Stereogum — An all-star cast of musicians including Big Star’s Jody Stephens, Jeff Tweedy and Pat Sansone of Wilco, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan, Jessica Pratt, the Kronos Quartet, Robyn Hitchcock, and late-era Big Star members Ken Stringf... more info

Consequence of Sound — Star-studded tribute featured performances of "Kizza Me", "Take Care", and "Femme Fatale". more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako Yo La Tengo @ Merkin Concert Hall 2/17/2016 On Wednesday, at New York's Merkin Concert Hall, Yo La Tengo appeared as a combination of cover band and bare-minimum orchestra for the electro-acoustic composer Alvin Lucier in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Yo La Tengo at Kings Theatre in 2015 (more by PSquared) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Yo La Tengo, Alvin Lucier @ Merkin Concert Hall Part... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Three Lobed Recordings is releasing a five-album set this week called Parallelogram. Each album is a different split between two artists, and "each LP will be housed within its own letter pressed 'matchbook' bearing new original artw... more info

Minneapolis Fucking Rocks — An engaged, rapt audience welcomed Chicago-based artist J Fernandez back to Minneapolis Wednesday night, his first visit since opening for Unknown Mortal Orchestra at the Triple Rock last June. Over the last few years, Fernandez has been quietly... more info

Stereogum — North Carolina-based Three Lobed Recordings have made a name for themselves on ambitious projects, and this next one might just be their most exciting yet: Parallelograms is a 5-LP collection centered around new songs split between complementary musi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Yo La Tengo at Kings Theatre in October (more by PSquared) The annual Ecstatic Music Festival returns in 2016 from January 29 to March 19, with all performances happening at NYC's Merkin Concret Hall except the opening night at... more info

Stereogum — Back in September, Marc Maron teased the fact that he interviewed Ira Kaplan and Steve Albini for his WTF podcast. Albini’s episode has been available since October, and today Kaplan’s is streaming in full. Maron and Kaplan talk about Yo La Tengo... more info

Stereogum — Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, and the music community has rallied around him, but the road hasn’t been easy. After a benefit concert back in May, all of the donations ended up being stolen in a va... more info