with each new album -- sometimes it's organ-based moody pop-rock worthy of Burt Bacharach, sometimes it's a long, droning, guitar-god freakout. On their best albums, it's both.
()Music critic Will Hermes tells us about the latest crop of anti-war songs. These aren't your father's anti-war tunes. They have roots in the jazz stylings of Sun Ra, hip hop, punk and pop.
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