Comments on: No New Music Today: Here’s Yo La Tengo

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:15:48 +0000

There’s not much before that apart from Fakebook and Ride the Tiger is there? I love both of those, but albums like President Yo La Tengo and New Wave Hotdogs never quite wormed their way into my brain really. So perhaps those two would be best. Tiger is a slightly folky indie-rock album, and Fakebook is even more folky – even a touch of Daniel Johnston in there.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:47:31 +0000

Bought the sugarcube and Little Honda 7″s on spec when they came out, and then picked up ‘I Can Hear the Heart beating as One’ love the Tengo. Saw them live in edinburgh at the Usher Hall in 2005, an excellent night. Need to investigate the pre-1995 (i.e. pre-electro-Pura) where would you recommend starting/

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:34:35 +0000

From a Motel 6 was probably the first thing I head from Yo La Tengo and it was love at first listen. The album is brilliant and I have enjoyed everything else I have heard since then. I used to play this song as the intro to my college radio show for awhile so hearing it brought back some nice memories. VERY GOOD CALL!!

By: Dusty

Dusty — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:24:17 +0000

Matthew,

All roads lead back to the toad.

Mrs Dusty is an obsessive fan of all things Gedge and I’m a massive fan of the Tengo – so kudos to you yet again.

We now have podcasts of our radio show – which includes a section called ‘His n Hers’ where I pick something I’ve loved for years, a la Yo la Tengo and she always picks The Wedding Present (or Cinerama)…

If you fancy a listen the clips are at:

web.mac.com/martinjohnston1/iWeb/Site/BringMeSunshine/BringMeSunshine.html

or you can listen live if you’re ever at your computer Tuesdays 8-10pm at:

http://www.pureradio.org.uk

Cheers

Martin