Yo La Tengo

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Yo La Tengo was in many respects the quintessential critics' band: in addition to its adventurous eclecticism, defiant independence, and restless creative ambition -- three qualities that virtually guarantee music press acclaim -- the group's frontman, Ira Kaplan, even tenured as a rock scribe prior to finding success as a performer. So frequently compared to the Velvet Underground that they even portrayed the legendary group in the 1996 film {#I Shot Andy Warhol}, the Hoboken, NJ-based unit explored the extremes of feedback-driven noise rock and sweetly melodic {\...[more]

 

 

This bold, eclectic, 80-minute album is the pinnacle of the band's twenty-year career. From eleven-minute guitar jams to gorgeous ballads to winsome horn-drenched pop songs, this album is all over the map, in a very good way. Features the talents of longtime Nashville producer Roger Moutenot, violinist Dave Mansfield of Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review, and the jacket artistry of Gary Panter (Raw, Jimbo).

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VINYL FORMAT. This bold, eclectic, 80-minute album is the pinnacle of the band's twenty-year career. From eleven-minute guitar jams to gorgeous ballads to winsome horn-drenched pop songs, this album is all over the map, in a very good way. Features the talents of longtime Nashville producer Roger Moutenot, violinist Dave Mansfield of Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review, and the jacket artistry of Gary Panter (Raw, Jimbo).

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Yo La Tengo began life as one among hundreds of Velvet Underground-inspired bands, banging out dark, skittish tunes that displayed YLT guitarist/vocalist Ira Kaplan's affection for Uncle Lou as well as Yo La Tengo's commitment to creating a gently subversive groove. Over the years, the band, which also features Kaplan's wife Georgia Hubley on drums and vocals, has gone through more identity changes than David Bowie, from acoustic folk-rock to wailing, Sonic Youth-like guitarchitecture. On this album, the ba   [ read more ]

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3xCD VERSION! 42 songs spread over three CD's, Prisoners Of Love is a sprawling, enthralling summation of the career-todate of Yo La Tengo. It isn't their place to call themselves The Greatest Band On Earth but it's ours. The first two CDs are cramed full of previously released highights from YLT's pre-Matador tenure along with the most sizzling moments from their 2nd decade in show biz. The 3rd disc is the sort of rarities collection that will have you wondering why they bothered to do a two disc ve   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Yo La Tengo began life as one among hundreds of Velvet Underground-inspired bands, banging out dark, skittish tunes that displayed YLT guitarist/vocalist Ira Kaplan's affection for Uncle Lou as well as Yo La Tengo's commitment to creating a gently subversive groove. Over the years, the band, which also features Kaplan's wife Georgia Hubley on drums and vocals, has gone through more identity changes than David Bowie, from acoustic folk-rock to wailing, Sonic Youth-like guitarchitecture. On this   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Yo La Tengo's eighth album was the one that dragged them away from the underground and gave them a much higher profile. Leaving behind some of their previous Velvet Underground fixations, there was more moodiness and dizzying harmonies to this release. Yo La Tengo's albums since have all being quite wonderful but none have yet touched the majesty of this, by far their most complete work.

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After the noisy but dream-like drift of Painful, Electr-O-Pura found Yo La Tengo in livelier and more outwardly enthusiastic form; while they had hardly abandoned their more subdued and contemplative side, as evidenced by the lovely "The Hour Grows Late" and "Pablo and Andrea," they seemed eager to once again explore the grittier textures they'd unearthed on President Yo La Tengo and May I Sing With Me with tunes like the gleefully manic "False Ending" and the bizarre horn-blast   [ read more ]

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#77 Seller of 2005! 2xCD VERSION!! 26 songs spread over two CD's, Prisoners Of Love is a sprawling, enthralling summation of the career-to-date of Yo La Tengo. It isn't their place to call themselves The Greatest Band On Earth but it's ours. The two CD version crams together previously released highights from YLT's pre-Matador tenure along with the most sizzling moments from their 2nd decade in show biz. Beautifully packaged, liner notes from Byron Coley and Joe Puleo.

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VINYL FORMAT. IMPORT. RESTOCK! "Saturday" from the new album, plus 2 non-album selections, "Danelectro 2" and "Danelectro 3" (The Danelectro was a fine brand of Sears electric guitars 20 or so years ago).

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VINYL FORMAT. Popular Songs could be Yo La Tengo's bravest musical statement to date in a career full of 'em. Recorded in Hoboken and Nashville in early 2009 with longtime associate Roger Mountenot, Popular Songs finds the trio of Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew at the height of their creative powers, fashioning an epic work that's cooly confident as it is wildly adventurous. Even for longtime followers of Yo La Tengo, the stylistic range encompassed on Popular Songs   [ read more ]

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Popular Songs could be Yo La Tengo's bravest musical statement to date in a career full of 'em. Recorded in Hoboken and Nashville in early 2009 with longtime associate Roger Mountenot, Popular Songs finds the trio of Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew at the height of their creative powers, fashioning an epic work that's cooly confident as it is wildly adventurous. Even for longtime followers of Yo La Tengo, the stylistic range encompassed on Popular Songs is startl   [ read more ]

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This is a 20.25" x 28.75" Yo La Tengo show poster for the September 15, 2003 show in Orlando, FL. 3-color screenprint. Design by Lure.

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