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Apologies if done before, But i just have to talk about 1 of my favourite bands. Ignored by NME since like ever! but to me, a great band.
Fave albums? Opinions? ANYTHING???my favourite album is 'Painful'. One of the great lost albums.

― Peter M, Tuesday, 10 December 2002 05:47 (twenty-three years ago)

It may surprise many people that lots of good bands don't require validation by the NME to continue their existence.

oh, and classic, by the way.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 06:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Everyone knows they are classic. ;)

I like "And nothing turned itself inside out" the best.

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 06:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Everyone knows they are classic. ;)

Not precisely.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 06:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, "And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out" was our favourite, especially "You Can Have It All."

We saw them when they played the RFH a couple of years back with Neil Innes and Robyn Hitchcock added to the line-up. Magic.

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 10 December 2002 10:09 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought there would have been more fans than this.
what do you think of the covers album 'Fakebook'?

― Peter M, Tuesday, 10 December 2002 12:01 (twenty-three years ago)

My favourite is Electropura (Blue Line Swinger is phantastic especially live) but you can't really go wrong with this band. The first record was a little weak but afterwards there is not one dud. Fakebook is a nice covers album of not so prominent rock songs. It's ok but I prefer YLT when they venture in whatever style they are just into and make it their own. From noisy rock (May I Sing with Me) to atmospheric slow pop (And Nothing...) and soundtrack (The Sounds of the Sounds of Science).

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 12:51 (twenty-three years ago)

i love Yo La Tengo and wrote a full page feature on em in nme when 'and nothing' was released. so eat that!

sxxx

― stevie (stevie), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 12:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Dud. Nice people, boring band.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 10 December 2002 15:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Painful is just perfect. Also, I can't stop listening to 'We're an American Band' from I Can Hear the Heart...

good article:
http://www.prosoundweb.com/recording/tapeop/roger/roger.php

― Sean Peoples (speoples), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 15:17 (twenty-three years ago)

no, really, what cardo you drive?

― chk chk chk, Tuesday, 10 December 2002 16:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Never been able to get into them -- I have a feeling it requires a larger investment of time than I've been willing to make. The records I've heard sound very average & generic on first pass, I expect it's all in the details.

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

maybe you need to take more naps, mark

― Josh (Josh), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 16:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I'll say classic, but they aren't without fault. If you're not a fan of sloppy guitar wank or domesticated indie-rock they really aren't for you. I'll definitely give them credit for each album having a unique sound and quality, but none are without flaw. Lyrics fans should stick with Fakebook (where they got some help from the canon) and And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (their first album of originals to cohere thematically on a lyrical level - despite the flat ending). Guitar freaks should go for Electr-O-Pura and Painful (abrasive and soothing respectively). Then dig in at your own discretion. And if you're a devout indiephile who'd like radio music if it wasn't so crass, they're probably your favorite band.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 16:38 (twenty-three years ago)

I'll definitely give them credit for each album having a unique sound and quality, but none are without flaw.

Yes. And Then Nothing... comes in a digipak which looks pretty bad after a couple years of wear and tear. That's a pretty big flaw.

FOR GOD'S SAKE, THEY NAMED A SONG AFTER A TROY MCCLURE TV SPECIAL! CLASSIC X 1000!

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 17:03 (twenty-three years ago)

I hope you've checked out the numerous Simpsons samples on James McNew's Dump work too. Even better than a reference.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 17:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Based on And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, I'd say typical boring indie. Awful vocals.

― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 11 December 2002 01:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Most of the stuff Ive heard is very boring, however I loved Fakebook. Their verson of "Here Comes My Baby" rocked (my socks).

― David Allen, Wednesday, 11 December 2002 01:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Awful vocals? Say what you will about Ira, but Georgia always nails her performance on record, especially the last one.

Anyway, I was listening to this song today and looked up the lyrics. I never heard Paul Le Mat or KAte Moss when listening casually.

Everyday (Yo La Tengo)

I want summer's sad songs behind me.
I want a laugh a minute, without fail
Want to be Paul Le Mat in 1980
Looking to forget tomorrow, looking everyday.

I want to see you put your hands together.
I want to cross my heart
I want to hope to die
I hear Kate Moss talk, she talks to me
She's looking for a new beginning everyday.

