Magnet Magazine — 50 years ago today, the Kinks released Soap Opera. Have another drink. Read our cover-story Q&A with Ray Davies by Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan: The post The Kinks Released “Soap Opera” 50 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Magnet Magazine — 30 years ago today, Yo La Tengo released Electr-O-Pura. The rumors are true. Read our MAGNET Classics on the making of the album that came before it: The post Yo La Tengo Released “Electr-O-Pura” 30 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazi... more info

Magnet Magazine — 20 years ago today, Yo La Tengo released Prisoners Of Love: A Smattering Of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985-2003. We play the Tengo, you play a symphony. Read our cover interview with YLT by two-time Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon: The post... more info

Stereogum — When a trusted critic describes an album as “like the Replacements doing Yo La Tengo,” that’s an instant click from me. Such was the case today when Stereogum contributor Nina Corcoran shouted out Artistes Anciens, the debut album from Winni... more info

Magnet Magazine — 60 years ago today, the Kinks released Kinda Kinks. Kinda good. Read our cover-story Q&A with Ray Davies by Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan: The post The Kinks Released “Kinda Kinks” 60 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Magnet Magazine — 25 years ago today, Yo La Tengo released And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out. And became something. Read our cover interview with YLT by two-time Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon: The post Yo La Tengo Released “And Then Nothing Turned It... more info

Stereogum — Marshall Allen has been around for a whole damn century. He was born in 1924. He fought in World War II. In 1958, Allen and his alto saxophone joined the cosmic jazz ensemble Sun Ra Arkestra, and in 1995, he took over as the band’s leader (follo... more info

Stereogum — MJ Lenderman has been making the rounds in New York this week. Sunday he opened for one of Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah shows and joined the band on a Bob Dylan cover. The surprise opening sets and classic rocking continued on Tuesday when Lenderman d... more info

Stereogum — Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah gifts just keep on coming. The night after they got Robyn Hitchcock to reunite the Soft Boys, the fifth night of the band’s annual Bowery Ballroom residency boasted a surprise appearance from MJ Lenderman. He and his ban... more info

Stereogum — Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah residency is currently under way at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. This year’s iteration of the annual tradition has already given us some news to write home about — for example, Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan joined them... more info