Yo La Tengo are currently on tour (grab tickets here) in support of their latest album, This Stupid World, and during their latest stop in Nashville, band members Ira Kaplan and James McNew performed in drag in apparent protest of a recently passed Tennessee law banning drag shows in public.
Kaplan and McNew returned to the stage after a brief intermission dressed in drag for their second set on Monday, March 13th. Kaplan wore a sleeveless red dress and donned a long black wig, while McNew added a shawl and a sun hat to his ensemble. Drummer Georgia Hubley didn’t make an outfit change.
According to The Tennessean, the band didn’t explicitly acknowledge the new law, which goes into effect on April 1st. The legislation bans drag shows and other “adult cabaret” performances on public properties and other places where they could be watched by minors (It’s...
Kaplan and McNew returned to the stage after a brief intermission dressed in drag for their second set on Monday, March 13th. Kaplan wore a sleeveless red dress and donned a long black wig, while McNew added a shawl and a sun hat to his ensemble. Drummer Georgia Hubley didn’t make an outfit change.
According to The Tennessean, the band didn’t explicitly acknowledge the new law, which goes into effect on April 1st. The legislation bans drag shows and other “adult cabaret” performances on public properties and other places where they could be watched by minors (It’s...
- 3/14/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
In response to Tennessee’s restrictive new law around drag performances, Yo La Tengo staged a protest at their recent Nashville show with part of the band playing a portion of the gig in drag. The beloved Hoboken, New Jersey, indie-rock band played the first of two nights at Nashville’s Basement East on Monday.
As reported by the Tennessean, the band performed a first set and then took a brief intermission. For the second set, singer-guitarist Ira Kaplan and bassist-keyboard player James McNew returned in women’s clothes — singer-drummer...
As reported by the Tennessean, the band performed a first set and then took a brief intermission. For the second set, singer-guitarist Ira Kaplan and bassist-keyboard player James McNew returned in women’s clothes — singer-drummer...
- 3/14/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
For nearly 40 years, Yo La Tengo have been carrying on one of the great conversations in rock & roll history, welcoming us into their little idyll of pastoral noise, mumbled epiphanies, and sublime cover song choices. Even a diehard fan might struggle to pass a multiple-choice exam where you have to match a list of their song titles with the album they were on, but that sense of familiarity and constancy imbues every new release with the feeling of checking in with old friends. What’s more, their attention to detail...
- 2/7/2023
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Few people would classify Hoboken, New Jersey, as the perfect scenic backdrop for an existential spiral about time, but Yo La Tengo makes it work on their new single “Sinatra Drive Breakdown.” The song appears on their upcoming album, This Stupid World, out on Friday, Feb. 10.
“I see clearly how it ends,” the group sings over warped and distorted rhythmic guitars. “I see the moon rise as the sun descends.”
“Sinatra Drive Breakdown,” named after a popular waterfront boulevard in Hoboken, follows the release of This Stupid World lead singles “Aselestine” and “Fallout.
“I see clearly how it ends,” the group sings over warped and distorted rhythmic guitars. “I see the moon rise as the sun descends.”
“Sinatra Drive Breakdown,” named after a popular waterfront boulevard in Hoboken, follows the release of This Stupid World lead singles “Aselestine” and “Fallout.
- 2/7/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, a standout from Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss, plus Pink, Selena Gomez and Yo La Tengo. Check out the list, or cue it up on Spotify below.
Drake & 21 Savage, “Rich Flex” (youtube)
Selena Gomez, “My Mind & Me” (youtube)
Pink, “Never Gonna Not Dance Again” (youtube)
Niko Rubio, “Olvidar de Ti” (youtube)
Luna Luna, “Talk Too Much” (youtube)
Sg Lewis, “Lifetime” (youtube)
Avril Lavigne ft.
Drake & 21 Savage, “Rich Flex” (youtube)
Selena Gomez, “My Mind & Me” (youtube)
Pink, “Never Gonna Not Dance Again” (youtube)
Niko Rubio, “Olvidar de Ti” (youtube)
Luna Luna, “Talk Too Much” (youtube)
Sg Lewis, “Lifetime” (youtube)
Avril Lavigne ft.
- 11/4/2022
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Indie legends Yo La Tengo are back with their new single “Fallout,” the first offering from their upcoming album This Stupid World.
“I want to fall out of time,” singer Ira Kaplan says on the track. “Reach back, unwind.”
The self-produced This Stupid World — available to preorder now — marks Yo La Tengo’s first studio LP since their pandemic-recorded ambient music-inspired album We Have Amnesia Sometimes.
The trio of Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew will close out 2022 by hosting their annual eight-night Hanukkah residency at New York’s...
“I want to fall out of time,” singer Ira Kaplan says on the track. “Reach back, unwind.”
The self-produced This Stupid World — available to preorder now — marks Yo La Tengo’s first studio LP since their pandemic-recorded ambient music-inspired album We Have Amnesia Sometimes.