When Monday comes I want nothing
Come Tuesday morning I want the same
The days and nights fly by
Looking to embrace the nothing, of the everyday

― Aaron A., Wednesday, 11 December 2002 07:46 (twenty-three years ago)

"Ignored by NME since like ever!"

"And then Nothing..." and "I Can Hear the Heart..." were both in the NME's top 20 albums of the year. Hardly a diss. I have those two recs, plus Electropura, which is good, sloppy fuzz-pop. "And then Nothing.." is gloopy, washy, forgettable ambience. "I Can Hear the heart..." is simply one of the best records of the 90's. Lovely, sweet, touching melodies everywhere. Frequently slathered in beautiful noise. Who could want for more?

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 13:58 (twenty-three years ago)

In many ways my favourite band. I like Anthony Miccio's approach. I'd happily work from anyone's favourite music and suggest some YLT they might like.

― Alan Connor (alanconnor), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 23:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Painful and Electropura are still my faves but I don't listen to them much anymore. Rarely listen to I Can Hear... and And Then Nothing....

However I really like The Sounds Of The Sounds Of Science - one of my fave releases of the year.

― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Thursday, 12 December 2002 18:50 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

I can see why some people wouldn't like them, i think a lot of their music moves on very subtle and subliminal levels ("attention to craft" is a phrase i'd use to show my appreciation)...

but what i really want to say is that their cover of neil young's "barstool blues" has been kicking my ass around for about almost 2 weeks now.

― gygax!, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 20:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh yeah, that's great. New album, please.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 23:11 (twenty-three years ago)

never heard that cover, gygax. where can i find it?

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 06:58 (twenty-three years ago)

I think it's a bootleg.. it was on sunsquashed.com for awhile.

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 12:56 (twenty-three years ago)

According to Matador-

1990, "Here Comes My Baby" PROMO-ONLY CDEP (Bar None Records)
Here Comes My Baby (from Fakebook)
The Story of Jazz (live)
Barstool Blues (live)
Let's Compromise (live, w/Chris Nelson singing)
At The River's Edge (live)
Ecstasy Blues (live)
Speeding Motorcycle (w/Daniel Johnston singing via telephone)

The live songs were recorded at our first-ever Berlin date on a not-especially-pleasant European tour. Chris Nelson, formerly of Information ("Let's Compromise" was one of their songs), later of Mofungo and The Scene Is Now, accompanied us. His occasional lead vocals provided us with many of the tour's memorable moments, particularly a frenzied performance of "1969" at our first-ever Madrid data. It was a free show and therefore packed a fairly large rock club (named The Rock Club), through it turned out there was still sufficient space for the crowd to get out of Chris' wasy when he decided to stage diver from the too-high-to-land-back-first stage. He limped for the rest of the tour, which didn't keep him from playing a stellar short solo set in Nijmegen, where we heard him debut "Gone For A Long Time" if memory serves.
--Ira Kaplan

― gygax!, Wednesday, 15 January 2003 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

That $%&$#%% Nuclear War EP is sold out everywhere I look for it.

― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 15 January 2003 20:56 (twenty-three years ago)

destroy: nuclear war ep. four versions of an annoying monotonous song. the worst release ever by ylt. you can stream the whole ep here.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Thursday, 16 January 2003 06:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Thanks for that, Alex. I too have been looking for it everywhere, despite the fact that everyone says it is crap.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Thursday, 16 January 2003 07:33 (twenty-three years ago)

eight months pass...

Is there a just-plain-prettier guitar album in the world than Electr-O-Pura??

(if so plz lemme know asap thx)

― Sam J. (samjeff), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

six months pass...

I got I Can Hear The Heart... today (Matador lowered the price! Huzzah!)

I love this band. They make me smile. THERE IS SO MUCH LOVE.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 28 March 2004 06:09 (twenty-two years ago)

i still think that album is their peak. 'summer sun' disappointed me initially but it has well and truly grown on me

― the surface noise (electricsound), Sunday, 28 March 2004 06:17 (twenty-two years ago)

A friend has had my copy of 'And then nothing...' for over a year now.. i'm ready to disown her. I love that album.

Painful has been my favourite of late, esp. Sudden Organ.

― derrick (derrick), Sunday, 28 March 2004 06:30 (twenty-two years ago)

seven months pass...

