"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-one years ago) link
― Alan Connor (alanconnor), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 23:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
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-one years ago) link
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-one years ago) link
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 23:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 06:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 12:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
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-one years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 15 January 2003 20:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Thursday, 16 January 2003 06:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Thursday, 16 January 2003 07:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
(if so plz lemme know asap thx)
― Sam J. (samjeff), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 17:50 (twenty years ago) link
I love this band. They make me smile. THERE IS SO MUCH LOVE.
― Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 28 March 2004 06:09 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Sunday, 28 March 2004 06:17 (twenty years ago) link
Painful has been my favourite of late, esp. Sudden Organ.
― derrick (derrick), Sunday, 28 March 2004 06:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Piers (piers), Monday, 15 November 2004 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (nineteen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 November 2004 23:05 (nineteen years ago) link
(And why don't HTML tags work for me fcc - how you doin' 'em?)
― Piers (piers), Monday, 15 November 2004 23:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 November 2004 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 15 November 2004 23:32 (nineteen years ago) link
"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 (nineteen years ago) link
― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (nineteen years ago) link
― noodle vague (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 00:40 (nineteen years ago) link
Also the Today is the Day , EP version, is pretty fantastic ..
― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 01:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 01:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 14:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 17:15 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dark Horse, Tuesday, 16 November 2004 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― the bellefox, Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link
They were pretty awful live.
Some of their songs are good, but I can never really make up my mind about them.
― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 18:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 19:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― a banana (alanbanana), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 19:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 00:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 00:57 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), November 17th, 2004.
WOW! i'm breaking out in hives of envy right now.
― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 01:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Loving YLT is like loving your disfunctional relationship with your friend/partner/parents/children. Flawed but cherished.
― Piers (piers), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 01:20 (nineteen years ago) link
Uh, no it wasn't! Sorry, I really didn't like YLT and they've barely registered with me since, and I absolutely hate Buffalo Tom. This was a bill of suffering through the openers to get to the headliner.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 04:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 18:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 19:01 (nineteen years ago) link
nice summer sun write up alex.
― Piers (piers), Thursday, 18 November 2004 05:52 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
"Slack" rules so hard, yeah we've talked abt this on other threadz
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Monday, 27 March 2023 21:07 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
and here they are, more North American tour dates!
06-09 Jersey City, New Jersey - White Eagle Hall06-10 Washington, D.C. - The Atlantis06-13 Portland, ME - State Theatre06-14 South Deerfield, MA - Tree House Brewing Company (Outdoors)06-15 Montreal, Quebec - Corona Theatre06-16 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre06-18 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club06-19 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club06-21 Homer, NY - Center For the Arts06-22 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre06-23 Kalamazoo, MI - Bell’s Beer Garden06-24 Chicago, IL -Metro06-26 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre06-27 Birmingham, AL - Saturn06-28 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 14:49 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
omg, I would love to go to that Tree House Brewing Company show.
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
I guess I'm going to finally visit Bell's beer garden
― joygoat, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
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 (ten months ago) link
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 (ten months ago) link
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 (ten months ago) link
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 (ten months ago) link
pretty good!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 June 2023 18:00 (ten months ago) link
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 (ten months ago) link
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 (ten months ago) link
I just played it, very worthwhile. But not downloadable (didn't they used to be?).
― nickn, Friday, 2 June 2023 06:48 (ten months ago) link
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 (ten months ago) link
aw yeah "Nutricia" is one of my very faves
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Friday, 2 June 2023 14:43 (ten months ago) link
that's a song I could just play on a loop forever I think
― tylerw, Friday, 2 June 2023 14:47 (ten months ago) link
xpOK, 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 (ten months ago) link
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 (eight months ago) link
don't sleep on the new one either, fantastic stuff
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 27 July 2023 17:07 (eight months ago) link
i'm gonna listen to it today!!! :)
― ivy., Thursday, 27 July 2023 17:28 (eight months ago) link
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 (eight months ago) link
hard agree
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 27 July 2023 21:24 (eight months ago) link
Their sea creature documentary soundtrack is great too
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 27 July 2023 22:47 (eight months ago) link
yes!
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 27 July 2023 22:49 (eight months ago) link