tyler, is it possible to find the shows on the ylt database online anywhere?
― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
not that i know of, sadly. I'm going to be posting a bunch of highlights though -- i don't even have that much of it, i just have a source who is providing a bunch of live YLT.
― tylerw, Monday, 7 May 2012 20:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
thx tyler. i really love yo la tengo.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 01:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah it's fun stuff -- listening to a bunch of these live recordings, it's clear they're more in the vein of NRBQ than the VU. Kind of like the ultimate neighborhood band (who somehow made it big).
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
At first I lolled at NRBQ comparison, but it's actually rather apt. I was telling a friend just recently that NRBQ were "record collector rock," in the sense that why NOT combine Sun rockabilly, Lovin' Spoonful pop and Sun Ra skronk; they obviously loved all those things. And YLT does a similar thing with their influences, for sure.
― Advanced Uncle Meat recovery system (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i mean obviously there are big differences, but just the approach -- almost like both bands tap into an alternate american songbook kind of thing (both with covers and originals).
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
nrbq/yung wu members are regular guests for ylt's hanukkah shows
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
really, nrbq have played those things? i know yung wu/feelies/etc always show up.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
well, terry adams has
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
cool, yeah at this point it'd be weirder if someone from nrbq *hadn't* played with YLT. they've played with everyone.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
that first, epic big day coming gets really delicious and spacey 16 minutes in
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha, yeah, it almost turns into some kind of 4AD/cocteau twins thing. really is great -- i wasn't too excited about a 27-minute big day coming when it started but i was a believer by the end.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
what is the rest of that show like??
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's all they played that night, i think! they just jumped on a bill w/ sleepyhead and love child at the last minute.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
pretty excited about hearing those versions of "Big Day Coming"!
when I saw them on the And Nothing... tour they opened with like a 45 minute version of "Night Falls On Hoboken" & I couldn't figure out where they could go from there. tbh they didn't really go anywhere; it was a weird mellow night, only one short electric solo (on "Cherry Chapstick"), with the gong player, you guys were probably there too, you know what I mean.
― Euler, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
could def go for a compilation of diff versions of night falls tbh. and also cherry chapstick.
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
just put up a new one -- Yo La Does Dylan http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/22844703264/yo-la-tengo-does-dylan-sunsquashed-archives
― tylerw, Friday, 11 May 2012 16:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was really worried that your blog was gonna die out when your mediafire links went down. so happy
http://sydneytapes.blogspot.com.au/2010/02/freewheelin-with-yo-la-tengo.html (link in comments)
this is a really cool Freewheelin' show. I think the talking/answers are actually better than the music, and it's an awesome setlist. Phone interference dies out after like the 25 minute mark too. It isn't split up though
― Spikey, Saturday, 12 May 2012 03:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
cool, thanks for the link! those freewheeling shows are fun. yeah, kinda keeping the blog rolling in a hopefully low-key way. next up is a totally great fakebook era comp.
― tylerw, Saturday, 12 May 2012 18:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
tyler, do you have their london royal festival hall performance, hosted by john peel? i was in the audience for that, and have a recording on CD that's ace - Ira tussles manfully with some awful technical difficulties throughout, but the band are entirely charming, and they open with a totally enchanting trip thru Night Falls On Hoboken (i could totally listen to a CD of multiple takes of that song). i can try and upload it if you've not heard it yet.
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Saturday, 12 May 2012 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
i do have that one -- the long, opening "night fall on hoboken" right? great show. i think part of this "sunsquashed" archives thing will be an ambient/epic compilation that will definitely include a version of "hoboken".
― tylerw, Monday, 14 May 2012 15:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
aye, that's the one...
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Monday, 14 May 2012 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
aight, here's another one http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/23231602272/a-world-of-funny-changes-more-from-thereally great stuff, live shows/in-stores/radio sessions all from the Fakebook era.
― tylerw, Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
another one of these! http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/23741012089/number-15-spotlight-on-james-mcnew-sunsquashedspotlight on james mcnew/dump.