If anyone bought / received "Summer Sun" and kinda, sorta liked it but barely played it, break it out and have another go. I have been playing this album constantly for the last 2 months and it is truly beautiful. Off to buy the 2 I don't have - "Painful" and "Fakebook" this weekend. Hooray!

― Piers (piers), Monday, 15 November 2004 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)

may i sing with me and fakebook are my two faves by far, the latter being a weird one-off acoustic valentine to their favorite records, the former being a perfect marriage of pop songwriting with guitar fuckery.

i like quite a bit of painful, too, but it seems to me that the more and more they've gone into sonic fuckery, the less and less attention they've paid to the songs. i liked them best when they had that balance.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 November 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

they were also classic as ray davies' backing band for one week in new york a few years back -- especially compared to the other two backing bands davies was rotating in and out during the same shows.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 November 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Was "may i sing with me" an early release?

(And why don't HTML tags work for me fcc - how you doin' 'em?)

― Piers (piers), Monday, 15 November 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

may i sing with me (achieved through standard html open bracket-I-close-bracket tags) was relatively early, yeah, right after fakebook and before painful. it's the only album they recorded for alias records.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 November 2004 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I love Painful; let us know what you think about it. It coheres much better than most of their records, I think; it's all of a piece and a mood. It isn't schizophrenic like Electropura and I Can Hear The Heart. It's the same strength that And The Nothing Turned... has, but it's not overlong.

― Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 15 November 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

If anyone bought / received "Summer Sun" and kinda, sorta liked it but barely played it, break it out and have another go.
Hmmm ... that definitely describes me.

"Painful" is wonderful, it's an album that I can hear two or three times in a day without getting tired of it. "Nowhere Near" was in the top 10 on my ballot for the 90's poll.

As others have mentioned, YLT really should keep their albums under 50 minutes or so, although when they go totally bonkers with their eclecticism ("I Can Hear the Heart ...") they can be excused for stretching things out another ten minutes.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 15 November 2004 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm partial to May I Sing With Me. I think it was the first indie record I bought, as a senior in high school. Was turned on to them via Hal hartley - "Always Something" was on a comp of songs from his movies. that summer ('97) I saw them along with Bailter Space and a pre-fame Liz Phair play Irving Plaza in New york. Later, Painful just about soundtracked my freshman year at college. I saw them live a few times after that, but was turned off each time unfortunately. There were a lot of three- or four-note bass melodies that dragged on interminably that wrecked it for me.

― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I Can Hear the Heart gets my vote as fav YLT.

However, I sure wish they'd take the mic away from Ira. God, I hate his voice. Sometimes, I don't think he's even trying.

― darin (darin), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)

In the current edition of the Oxford English Dictionary there's a big picture of Yo La Tengo next to the word Meh.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 00:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I think they get better with every record - but each record takes a lot longer to get into ..

Also the Today is the Day , EP version, is pretty fantastic ..

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 01:17 (twenty-one years ago)

totally classic. is there a better trifecta than painful-electropura-i can hear the heart beat as one? i think they slipped with ...and the night but it's still a good album, just some of those songs take on a stream-of-consciousness vibe combined with Ira's lazy, lou reedy vocals that just beg me to hit >>.

― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 01:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I love Painful and also enjoy I Can Feel the Heart..., but for some reason I found myself liking them less and less in general the more of their albums I listened to. I need to spin them a few more times, of course... but right now I'm just not feeling them in general. Beh.

― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

They need another singles comp.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 17:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I've seen em about 30 times, so guess. (First opening for Jonathan Richman around '86... hey, it's the soundguy from Maxwells!)

Electropura is my favorite. All the "rockists" HATED Summer Sun when it came out.

Great taste in covers too. And they named themselves after a Richie Ashburn tall tale, how Classic can you get?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 17:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I think "Summer Sun" is lovely. Like all YLT albums, for me--esp the quieter ones--I go long periods not wanting to play them, thinking they're kinda academic (somehow) and dull, but they're not. "Summer Sun" is no more a 'drop off in quality' than any other record they've released: it's great.

― Dark Horse, Tuesday, 16 November 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

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how was NNB live? I don't know Red House, was that a later project?

