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Half Japanese: The Band That Is King

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Brad Cohan 1 Comment Beat Happening, Daniel Johnston, Gumball, Half Japanese, Jad Fair, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, Velvet Monkeys, Yo La Tengo

With Crazy Hearts, Jad Fair’s longtime outfit continues to reign supreme as one of America’s most distinctive rock groups

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Alternative Rock

This Here Giraffe: The Flaming Lips’ Clouds Taste Metallic at 25

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 1995, Bee Thousand, Clouds Taste Metallic, Electr-O-Pura, Guided By Voices, The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin, Yo La Tengo

A quarter century later, does the band’s 1995 classic still stand as the “Pet Sounds for the 90s”?

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Glam Power Pop Records Rock

The Flamin’ Groovies: Now We’re Jumpin’ In The Night

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 2 Comments ” Ramones, A-Bones, Dead Boys, Flamin' Groovies, Jumpin' In The Night, MVD Audio, Now, Richard Hell, Talking Heads, The Flamin' Groovies, the New York Dolls, Yo La Tengo

The San Francisco garage rock legends kept the COVID summer alive in 2020 with a pair of essential reissues

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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

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Alternative Rock Pop Punk Rock

Stirring Tunes in 2018: Big Bliss, Pusha T, Yo La Tengo

December 28, 2018December 27, 2018 Blake Smith 0 Comments Amen Dunes, Beak, Big Bliss, Camp Cope, Chappo, CK Mann & His Carousel 7, Craig Ross, Dean Wareham and Cheval Sombre, Exploded View, Grapetooth, North Americans, Ovlov, Paul Jacobs, Peel Dream Magazine, Peggy Gou, Pusha T, Sha La Das, Shintaro Sakamoto, Skinny Pelembe, Sonoda, The Orielles, Tim Ruttili, Tropical Fuck Storm, Viagra Boys, Warm Drag, Whyte Horses, Yo La Tengo

A Compendium of Music That Mattered, Including Something Called Tropical Fuck Storm

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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

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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

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