Also, anyone notice how the "Until It Happens" chorus melody bears a striking similarity to "Teenage Riot?" (not a complaint)
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 15:55 (one year ago) link
It’s wild to me that they haven’t released a live record.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 18 February 2023 12:40 (one year ago) link
I was very pleased that the track "Brain Capers" contains a reference to this sketch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JLbhEUE_5U
― Chris L, Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:31 (one year ago) link
(Rick Moranis as Michael McDonald on SCTV)
― Chris L, Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:36 (one year ago) link
Fuck me sideways, This Stupid World is a great listen.
In particular, "Miles Away" has the rare quality of sounding softer and gentler the louder I turn it up. The warm, enveloping, shoegazy chord progression and wordless chorus have such a timeless feeling. Don't get me wrong, the skronky tracks are great, but "Miles Away" is my runaway favorite on the album.
― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Friday, 3 March 2023 20:32 (one year ago) link
yeah I love it
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Friday, 3 March 2023 20:56 (one year ago) link
(the whole thing, to be clear, particularly the assured motorik of the opening track)
Saw them last night, they were so good. Like, best-American-rock-band good, the quiet songs were pindrop beautiful, the noisy songs were SO LOUD, the way they all switched off on vocals, keys and percussion. And Ira's guitar playing at some mythical meeting place of Verlaine and Garcia, with a little McGuinn thrown in. (Best American rock guitarist?) Loved every bit of it.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 12 March 2023 13:43 (one year ago) link
I was recently hanging with some people and a dude was going on about the Foo Fighters being the Last Great American Rock Band. His wife knows I'm a music nerd and asked me who I thought that would be and I immediately answered Yo La Tengo. "Who?" I tried to sell them on it but I doubt they checked it out later.
― Cow_Art, Sunday, 12 March 2023 13:51 (one year ago) link
One thing I love about seeing them live is really getting how crucial James McNew is. A fantastic bass player who's also a fantastic singer, he adds a lot of layers.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 12 March 2023 14:04 (one year ago) link
Also I feel like they might be at their peak RIGHT NOW, I don't think they've ever been better.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 12 March 2023 14:05 (one year ago) link
xpAnd he knows how to tape a key down on his keyboard to get a drone going. ;)
― nickn, Sunday, 12 March 2023 20:21 (one year ago) link
I've read so many great reviews of this tour, cannot wait for my chance to catch it.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 13 March 2023 15:28 (one year ago) link
really hope there will be West Coast dates after Europe
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Monday, 13 March 2023 15:32 (one year ago) link
Didn't they just play a bunch of West Coast dates? Thought they kicked the tour off in Seattle and worked their way down to LA.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 13 March 2023 15:39 (one year ago) link
oh damn, you're right, they took them off the calendar, I lose
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Monday, 13 March 2023 15:40 (one year ago) link
I have my fingers crossed for at least one Colorado tour date.
― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Monday, 13 March 2023 16:07 (one year ago) link
coming up on eight (!) years since their last show in Boulder ...
― tylerw, Monday, 13 March 2023 16:09 (one year ago) link
It's kind of a weird tour, two nights each in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Carrboro and Nashville, three nights in LA but only one night each in Chicago, New York, Philly and DC.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 13 March 2023 16:14 (one year ago) link
Bigger venues?
― nickn, Monday, 13 March 2023 16:16 (one year ago) link
they're gonna tour more this year for sure--can't wait to see them
― a (waterface), Monday, 13 March 2023 16:20 (one year ago) link
xpost - Not really? I mean they played two nights in Neptune Theater which seats 1,000 but only one night at the Metro here in Chicago that seats 1,100. Didn't compare all the others though.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 13 March 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
Gonna see them this week, psyched! One bonus of James growing up in Charlottesville, VA, is that they actually come here to play. We are very lucky.
― grandavis, Monday, 13 March 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
Show I was at (in Asheville) was sold out and PACKED, looks like they've been selling out pretty much everywhere on this tour. Which is awesome but maybe they actually need to be at bigger places, I don't know.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 13 March 2023 16:50 (one year ago) link
i've never seen them but they're skipping michigan so alas
― joygoat, Monday, 13 March 2023 16:54 (one year ago) link
this is only the first leg--they will likely announce more dates for the summer/fall in the US soon I'd bet.
― a (waterface), Monday, 13 March 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
did the last tour sell out so much like this? anyone remember?
