With the apparent dissolution of Sonic Youth, Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley are now our longest-tenured indie power couple, and their band Yo La Tengo might now be our foundational left-of-the-dial romantics. Yo La Tengo have a million albums, and all of them are at least a little bit good (here’s our list), so news [...]

In the best possible sense, Yo La Tengo can feel less like a band and more like a beloved national trust.   YLT has for so long been proffering great music, and at such a consistent rate, that even for older fans like us it can feel difficult to wrap one’s mind around their enormous and esteemed [...]

It’s been three years since Yo La Tengo’s last album, Popular Songs, but the band has promised a new one in 2013, and they’re teasing us now with a 12″ single featuring an alternate version of one of the songs that will be included on that album. “Stupid Things” is a languid, autumnal, ...

Plus Wire and Arthur Brown set for London event

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 [...]