The trio of Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew will close out 2022 by hosting their annual eight-night Hanukkah residency at New York’s...
- 11/2/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Cj Camerieri of yMusic and Sufjan Stevens have teamed up for new single, “Song of Trouble.” The track appears on upcoming LP Carm, Camerieri’s solo debut album that’s named after the moniker he records under.
Cowritten and arranged by Carm and Stevens, the single is ushered in with French horns and trumpets, which buoy Stevens’ lyrics that grapple with trouble and implore for an end to it — a sentiment made for these times.
“Struggle, focus on the evidence/Struggle, so everything was made for this,” Stevens sings. “Struggle,...
Cowritten and arranged by Carm and Stevens, the single is ushered in with French horns and trumpets, which buoy Stevens’ lyrics that grapple with trouble and implore for an end to it — a sentiment made for these times.
“Struggle, focus on the evidence/Struggle, so everything was made for this,” Stevens sings. “Struggle,...
- 1/14/2021
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Yo La Tengo have corralled their recent string of new tracks for an instrumental album titled We Have Amnesia Sometimes, which the long-running New Jersey band created during a week of socially distanced recording sessions this past spring.
The album’s five improvisational tracks are available to stream now at Yo La Tengo’s recently launched Bandcamp page; a vinyl release for the album is forthcoming.
Yo La Tengo’s Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew recorded We Have Amnesia Sometimes’ five compositions over a 10-day stretch from late...
The album’s five improvisational tracks are available to stream now at Yo La Tengo’s recently launched Bandcamp page; a vinyl release for the album is forthcoming.
Yo La Tengo’s Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew recorded We Have Amnesia Sometimes’ five compositions over a 10-day stretch from late...
- 7/17/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
“Deeper Into Movies,” from Yo La Tengo’s 1997 album I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One, is a fuzzy guitar song with lots of drums. A new version, premiering here on Vulture, is on the band’s forthcoming album Stuff Like That There (out August 28 on Matador), and is much more subdued. Band member Ira Kaplan says it happened that way almost by accident. “When we recorded it, Georgia [Hubley, who is Kaplan's wife] played drums,” he recalled during a recent phone interview. “One day we were working on it in the studio, quickly throwing up faders to hear something, and just accidentally, the drum faders weren’t thrown up, and it sounded great without drums.” The edit gives the newly reimagined recording of the song a quiet, folksy mood that is very different from the original.Yo La Tengo have always felt comfortable revisiting their own music. As far back...
- 6/2/2015
- by Lauretta Charlton
- Vulture
How did we come up with our chart? By tallying the votes of our pop writers – and here's what they plumped for
Tim Jonze
Albums
John Wizards – John Wizards
Disclosure – Settle
Paramore – Paramore
Hebronix – Unreal
Kanye West – Yeezus
Christopher Owens – Lysandre
Julia Holter – Loud City Song
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
British Sea Power – From The Sea To The Land Beyond
Tracks
Julia Holter – Hello Stranger
Miguel and Mariah Carey – #Beautiful
Drake – Hold On, We're Going Home
Sky Ferreira – You're Not the One
Justin Timberlake – Suit and Tie
Jeffrey Lewis – Wwprd
Paramore – Still Into You
Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge – White Noise
The 1975 – Chocolate
Stylo G – Soundbwoy
Tom Hughes
Albums
15-60-75 The Numbers Band – Jimmy Bell's Still in Town
Meat Wave – Meat Wave
The Drones – I See Seaweed 4
White Fence – Live in San Francisco
Ooga Boogas – Ooga Boogas
Superchunk – I Hate Music
Bits of...
Tim Jonze
Albums
John Wizards – John Wizards
Disclosure – Settle
Paramore – Paramore
Hebronix – Unreal
Kanye West – Yeezus
Christopher Owens – Lysandre
Julia Holter – Loud City Song
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
British Sea Power – From The Sea To The Land Beyond
Tracks
Julia Holter – Hello Stranger
Miguel and Mariah Carey – #Beautiful
Drake – Hold On, We're Going Home
Sky Ferreira – You're Not the One
Justin Timberlake – Suit and Tie
Jeffrey Lewis – Wwprd
Paramore – Still Into You
Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge – White Noise
The 1975 – Chocolate
Stylo G – Soundbwoy
Tom Hughes
Albums
15-60-75 The Numbers Band – Jimmy Bell's Still in Town
Meat Wave – Meat Wave
The Drones – I See Seaweed 4
White Fence – Live in San Francisco
Ooga Boogas – Ooga Boogas
Superchunk – I Hate Music
Bits of...
