Obscure Sound — Disenchantment by Blue Movies Out April 21st, Disenchantment is Blue Movies’ upcoming self-released debut album. The track “Caramel Dreams” is our first listen to it, a gorgeous effort that begins with solemn guitar twangs complementing the sou... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's NYC shows include Yo La Tengo, Patrick Watson, Julianna Barwick, Pontiak, Rolling Blackouts CF, Gabriella Cohen, Stef Chura, Let's Eat Grandma, Dave x AJ Tracey, and more.
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Brooklyn Vegan — Robyn Hitchcock played his second Black Snake Diamond Röle shows with Yo La Tengo as his backing band on Wednesday (3/1) at Bowery Ballroom, one of the more enjoyable shows I've seen in a while. As someone who got to see Robyn a few times with ... more info
Stereogum — For the past two nights, former Soft Boys frontman Robyn Hitchcock has been performing his 1981 debut solo album Black Snake Dîamond Röle in its entirety backed by New Jersey indie greats Yo La Tengo. Following that, he's been playing an entire sec... more info
Aquarium Drunkard — One-third of Sloppy Heads literally wrote the book on Yo La Tengo, and YLT’s James McNew mans the boards for the Brooklyn-based band’s debut LP. So comparisons to Yo La Tengo are inevitable and apt, though they’re far from the whole story. Usel... more info
Stereogum — In the "Nothing To Hide" video, young lo-fu luminaries Times New Viking portrayed indie rock legends Yo La Tengo. Sloppy Heads, a new Brooklyn band associated with Yo La Tengo's James McNew, sound like that reality come to life, like YLT's thoughtful... more info
Stereogum — We marked Happyness as a Band To Watch due to the appeal of their debut album Weird Little Birthday, an album that combined the classicist indie-rock of Pavement and Yo La Tengo with an absurdist, distinctly British sense of humor. Now the trio is fi... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Robyn just played an all Soft Boys set in Australia with members of Twerps, You Am I and Ausmuteants backing him.
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