Yo La Tengo performing in 2010. From left to right: McNew, Hubley, and Kaplan
Background information
Origin
Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Indie rock
noise pop[1]
experimental rock[2]
shoegazing[3]
Years active
1984–present
Labels
Matador
Bar/None
City Slang
Alias
Arts & Crafts México
Three Lobed Recordings
Members
Georgia Hubley Ira Kaplan James McNew
Past members
Dave Schramm Mike Lewis Dave Rick Stephan Wichnewski
Website
www.YoLaTengo.com
Yo La Tengo (Spanish for "I've got it"; also abbreviated as YLT) is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, piano, vocals), and James McNew (bass, vocals). In 2015, original guitarist Dave Schramm rejoined the band and appeared on their fourteenth album, Stuff Like That There.
Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential critics' band" and maintains a strong cult following.[3] Though they mostly play original material, the band performs a wide repertoire of cover songs both in live performance and on record.[4]
^Pan, Arnold (January 16, 2013). "Popular Songs: 15 (Or So) Essential Yo La Tengo Tracks | PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 August 2016. it was after that fork in the road that Yo La Tengo took on the noise pop identity that has been its profile ever since
^Green, Matthew (November 5, 2015). "Yo La Tengo Still Genuinely Indie – SFGate". SFGate. Retrieved June 6, 2016. the Hoboken, N.J., band has produced a stream of genuinely independent, experimental rock in the spirit of the Velvet Underground: a cerebral, genre-defining mix of dreamscapes that consistently shift from gently melodic to gleefully dissonant.
^ abAnkeny, Jason. Yo La Tengo at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
^"Yo La Tengo Album Statistics". Setlist.fm. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
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