Stereogum — Beach House are taking it back to basics this week. On Monday night, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally played without their backing band at the Philadelphia venue Johnny Brenda’s. The show was announced at the last minute, and it included a bunch... more info

JamBase — Watch Beach House's Victoria Legrand join Yo La Tengo on a gorgeous cover of The Velvet Underground's "Pale Blue Eyes" on night six of this year's Hanukkah run at The Bowery. more info

Stereogum — Right now, the forever-intertwined ’70s and ’80s hitmakers Daryl Hall and John Oates are in the midst of a nasty legal battle, and we probably won’t get to see them sing their songs together anytime soon. Fortunately, though, Yo La Tengo and... more info

JamBase — Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard joined Yo La Tengo for a Hall & Oates cover and more on the fifth night of this year’s Hanukkah run. more info

JamBase — Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop participated Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah concert on Saturday night at The Bowery Ballroom in New York City. more info

Stereogum — Every year, New Jersey indie greats Yo La Tengo play a run of eight shows on every night of Hanukkah. For those gigs, they bring in special guests and play unexpected covers, and it looks like it’s always a great time. The shows used to happen a... more info

JamBase — Yo La Tengo's annual Hanukkah run of eight-straight concerts began Thursday with Sun Ra Arkestra, John Early and Ladybug Transistor joining the band at New York City's Bowery Ballroom. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Is this band the Dutch Yo La Tengo? Eh, that is probably an oversimplification — but maybe I’ve got your attention now. Lewsberg’s latest, Out And About, definitely shares a bit with YLT’s brand of winsome indie pop (more than a little Feelie... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — With a 78-minute runtime and only a single track not eclipsing the eight minutes, The Sounds of the Sounds of Science is an almost meditative aquatic soundscape created for a series of short films by avant-garde filmmaker Jean Painlevé. Specializing... more info

JamBase — Yo La Tengo surprised fans with a five-song live EP, The Bunker Sessions featuring songs off their latest album, ‘This Stupid World,’ and more. more info