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Yo La Tengo (Spanish for "I've got it"; also abbreviated as YLT) is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, piano, vocals), and James McNew (bass, vocals).
Mar 8, 2018 · Formed by guitarist Ira Kaplan and drummer Georgia Hubley in 1984, and joined by James McNew in 1991, all three remain spottable at New York area venues small and smaller, catching a range of...
Aug 28, 2020 · After losing their bassist, Stephan Wichnewski, Ira and Georgia record a charming acoustic set mainly comprised of covers, including songs by Cat Stevens, John Cale and the Flamin’ Groovies.
- Tom Pinnock
During their first years as a band they played with a number of bassists and lead guitarists whose tenures with the group were short, including guitarist Dave Schramm and bassist Mike Lewis, with whom they recorded Yo La Tengo’s debut album, Ride the Tiger (1986).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- “Blue Line Swinger” Album: Electr-O-Pura (1995) Okay, maybe I’m biased toward the epics and blow-outs. “Blue Line Swinger” nearly sums up a 30+ year career in just under 10 minutes, starting off fragile and indecisive before growing into a committed roar, with the band’s full complement of tricks—Hubley’s beautifully flat vocals, a freak-out solo, organ drones, “baa baa baas”—supporting a timeless riff.
- “I Heard You Looking” Album: Painful (1993) After a few fine but faceless college-rock albums in the 1980s, Yo La Tengo revealed a masterful ability to unite melody and noise near the end of the decade.
- “Tom Courtenay” / “Tom Courtenay (Acoustic)” Album: Electr-O-Pura / Camp Yo La Tengo EP (1995) As with “Big Day Coming,” the Yo La Tengo have released multiple versions of “Tom Courtenay,” one of their most popular songs.
- “Big Day Coming” Album: Painful (1993) Painful is almost bookended by two versions of “Big Day Coming.” There’s a noisier, rocking take before the album’s final song that has an ersatz shoegaze vibe similar to “From a Motel 6.”
Apr 5, 2020 · Founded in 1984 in New Jersey by husband-and-wife couple Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, who play guitars and drums respectively yet share lead and backing vocal duties, and named after a yell of ‘I Got It’ by a Spanish-speaking outfielder of their beloved baseball team the New York Mets, Yo La Tengo initially went through a number of ...
Jan 11, 2023 · It has been 30 years since the Hoboken, New Jersey trio signed to Matador with 1993’s Painful and since James McNew—the group’s 15th bassist—effectively graduated from hired hand to integral member.