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 March 2023 20:46 (three years ago)

Great dance and trance band with clashing guitars, like Television. By the time I saw NNB Cindy was already playing drums, so they were halfway to the Red House lineup. There is/was a live Red House song on youtube but I'm not finding it at the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnSNEymcd_8

― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 27 March 2023 20:58 (three years ago)

Oh they were still NNB at the time, here it is! I know we've had this convo on another thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUSTH7qMwb4

― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 27 March 2023 21:05 (three years ago)

"Slack" rules so hard, yeah we've talked abt this on other threadz

― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Monday, 27 March 2023 21:07 (three years ago)

Well, I just learned the bass line for "25 Reasons" this afternoon, so thanks thread!

― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 27 March 2023 22:03 (three years ago)

two weeks pass...

and here they are, more North American tour dates!

06-09 Jersey City, New Jersey - White Eagle Hall
06-10 Washington, D.C. - The Atlantis
06-13 Portland, ME - State Theatre
06-14 South Deerfield, MA - Tree House Brewing Company (Outdoors)
06-15 Montreal, Quebec - Corona Theatre
06-16 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
06-18 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
06-19 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
06-21 Homer, NY - Center For the Arts
06-22 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
06-23 Kalamazoo, MI - Bell’s Beer Garden
06-24 Chicago, IL -Metro
06-26 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre
06-27 Birmingham, AL - Saturn
06-28 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse

― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 14:49 (three years ago)

i've never seen em before, def gonna try to go to that jersey city show

― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 14:53 (three years ago)

man I really blew it not seeing them in the PNW this time, it was right at the start of the tour and I wasn't paying as much attention

― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 14:57 (three years ago)

omg, I would love to go to that Tree House Brewing Company show.

― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:02 (three years ago)

yesssssssss i couldn't get tickets to the last chicago show but snagged two for this one

― na (NA), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:09 (three years ago)

Ha, you know a band understands it's hit the sweet spot when it extends the tour.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:34 (three years ago)

I guess I'm going to finally visit Bell's beer garden

― joygoat, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:45 (three years ago)

Phew, I'm glad I went to the Asheville show because I'm going to be out of town for the Knoxville show.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:51 (three years ago)

one month passes...

finally got the vinyl. brain capers ends with a lock groove and there's a secret bonus instrumental track on side 4 (though it's kind of annoying)

― na (NA), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 14:51 (three years ago)

great acoustic set last night at a benefit. 2 highlights from James, Sun Ra's Nuclear War and Black Flag's Nervous Breakdown.

― bulb after bulb, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 15:05 (three years ago)

I put together this little YLT deep cuts mix ... a good listen, I think!

https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2023/05/22/yo-la-tengo-deeper-into-deep-cuts/

― tylerw, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 15:06 (three years ago)

Ira throws out the first pitch at a Mets game!

ole pal @noah_s just texted this in from the first base line pic.twitter.com/0DNv21coiy
— joel berk (@pfcidb) June 1, 2023

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 1 June 2023 17:58 (three years ago)

pretty good!

― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 June 2023 18:00 (three years ago)

pretty good pitch too! Ira must have loved that.

(lol xpost)

― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 1 June 2023 18:00 (three years ago)

Matador has tweeted video of Ira's honorary first pitch too.

I need to dig into Tyler's deep cuts mix soon

― curmudgeon, Thursday, 1 June 2023 23:03 (three years ago)

I just played it, very worthwhile. But not downloadable (didn't they used to be?).

― nickn, Friday, 2 June 2023 06:48 (three years ago)

it's just one big mp3 file but if you right click / save as you should be able to download it.

― tylerw, Friday, 2 June 2023 14:40 (three years ago)

aw yeah "Nutricia" is one of my very faves

― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Friday, 2 June 2023 14:43 (three years ago)

that's a song I could just play on a loop forever I think

― tylerw, Friday, 2 June 2023 14:47 (three years ago)

xp
OK, I got it, thanks. My PC said "save link as" and I thought that would just copy the link, not the file linked to.

― nickn, Friday, 2 June 2023 19:15 (three years ago)

one month passes...

been on a big ylt kick, i'm familiar with the core four (painful -> and then nothing) but little outside of it. and then nothing is one of my favorite records of all time so it's been wonderful to discover that they made a few more slow motion nighttime insomniac records just like it (summer sun and there's a riot going on) and i adore them as well!!!

