The most difficult question in music criticism is: What does greatness look and sound like when a band is 32 years into its career? It’s easy to assess greatness in a young phenom, and speculate on ...

A few months ago, Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, the husband-wife duo who have performed together in the band Yo La Tengo for 34 years, had some friends over to their apartment. They told their ...

It was a Hanukkah miracle as Yo La Tengo got Robyn Hitchcock to reunite with his Soft Boys bandmates Kimberley Rew and Morris Windsor to open for them on the fourth night of Hanukkah 2024 at Bowery ...

Yo La Tengo kicked off their annual Hanukkah run at New York’s Bowery Ballroom last night. As in years past, the New Jersey-bred group will play a unique set on all eight nights of the Festival of ...

Yo La Tengo just keeps getting better and better. The venerable New Jersey indie trio’s fifteenth full-length album, There’s A Riot Going On, is an expansive collection comprising delicate mood pieces ...

If fans worried Yo La Tengo’s 13th album would be jinxed, one listen will immediately put minds to rest. Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew are back doing what they do best, with ten new ...

We have an old saying at Matador HQ, “the only thing predictable about Yo La Tengo albums is their high level of excellence and crazy amount of musical ground covered”. Trouble is, even if you believe ...

“This band does not exist without this club,” singer-guitarist Ira Kaplan announced during Yo La Tengo‘s final appearance at the sainted Hoboken, New Jersey locale Maxwell’s last Saturday. (The venue ...

One of America's most influential and captivating rock bands, Hoboken, N.J.'s Yo La Tengo celebrates its 25th anniversary with the release of Popular Songs, which continues the trio's tradition of ...

When Yo La Tengo release their next album three years or so from now, no reviewer will think to mention Sonic Youth. Despite a shared fascination with how noise and melody can coincide and glance off ...