There’s A Riot Going On
Yo La Tengo capture the feeling of post-traumatic calm on their latest album, assuring their status as a wry and comforting cornerstone of indie rock.
On 1971’s There’s A Riot Goin’ On, Sly And The Family Stone filtered the creeping hangover of the ’60s into a murky, slurring monument of fugue-state funk. It was an album that reflected the twilight mood of its time: Woodstock optimism ossifying into Altamont dread, “free love” fading into porno reels inside 42nd St.…
On their dense, careworn new LP, indie stalwarts Yo La Tengo have shown that can still bring fresh ideas to the table.
New Jersey’s foremost indie auteurs have always managed to find that fine line between obtuse experimentation and pastoral pop, one that sometimes makes Yo La Tengo’s intents difficult to unpack but enticing enough for added interest.
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Despite the incendiary title, this is more quiet evolution from Yo La Tengo, rather than full blown revolution.
Bringing the real world into the music world, veterans of indie rock Yo La Tengo release their 15th full-length album There's a Riot Going O...
Much like when Sly & The Family Stone first proclaimed the same message, There's a Riot Goin' On, in 1971 in response to Marvin Gaye, Yo La Tengo find themselves relaying the same message 47 years plus later.
Already wanting to escape the shit show which is 2018? Then, boy, has Yo La Tengo got a treat for you! The 15th studio album from these critical darlings
In these turbulent times indie stalwarts Yo La Tengo opt for dream-like empathy over morose intensity on their 15th album 'There's A Riot Going On'.
Playful echoes of famous album titles come around often enough, their intentions ranging from pointed (Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville) to parodic (Butthole...
'There's A Riot Going On' by Yo La Tengo leave ideas out to breathe in our review of the band's new full-length
The chorus that Georgia Hubley sings softly on the second track of Yo La Tengo’s 15th studio album serves almost as a mission statement for the trio: “Whenever I see you, there are shades of blue.”
Yo La Tengo are still very much staying the course on There’s a Riot Going On.