Out Now: Yo La Tengo – The Bunker Sessions

It’s been a triumphant year in Yo La Tengo-world: Georgia, Ira, and James released a highly-acclaimed new album (This Stupid World), performed a sold-out US tour, and traveled throughout the globe.  They’ve got a new EP landing on digital services – The Bunker Sessions – which collects live performances of This Stupid World songs ‘Fallout’, ‘Sinatra Drive Breakdown’, ‘Aselestine’ and ‘Apology Letter’, plus James McNew-led classic ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ from 1997’s I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One.  Stream / Download The Bunker Sessions here.

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Listen: Yo La Tengo – ‘Aselestine’

On February 10th, Matador will release This Stupid World, the brilliant sixteenth album (and, to be honest, the sixteenth brilliant album) by Yo La Tengo. To help fix this date more firmly, we offer a new single, the gentle and atmospheric ‘Aselestine,’ which features a lead vocal by Georgia Hubley. Listen / purchase ‘Aselestine’ here.Pre-order / pre-save This Stupid World here.

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Announced: Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World + ‘Fallout’

Yo La Tengo will release their sixteenth album This Stupid World on February 10th. What’s more, you can listen to the new song ‘Fallout’ below! Yo La Tengo have raced time for nearly four decades and they just keep winning. The trio’s latest victory is called This Stupid World, a spellbinding set of reflective songs that resist the ticking clock. This music is not so much timeless as time-defiant. “I want to fall out of...

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