Yo La Tengo: Difference between revisions

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[[caption-width:344:L-R: Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, and James McNew. None of them surf.]]

[[Yo La Tengo]] is a [[Long Runners|Long Running]] [[Alternative Rock]] band from Hoboken, New Jersey. Founded in 1984 by former music reviewer Ira Kaplan (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and his wife Georgia Hubley (drums, vocals), they went though a series of bassists before settling on James McNew (bass, keyboards, occasional vocals). They've achieved almost no commercial success, but have become a touchstone of indie-rock nerds everywhere thanks to their large back catalogue, consistent output, and endearing songcraft, which is based on a beguiling mix of [[The Kinks|Kinks]]-esque pop-rock, [[Velvet Underground]] balladry, and [[Sonic Youth]] squall and fuzz. The latter helped popularise them in [[The Nineties]], to the point that they toured with [[My Bloody Valentine (~~Music~~)|My Bloody Valentine]] and [[Dinosaur Jr ~~(Music)~~|Dinosaur Jr]] in 1992.

[[Yo La Tengo]] is a [[Long Runners|Long Running]] [[Alternative Rock]] band from Hoboken, New Jersey. Founded in 1984 by former music reviewer Ira Kaplan (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and his wife Georgia Hubley (drums, vocals), they went though a series of bassists before settling on James McNew (bass, keyboards, occasional vocals). They've achieved almost no commercial success, but have become a touchstone of indie-rock nerds everywhere thanks to their large back catalogue, consistent output, and endearing songcraft, which is based on a beguiling mix of [[The Kinks|Kinks]]-esque pop-rock, [[Velvet Underground]] balladry, and [[Sonic Youth]] squall and fuzz. The latter helped popularise them in [[The Nineties]], to the point that they toured with [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] and [[Dinosaur Jr.|Dinosaur Jr]] in 1992.

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* [[Epic Rocking]]: extended noise jams such as "The Evil That Men Do (Pablo's Version)", "Blue Line Swinger", "Spec Bebop", "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind", and "The Story of Yo La <s>Tengo</s> Tango".

** [[Epic Instrumental Opener]]: "Blue Line Swinger"

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: "Sudden Organ" begins with a rather, well, sudden organ riff.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: "Sudden Organ" begins with a rather, well, sudden organ riff.

** And "86-Second Blowout" is exactly 1 minute and 26 seconds.

* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: their name. It's apparently a very obscure baseball reference.

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* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: "The Story Of Yo La Tango", which is titled that way as a joke about their name frequently being misspelled. This in turn led to people getting the title wrong by correcting the spelling.

* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]: "Stockholm Syndrome"

* [[Three Chords and ~~The~~ Truth]]: they have their tendencies toward this.

* [[Three Chords and the Truth]]: they have their tendencies toward this.

* [[Turn the Other Cheek]]: ''Mr. Tough''

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