Yo La Tengo
 

I love everything they've put out but I think Ride the Tiger is my favorite. They kick ass and my lack of writing skills doesn't do them justice.

certainly one of the most underappreciated indie bands ever imo. Been going for over 20 years and still very little people know who they are.. Have most their albums and seen them twice live, both very good shows!

bought the box set when it came out, almost a year ago.

I have a couple of their albums.

I dunno about them though , I have this feeling with them that the ingredients are all there but theres something missing somewhere.

they do have a lot of 'samey' stuff, and some even boring... but they can be absolutly brilliant sometimes too :)

here's a pretty good example of their glory - Sugarcube - http://www.funtimeok.com/wp/go.php?h...-Sugarcube.mp3

here's another of my fav's live - Autumn Sweater - http://www.ezarchive.com/rbally/Albu...mn_Sweater.mp3

(the whole black session you can hear at
http://www.rbally.net/2006/06/yo-la-...s-1997_08.html)

I forgot to mention they also did the best cover of The Simpsons theme tune.

Even better than Sonic Youth`s effort

I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass is so good, one of the better releases this year. The album art is sexy too.

aye, tis pretty good. Very random and lots of influences and styles.

Seeing them tomorrow actually! Wee!!

^How'd that work out?

http://www.yolatengo.com/images/iamn...idofyou400.jpg

I saw them at a festival I was at in August, but I'd only heard a couple of their songs at the time.

Anyway, I downloaded Painful recently and it's a great album, full of nice lush songs. I'll need to get some more albums.

was quite a good show actually! the played the most 'normal' set i've every seen them... with only 2 songs where they weren't on their 'normal' instruments.

about 5 from their new album, most of the older ones you'd expect too. Tbh i was pretty tipsy tho and at the end was telling my friends i hoped they would play 'autumn summer' and they had to inform they played it already ... lol

oh... lastly.. it was at the Forum. do NOT go their unless you have your ticket in hand already. took over an hour to get in to collect my interenet tix, missed the opening act

They're one of the bands Ive been meaning to get into more and more. Can anyone give me a good list of albums/tracks to get started on?

Albums to get for sure that i have and think are very good:
Painful
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

i'd also still recommend their best of 'Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985-2003'. It has a good representation of their music. I don't think it's a best-of myself.. but a good representation...

Ive just discovered them and like them alot!! :hphones:

My Pandora Sonic Youth channel keeps spitting these guys out, mostly Clunk. Sounds good so far, looking at some of the recommended. Very interesting stuff.

yeah... they have a lot of songs that are like sonic youth... others that are nice a light like Low... and lots in between ;)

I just downloaded a 15 album torrent.

If there is a missing ingredient with this band i`ll find it.

They are incredibly consistent.

I saw them yesterday, and they were amazing. They're one of those bands that can manage to sell out a club, and then have 25% of the audience leave before the end of the set because of their abrasive noisiness. I swear, they played one mellow poppy song, then one upbeat noisy song. They played one song that was a fifteen minute long krautrock-ish epic with a steady bassline and drumbeat and with the guitarist completely freaking out and destroying his instrument, and one twenty minute long song that started barely audible and finished with an ocean of noise. Absolutely brilliant set.

I Can Hear the Heart Beat As One is a great record. What I like about them is that the noise/pop ratio in their music is usually about 50/50.:)

I have had I'm Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass for some time and really liked it but was unsure where to go next, so today I bought the 2 CD comp-Prisoners Of Love. I am impressed. Very consistent. It is not usually what I go for but I can definitely say that I want more of this band. They deserve a wider fan base.

I was listening to And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out. I enjoyed it so I'm gonna grab some of their earlier stuff.

Get I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, it's probably their best.

That's fortunate because it's the one other YLT album I already have. Just haven't listened to it yet.

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Painful is also up there, and they have lots of good stuff. Yo La Tengo rule.

/bump.

I have tried and tried... and tried to like Painful but I cannot wrap my head around it, all the songs sound the same to me.

On another note, I loved I Am Not Afraid Of You and I Will Beat Your Ass, there's alot of varation on it. It's my favorite right after I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One and And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out.

I have just got the rest of their discography and they constantly change their sound but still keep the asthetics. Awesome band.

Has anyone heard "Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics"? I have a hard time believing they did that all on the spot but it's still pretty cool.

I've been meaning to check this lot out for too long, but something else comes along every time. I'll definately give them a look after i've finished my research on Menomena

I have'nt got around to it yet but i'm looking forward to it. 'You Shoot We Score' looks interesting too.

New album is on par for them. Chill as fuck. I saw them live at a musical festival. One where you go from venue to venue. I think it was day 2 or 3, I was exhausted, sat down in a nice comfy chair and just closed my eyes, it was dope.

I heard the album leaked alright, will give it a listen as soon as I track down a DL.

I'm seeing them in March and I'm pretty stoked about it. I've never seen them live before.

Yo La Tengo reminds me of working at the cd store...

Came across this one today on a list. I've never really listened to Yo La Tengo before. This isn't mind blowing but it's pretty good.

Bro you’re missing out. I’m making you a YLT playlist stat

Please do. I like finding new sounds.

I'm not timely but I follow through

Gracias. I'll get to it as soon as I can.

I think the only record I've heard from them is And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, which was pretty great. I gotta check out more of their stuff.