― tylerw, Friday, 25 May 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
From the Neil Young voting thread:
yo la tengo's probably one of the more adventurous bands when it comes to setlists, at least in my experience. i don't think there's anything in their catalog that they wouldn't at least give a go.― tylerw, Friday, July 6, 2012 2:14 AM (9 hours ago)
― tylerw, Friday, July 6, 2012 2:14 AM (9 hours ago)
Do they do anything from Ride the Tiger these days? IIRC, Ira was either embarrassed by it or felt it was a Dave Schramm album (or both). Love that record so much.
― john. a resident of chicago., Friday, 6 July 2012 11:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
Does 'The Evil That Men Do' count?
― Spikey, Friday, 6 July 2012 12:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
Yes. Yes it does. Although I'd like to hear them (or Dave Schramm) do "The Way Some People Die" or "Five Years," sometime.
― john. a resident of chicago., Friday, 6 July 2012 14:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
think i've seen "the empty pool" and "alrock's bells" crop up on a few setlists recently, but yeah, that is probably the record they draw from the least. those songs might just show up when they do a random hanukkah gig with schramm.
― tylerw, Friday, 6 July 2012 14:44 (11 months ago) Permalink
just posted another ylt live thing -- Sun Ra Tengo! This one is a lot of fun: http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/30995666916/or-the-i-ra-arkestra-of-all-the-hundreds
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:01 (9 months ago) Permalink
Heh, great timing tyler, I just got done reading the bit in the book where Jarnow talks about YLT meeting up with the members of the Arkestra and playing with them.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:46 (9 months ago) Permalink
Hanukkah shows in Hoboken happening this year (12/8-15), tix on sale next week.
― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:37 (8 months ago) Permalink
sold out already apparently!
― tylerw, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:43 (7 months ago) Permalink
got hooked up for the 12th....
http://yolatengo.com/schedule.html
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:43 (7 months ago) Permalink
looks like at least Monday & Saturday finale still available.
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:45 (7 months ago) Permalink
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/12/the_raybeats_em.html
I'm missing Wyatt Cenac tom'w apparently, dammit
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 December 2012 12:37 (6 months ago) Permalink
What I love about the Hanukah shows is that they allow YLT to actually have fun. I can't think of the last time I saw the band where Ira and Georgia looked much more than joyless, and that includes a Condo Fucks show, though I guess I missed the spinning wheel tour, which may have been a concerted effort to liven things up.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 December 2012 13:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
Judging by the photo the band tweeted, it looked like the Arkestra was with 'em last night.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 10 December 2012 14:53 (6 months ago) Permalink
Yep. Would have liked seeing the Raybeats open (on night one). Plus this Yo La Tengo cover with guest:
The Kid With the Replaceable Head (Richard Hell) (with Jody Harris of the Raybeats/Contortions on guitar)
― curmudgeon, Monday, 10 December 2012 15:36 (6 months ago) Permalink
rumor is i'm gettin L3e R4n4ldo
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 December 2012 15:39 (6 months ago) Permalink
Josh I think they just have a game face when they play. Anyone going on Wednesday? I think that's when I'll be there.
― Evan, Monday, 10 December 2012 15:59 (6 months ago) Permalink
yeah that's when i'm goin
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 December 2012 16:02 (6 months ago) Permalink
It may be a game face, but it's definitely stopped me from enjoying shows as of late. I used to look forward to YLT live c. 93, 94, 95. But now it's kind of a slog. Oh well. Perhaps it is just me.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 December 2012 17:08 (6 months ago) Permalink
lee ranaldo
― am0n, Monday, 10 December 2012 17:10 (6 months ago) Permalink
^ correct spelling
have never seen ylt not thoroughly enjoying a show (not even the 1999 royal festival hall show where their gear glitched all the way through) tbh
― That symptom is fucking my wife (stevie), Monday, 10 December 2012 17:12 (6 months ago) Permalink
http://slowshutter.org/yolatengo/120912/
some good pics a friend took.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Monday, 10 December 2012 17:24 (6 months ago) Permalink
gonna listen to yo la tengo today. good band.
new album is strong
― That symptom is fucking my wife (stevie), Monday, 10 December 2012 17:25 (6 months ago) Permalink
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 10 December 2012 17:43 (6 months ago) Permalink
Last time I saw them in Minneapolis they seemed kind of tired. Kind of turned me off of wanting to see them again? I dunno. They seem to come by enough.
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 10 December 2012 18:50 (6 months ago) Permalink