- 12/23/2013
- by Tom Hughes, Maddy Costa, Tim Jonze, Michael Hann, Malik Meer, Rebecca Nicholson, Nosheen Iqbal, Alexis Petridis, Dom Lawson, Paul Lester, Louis Pattison, Kitty Empire, Kate Hutchinson, Betty Clarke, Paul MacInnes, Kieran Yates, Ian Gittins, Jude Rogers, Dave Simpson, Alex Needham, Dan Hancox, Daniel Martin, Sam Wolfson, Ally Carnwath, Stevie Chick, Dorian Lynskey, Sam Richards, Caroline Sullivan, Chris Salmon, Michael Cragg, Alex Macpherson, Sean Michaels, Tom Lamont, Killian Fox, Adam Boult, Harriet Gibsone
- The Guardian - Film News
When you're ready to take a break from the news (and the people you're holed up with) try one of these songs instead
If you're one of the millions on the east coast anxiously awaiting hurricane Sandy's arrival (and departure) you're probably hunkered down somewhere – your apartment, a friends' house, or an evacuation shelter. Sandy is supposed to take her time passing through and in an effort to break the tension, we've put together a few tracks to take you through the storm. When you're ready to take a break from news updates, why not turn on one of these instead? You can also listen the playlist on Spotify.
Update: We're adding your songs to this list as we go. Scroll down to see the latest song additions then tell us what else we should add in the comments or on Twitter@GuardianUS
Sandy – John Travolta, from the movie Grease
No explanation needed.
If you're one of the millions on the east coast anxiously awaiting hurricane Sandy's arrival (and departure) you're probably hunkered down somewhere – your apartment, a friends' house, or an evacuation shelter. Sandy is supposed to take her time passing through and in an effort to break the tension, we've put together a few tracks to take you through the storm. When you're ready to take a break from news updates, why not turn on one of these instead? You can also listen the playlist on Spotify.
Update: We're adding your songs to this list as we go. Scroll down to see the latest song additions then tell us what else we should add in the comments or on Twitter@GuardianUS
Sandy – John Travolta, from the movie Grease
No explanation needed.
- 10/29/2012
- by Ruth Spencer, Amanda Holpuch
- The Guardian - Film News
On March 26, several musicians will come together to pay tribute to Alex Chilton of Big Star roughly one year after his death. Among the artists performing Third/Sister Lovers will be Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake, Big Star’s Jody Stephens, Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan, db’s Chris Stamey and others. The show, which will take place at Baruch College’s Mason Hall, will follow up a performance of the record last December in Carrboro, N.C....
- 3/25/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
The 8th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is all set to run for ten days this Feb. 11-20 in Missoula, Montana. This year, the fest will have a whopping 140 film programs, a growth that necessitates an expansion from its regular home at the Historic Wilma Theatre — where it will occupy two screens — to also feature screenings at the former Pipestone Mountaineering store.
Special events at the fest include a free opening night screening of How to Die in Oregon sponsored by HBO Documentary Films. The film, directed by Peter D. Richardson, examines the impact the legalization of physician-assisted suicide has had on the state. (In 1994, Oregon was the first state to legalize the practice.)
Also, indie rock band Yo La Tengo will perform their acclaimed live score of the films of pioneering French underwater documentary film director Jean Painlevé, something they have done for other film festivals all over the world.
Special events at the fest include a free opening night screening of How to Die in Oregon sponsored by HBO Documentary Films. The film, directed by Peter D. Richardson, examines the impact the legalization of physician-assisted suicide has had on the state. (In 1994, Oregon was the first state to legalize the practice.)
Also, indie rock band Yo La Tengo will perform their acclaimed live score of the films of pioneering French underwater documentary film director Jean Painlevé, something they have done for other film festivals all over the world.
- 1/15/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Yo La Tengo is somehow already in the midst of its 25th year as a band, and has retained its gift for songcraft far better than most anyone who hits that milestone. The Hoboken, N.J., trio's Popular Songs features 12 originals (and no Sean Kingston covers) that begin with a taste of Serge Gainsbourg-style strings on "Here to Fall," and wrap with three sprawling tracks showcasing their trademark artful noodling and ambience. Reached at a cozy vacation spot in Montauk, Long Island, singer-guitarist Ira Kaplan waxed slightly nostalgic about the highs (getting props from Lou Reed) and lows (inadvertently recording a track with George Bush) of the Ylt experience.
- 9/8/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
The band: Wye Oak Key release: If Children Hometown: Baltimore Wye Oak is a named after a former symbol for the state of Maryland, what was the largest white oak tree in the United States before a hurricane destroyed it. It's a fitting moniker; Maryland is a blend of Southern culture and northern sensibilities, and Wye Oak's musical identity is similarly mixed. If Children, the group's freshly released debut, feels like a primer in indie-rock: Originally recorded in friends' studios, apartments, and basements, the album swirls together soft psychedelia-pop, atmospheric shoegaze, and alt-folk. In a nm0399522 autoYo La Tengo[/link]-esque male-female musical partnership, Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack create full-sounding songs so delicately layered that they seem like more than two people could produce. Overall, the band is a welcome break from the increasingly formulaic feel of new indie-pop output, and its label, Merge, deserves credit for...
- 4/15/2008
- by Chris Mincher
- avclub.com
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