Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * Hanukkah * Ute Lemper @ Joe's Pub * Peter Evans @ The Stone * Hot Tuna @ Beacon Theatre * Antibalas @ Le Poisson Rouge * Chocolate Genius @ Joe's Pub * Yo La Tengo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Killing Joke @ Irving Plaza (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Hahn Rowe @ The Stone * Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell's * Red Hot + New Orleans @ BAM * Killing Joke @ Irving Plaza * Hot... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As posted, The Parting Gifts opened Thursday night's show at Maxwell's for Yo La Tengo. And as theorized, Jim Gaffigan was the comedian. Jim kicks off his run of SEVEN shows at Best Buy Theater tonight (12/3). You can... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * Hanukkah * Soulfarm, Pharaoh's Daughter @ 92YTribeca * Gene Ween, Old Rugged Sauce @ Knitting Factory * Tournament, Pilgrim, Bad Dream, Loon @ The Acheron * Yo La Tengo & The Parting Gifts & ??? @... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Seven remaining mystery Yo La Tengo mixtape makers take note. According to eHow, if you want to "Make A Sad Bastard Mix Tape" you should,"Program a few (relatively) uptempo songs into the mix. This might sound counterintuitive, but you... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Syl Johnson @ MHOW in 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) Anonymous 1:57 AM left a potentially true tip that "SJ" are opening for Yo La Tengo at Maxwell's on Saturday. 2:30 quickly followed with a guuess that SJ could in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Doug playing w/ Yo La Tengo, Hanukkah 2008 (more by Natasha Ryan) Non-classic Guided By Voices member Doug Gillard will open for the classic lineup of Guided By Voices at Irving Plaza on New Years Eve. The show is sold... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — the 12/1 sign (pic by J_Greenblatt) Thurston Moore made the mix tape. Anyone have the setlist? One down, seven more nights of Chanukah at Maxwell's to go (note: Ted Leo actually also has December 5th off - one night before... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — It’s the first of December. In addition to it being the first day in the last month of the year, it’s also when I allow myself to begin with the month-long Christmas song onslaught. For fans, Yo La Tengo’s annual run of Hanukkah shows in Hoboke... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell's (Hanukkan 2008) (more by Natasha Ryan) Thanksgiving is not even a week past, but Hanukkah is already here and that means eight Yo La Tengo shows at Maxwell's in Hoboken. One for each night, they... more info