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The EccentricsYou need not be popular to break the rules, and you need not be popular to break your own conventions. Sometimes the very best music is being crafted right on the fringes of the mainstream, and it is for that reason that sometimes you will find some of rock music's greatest DETOURS. [1 August 2008] ReviewsYo La Tengo: 6 October 2009 - ChicagoEven in the moments when they seem to be teetering on the edge of control, like during one of Ira’s guitar tirades, every single note and squall of feedback feels necessary. [5 November 2009] 
Yo La Tengo: Popular SongsYo La Tengo's Popular Songs: Recommended for all weather types, day or night. [9 September 2009] Wilco + Yo La Tengo: 13 July 2009 - Brooklyn, NYReturning to their grittier guitar-driven rock they pushed the limits of the audiences’ own acoustic comfort. [27 July 2009] Yo La Tengo + OneidaYo La Tengo, Hanukkah 2008, Night One, the Twitter version: Janet Weiss for the whole show on second drumkit, Spoon's Britt Daniel for the encore, opening acts Oneida (music) and Paul F. Tompkins (comedy), Aesop Rock behind the music collection, and all proceeds to the Jubilee Center. [19 January 2009] Yo La TengoBilled as the Freewheeling Yo La Tengo, this stripped-down tour/Q+A session underscores the fact that, whatever you think this band to be, it's often something else entirely. [8 November 2007] Yo La Tengo“In one interview, Georgia, you talked about the beauty that’s found in accidents.” From behind a modest drum set, Ms. Georgia Hubley responds: "I did?" [7 November 2007] Yo La TengoSpinning rims, 22-ouncers, and a lesson on listening. [22 October 2006] Yo La TengoSpinning rims, 22-ouncers, and a lesson on listening. [28 September 2006] 
Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your AssReviewing this album is like trying to describe a cool and sunny Sunday afternoon -- no liberal expenditure of adjectives and verbs can recreate the experience of just sitting and taking it all in while relaxing. [12 September 2006] 
Yo La Tengo: Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985-2003For longtime fans, this Yo La Tengo retrospective offers an optional third-disc of rarities and outtakes, and for uninitiated listeners, it's the perfect introduction to one of indie-rock's most inviting -- and, sadly, most stigmatized -- bands. [30 March 2005] Blogs
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