Popular Songs

AlbumSep 08 / 200913 songs, 1h 17m 3s
Indie Rock Indie Pop
Popular Highly Rated
7.9 / 10

The indie rock perennials return with yet another accomplished album, again reminding us why they're among the most consistently rewarding bands of our time.

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Popular Songs, Yo La Tengo’s 12th album in nearly 25 years, only sounds like the title of a greatest-hits collection. Its 12 tracks offer variations on what fans have come to expect from the band, but those variations come filled with surprises. The album-opening “Here To Fall” begins with the slow tick-tock of…

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Three years ago, Yo La Tengo declared...

Playing like a welcome sequel to 2006's style-hopping I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass, Yo La Tengo's 16th studio album finds the New Jersey trio bringing out Farfisa solos and celebrating ongoing couplehood.

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Yo La Tengo knows exactly how hard and in what direction to push.

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<p>opular Songs presents an iPod shuffle of styles and sounds at once idiosyncratic and surprising, says <strong>Maddy Costa</strong></p>

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Over the course of the last 25 years, Hoboken-based band Yo La Tengo has emphatically established itself as the elder statesmen of indie rock: an adventurous and dynamic trio whose limited mainstream success has never prompted the band to sacrifice its diverse musical visions in any bid for widespread appeal.

Album Reviews: Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs

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Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs review: band doesn't know how to suck