― ivy., Thursday, 27 July 2023 17:01 (two years ago)

don't sleep on the new one either, fantastic stuff

― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 27 July 2023 17:07 (two years ago)

i'm gonna listen to it today!!! :)

― ivy., Thursday, 27 July 2023 17:28 (two years ago)

fade and i am not afraid of you... are both very good too

but this stupid world is a top 3 ylt album

― ufo, Thursday, 27 July 2023 20:45 (two years ago)

hard agree

― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 27 July 2023 21:24 (two years ago)

Their sea creature documentary soundtrack is great too

― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 27 July 2023 22:47 (two years ago)

yes!

― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 27 July 2023 22:49 (two years ago)

one year passes...

Not bad

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-p5edCOy4d/

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 August 2024 16:15 (one year ago)

controversial for some

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 August 2024 23:50 (one year ago)

https://pitchfork.com/news/yo-la-tengo-want-to-play-a-fundraiser-for-kamala-harris-and-tim-walz/

― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 15 August 2024 10:13 (one year ago)

I just realized that I’m seeing them in Baltimore in a little over a month!

― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 15 August 2024 10:14 (one year ago)

one year passes...

I was listening to Summer Sun last night and I had a little thought experiment about how that album might have been received differently were it released now. The gentle jazz influence is all over the place right now, looking at International Anthem's success for one thing, and having multiple tracks with William Parker playing upright bass... well, I just wonder how big it would be now.

It was always a great album, but I remember some lukewarm reviews at the time. Just another example of YLT being ahead of their time I guess.

― better than ezra collective soul asylum (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 3 September 2025 15:18 (nine months ago)

i can understand at the time SS getting some mediocre opinions. it's an even more subdued ANTIIO and people, myself included, were hoping for maybe some more variety like painful/electropura/ICHTHBAO. if they'd thrown in some of the Today is the Day EP cuts in there maybe it would've been received differently, but nowadays i wouldn't change a thing because i love SS's vibe.

― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 3 September 2025 15:24 (nine months ago)

https://matadorrecords.com/blogs/news/yo-la-tengo-hanukkah-2025?srsltid=AfmBOoolK2VAWmaaay85N5cF1qU2weD7tc1DdZTA5REVqQZOD5HNDdbT

8 nights of Hannukah tickets go on sale Friday morning 10 am ET on link included in Matador post

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 3 September 2025 23:54 (nine months ago)

Those went fast

― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 September 2025 14:22 (nine months ago)

I came in on ANTIIO so SS just felt like a continuation of that and I loved it. It sort of coincided with the shift from BEER COLLEGE PARTY to chilling with friends and getting drunk on wine and SS was perfect for that.

― Cow_Art, Friday, 5 September 2025 14:28 (nine months ago)

three months pass...

Very bummed that apparently, at least for the time being, I cannot stream "May I Sing With Me?" Yo La's Alias albums are AWOL from Quobuz and Spotify. Reportedly out of the band's hands.

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 December 2025 23:16 (six months ago)

Huh, well glad I still have my CD copies of that stuff.

As I was thinking this morning about how much I'd love a live album from the recent tour, it struck me that these guys have never released an official live album. Have they ever talked about why they haven't?

― better than ezra collective soul asylum (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 5 December 2025 23:20 (six months ago)

May I sing with me is on Apple music

― a (waterface), Saturday, 6 December 2025 14:29 (six months ago)

Weird. I wonder why there and nowhere else?

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 December 2025 14:30 (six months ago)

licensing

― a (waterface), Saturday, 6 December 2025 14:34 (six months ago)

Re: a live album, I remember my older brother asking Ira (probably 30 years ago, haha) why they hadn't released one and Ira said he didn't like the way the band came across on soundboard recordings or something along those lines. still seems like major hole in their discography though.

― tylerw, Saturday, 6 December 2025 15:48 (six months ago)

The Yo La Tengo Upside Down ep also from 1992 I think on Alias is also unavailable on Spotify, Quobuz, and Tidal, but is on Apple music.

― curmudgeon, Saturday, 6 December 2025 18:29 (six months ago)

I think those are the two missing titles. Odd that it would be licensed exclusively to Apple, even if only for the time being.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 December 2025 19:24 (six months ago)

Ideally they would put out live Hanukkah box sets, if they were able.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 December 2025 19:24 (six months ago)

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