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President Yo La Tengo

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2023, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Matador Records, This Stupid World, Yo La Tengo

What does it mean when rock’s greatest working band barely rises above a whisper?

Indie Rock

They’re An American Band: I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One at 25

April 24, 2022April 24, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Georgia Hubley, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Little Honda, Roger Moutenot, Sugarcube, Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo’s classic eighth LP found the Hoboken trio taking further strides towards creating its own pop style

Indie Rock Pop

What Bothers You Today: Yo La Tengo’s Electr-O-Pura Turns 25

May 16, 2020May 19, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1995, Electr-O-Pura, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Matador Records, Tom Courtenay, Yo La Tengo

Hoboken’s greatest band made sure you remembered their name in ’95

Pop Rock

A Big Day Coming

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Matador Records, Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo’s Painful turns 25

Punk

Jon Fine Interviews Ira Kaplan on a Brooklyn Stage Regarding ‘Your Band Sucks’

June 21, 2016April 11, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Electric Banana, Ira Kaplan, Jon Fine, The Cynics, Yo La Tengo

Ira Kaplan (l) and Jon Fine discuss the realities of indie band economics at St. Vitus in Brooklyn, June 20, 2016. (Ken Kurson) Jon Fine wrote a terrific book called Your Band Sucks of almost eerie relevance to a certain suburban rocker misfit guy who came of age in the late 80s. Jon is my friend through media stuff rather than rock because our bands and taste in music could