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