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Monday, 13 March 2023 17:51 (one year ago) link
I don't know the answer to that, but I was somewhat (and happily) surprised by the age range of the show I saw. I expected a lot of Gen Xers like me, and we were certainly a good chunk of the audience, but a lot of 20-30-somethings too. I don't even know where people hear Yo La Tengo these days, but the crowd seemed well versed in the material.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 13 March 2023 18:09 (one year ago) link
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Monday, March 13, 2023 10:32 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
And East Coast dates for additional markets
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 13 March 2023 18:11 (one year ago) link
I think the last couple of shows they played in Chicago were sold out. The one next week is so sold out I didn't even see any secondary market tickets available, though I lucked into a pair. Psyched, it's been possibly 10 years since I last saw them.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 March 2023 20:45 (one year ago) link
When I saw their free show in Central Park in 2017, that was pretty much the age group around me - not far from college age, if at all.
FWIW, I was in the very front and the highlight was when Ira climbed over the barrier, seemingly towards me. When he jumped down the stage holding his guitar, I got a little concerned - irrationally but given the determination and speed with which he was moving, it just instinctively felt like he was going to come after me or something. Instead, he thrust his guitar into the hands of the guy next to me and told him to play. He stepped away for a bit, and then after about 10 or 15 seconds, he motioned to the guy to pass the guitar to me, i.e. we all get a turn going down the line. It was awesome, and with my guitar experience limited to a classical guitar class I took in school, I was mightily impressed by how much that guitar weighed and how poorly I would do to just hold it for a few hours.
― birdistheword, Monday, 13 March 2023 21:51 (one year ago) link
My story is back in 1993 or so they played at my college for a handful of people, and a friend insisted I get my picture taken with Ira:
https://i.imgur.com/GsEuN9L.jpg
He wrote a note on the back of a promo "Painful" sticker:
https://i.imgur.com/PPtoifK.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 March 2023 22:08 (one year ago) link
That's awesome.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 13 March 2023 22:12 (one year ago) link
Ahh, that's so cool!
― birdistheword, Monday, 13 March 2023 22:37 (one year ago) link
Was waiting for a band/musician to do this, and apparently based on a picture posted on Instagram earlier Yo La Tengo were one of them. Seems like Ira and James played in drag last night (or some version of it) to make a point. Good on them.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:15 (one year ago) link
Yep, this is what I saw:
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:16 (one year ago) link
yo la tengo protesting anti-drag laws tonight in tennessee, courtesy @JohnQBoxler. pic.twitter.com/kB6IvqUeZX— jesse jarnow (parody, i think?) (@bourgwick) March 14, 2023
xpost that's so awesome josh
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:18 (one year ago) link
Aw I'm kinda sad I didn't see them in drag. What I get for seeing them in slightly-less-batshit NC. But good for them.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 15:27 (one year ago) link
Been 9 years since Australia, fingers crossed they get back around here sometime
― hrep (H.P), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 22:46 (one year ago) link
Saw em in DC Sunday night. As an encore they did Adam & the Ants “Ant Music.” On Twitter I read that they had done that same song 25 years at the 930 Club in DC . James was on vocals and Ira was second drummer with Georgia
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 March 2023 13:17 (one year ago) link
They did that here in ... 2000? When Lambchop opened, and came out later to help with "Antmusic." Iirc not only was Susie Ibarra there to help with the new stuff, but the ranks of Yo La were fleshed out with Mac from Superchunk and David Kilgour!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 March 2023 14:41 (one year ago) link
https://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/yo-la-tengo-7bd6ae90.html?songid=73dade9d
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 March 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
Per guy on Twitter they have played Antmusic 29 times
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 March 2023 15:43 (one year ago) link
Show is tonight, nice to learn it's one of those An Evening With ... performances, with an acoustic set and an electric set. Also means it won't go that late, because they're old!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 March 2023 20:13 (one year ago) link
They sure don't act old on stage. I just saw them last weekend and Ira was bunnyhopping all over stage during one song.
― Evan, Friday, 24 March 2023 20:29 (one year ago) link
The two sets when I saw them weren't so neatly divided — the second set was noisier, but both had loud and quiet parts.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 24 March 2023 20:48 (one year ago) link
so far so good! with a friend who has never heard them, he seemed to dig set one.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 25 March 2023 02:20 (one year ago) link
Songs:FalloutAselestineBig Day ComingThis Stupid World
I haven't watched it yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV4R0T64RF0
― nickn, Saturday, 25 March 2023 03:40 (one year ago) link
lol they just brought out Wilco as guests. the whole band.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 25 March 2023 03:45 (one year ago) link