Yo La Tengo : This Stupid World

New Jersey’s Yo La Tengo are an indie rock institution. The three piece which consists of Ira Kaplan, Georgie Hubley, and James McNew formed in 1984 with Kaplan and Hubley. They released their first album Ride The Tiger in 1986, and McNew joined the band in 1992 for the album May I Sing With Me. […]

Yo La Tengo : There’s a Riot Going On

I got into Yo La Tengo pretty late. Like my first record experience with them was 2009s Popular Songs. I don’t know what took me so long to jump into the Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew world, but as soon as the the nearly 16-minute album closer “And the Glitter Is Gone” ended […]

Yo La Tengo : Stuff Like That There

In the scheme of things, I have to be honest and say I’d prefer a new Yo La Tengo album filled with original songs. That’s just how I feel. Sorry Ira, James, and Georgia. I’d much rather hear newly-penned, original tunes coming out of the YLT camp any day of the week over covers. But […]

jhubner73 presents: My favorite albums of 2013

It’s that time of year again where I put on my thinking cap, revisit many albums I’ve bought and listened to over the year, and figure out which ones I loved the most. This is always so hard as I know there are records I haven’t had a chance to listen to enough or didn’t […]

Yo La Tengo’s ‘Fade’ for a Sunday Afternoon

So after an evening of drinking, Maniac, seeing my best friend’s Siberian Husky go into a massive seizure, and then watching The Cure’s entire 2 hour set at Lollapalooza till 1am, I needed something calming for this afternoon. Yo La Tengo’s Fade was just what I needed. When this album came out back in January […]

Yo La Tengo-Fade

After only listening to the first minute of ‘Ohm’, the opening track of Yo La Tengo’s excellent new album Fade, you get the feeling that something is different. It has a weight to it in its simplicity of only guitar, drums, and vocals that hasn’t been heard before in a YLT song. Not that they gave us […]

I’ve Got A Crush On Yo La Tengo

I’ve only been listening to Yo La Tengo for about 3 years. I came to the YLT party kind of late, but I arrived so that’s all that matters. In all honesty, I’m kind of glad it took me till my mid-thirties before I found myself completely overcome by the sonic blasts and at times […]

The Return of Yo La Tengo

It was with great joy and happiness that I learned of Yo La Tengo’s new e.p. coming out in September. It was with even greater joy and happiness that I learned the said e.p. is merely an appetizer before the main course: a brand new full length album coming out in 2013! New Jersey’s native […]