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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 strings of "Here To Fall") and a raucous live take (see "Nothing To Hide" for French TV). The breezy, impossibly summery "Avalon Or Something Very Similar" makes it an even four from the set, here soundtracking visuals of sugarcube-sweet faces, and hypnotic triangles, and green parks, by director John McSwain. It's a nice mesh, pour a julep and enjoy. Continue reading New Yo La Tengo Video - "Avalon Or Someone Very Similar" (Stereogum Premiere)...
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submitted by Nick Dec 20th 2012 07:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Next month, Yo La Tengo give us their new album Fade, which is a great album for wistfully staring out windows. We’ve already heard the absolutely killer first single “Before We Run,” and now the band is letting us hear opening track “Ohm,” a lazily unfurling seven-minute domestic fuzz-pop fantas...
Just about every year, Yo La Tengo take over their hometown club Maxwell’s for a series of Hanukkah shows, which are generally described as amazing and which often feature a few special guests sitting in. This year’s run of shows, no exception, had it share of help from indie luminaries. Andrew Bird played scratchy violin [...]
submitted by Nick Nov 15th 2012 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Why it was only yesterday that we got the full deets on Yo La Tengo’s forthcoming LP Fade, and already we’ve got a new song and video (of sorts) to keep us warm through these cold November nights. The song is album closer “Before We Run,” a gentle, stirring, string-and horn-filled beauty with Georgia on [...]


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