When your band’s been together for 25+ years, might as well mix it up: Yo La Tengo’s current tour includes a game show wheel, which a selected audience member spins to decide what the trio’s set will include. Spinner attended the 2/4 stop at Metro in Chicago and reports that the wheel includes eight categories [...]

Canadian group will spin a wheel of fate at the start of each show

Teenage Fanclub, Mogwai, Arab Strap, Yo La Tengo and more donate tracks to charity birthday competition

Expanding on Yo La Tengo’s approach to covering Matador bands while reading the lyrics off a sheet of paper in front of you, Spoon gave a go at the late Jay Reatard’s “No Time” while performing at Oak Ridge Park in Clark, New Jersey. It’s more classic rock, less homegrown psychedelic sounding tha...

This is getting meta. A few months ago Times New Viking made like labelmates Yo La Tengo at an Ohio in-store for the latter’s “Nothing To Hide” video. Now Ira, Georgia and James return the favor, covering “Move To California” at this past weekend’s End Of The Festival. (Thanks for the f...