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Okay, okay--I take it all back. Well, most of it. First, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, and Colin and Jon Greenwood are a great band, maybe even one of the best bands around. Second, Thom Yorke is a whiney, sniveling, irritating weenie. So I guess this an 80% Radiohead conversion--no matter what I find to admire about the band, Yorke's vocals are like a jarred stylus skating across 200-gram virgin vinyl, extra-long fingernails on a blackboard, cats copulating.
What, you might well inquire, would cause this abrupt--if 80%--reversal? A number of things. First, Neil Finn for his epic 7 Worlds Collide enlisted both O'Brien and Selway when he could have had almost anyone. ...
- UNPREDICTABLE YO LA TENGO SWINGS FROM JAZZ TO NOISEFEST.(What's...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Ehrbar, Joe June 13, 2003 700+ words
...catalog as impressive and remarkable as Yo La Tengo's. It's true. The New Jersey trio...coalescing in Hoboken in the mid-1980s, Yo La Tengo has created a body of work that continually...to emphasize this point. In fact, Yo La Tengo is just as ecstatic playing within the...
- Sunrise over Hoboken: Yo La Tengo's indie Odyssey.
- Magazine article from: Guitar Player Cleveland, Barry August 1, 2003 700+ words
...music became so excessive," relates Yo La Tengo guitarist Ira Kaplan. It's an obsession...obscure covers. Kaplan and Hubley formed Yo La Tengo in 1984, and during the band's early...squalling, over-the-top rave-ups, Yo La Tengo was frequently compared to the Velvet...
- Yo La Tengo not afraid to be nebulous ? but hints emerge from the haze.
- Newspaper article from: Morning Call (Allentown, PA) February 8, 2007 700+ words
...Byline: Len Righi Feb. 8--It is Yo La Tengo dogma, and James McNew, who has been...about the intentions behind songs on Yo La Tengo's latest disc, "I Am Not Afraid of...discussion on the content of one of Yo La Tengo's best discs ever, a bravura recap...
- NO 'TOMORROW' DOESN'T KEEP YO LA TENGO FROM L.A. TODAY.(U)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) June 21, 2003 700+ words
...Barrera Staff Writer Several months ago, Yo La Tengo (Spanish for ``I got it'') agreed...dates have been announced. As for Yo La Tengo, its members say the show must go on...reviews since its April release. ``Yo La Tengo explore quiet the way they once indulged...
- Yo La Tengo, Lambchop do a mellow Metro show.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Cox, Ted March 6, 2000 700+ words
...Saturday night in a performance by Yo La Tengo and Lambchop. With 600 wooden folding...typically populate the underground, both Yo La Tengo and Lambchop play songs for adults with...create evocative palettes of sound. Yo La Tengo, a three-piece group from New York...
- Yo La Tengo not afraid to be nebulous.
- Newspaper article from: Morning Call (Allentown, PA) February 16, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Len Righi It is Yo La Tengo dogma, and James McNew, who has been...about the intentions behind songs on Yo La Tengo's latest disc, "I Am Not Afraid of...discussion on the content of one of Yo La Tengo's best discs ever, a bravura recap...
- Yo La Tengo isn't afraid to mix it up.
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) January 26, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Jim Abbott Jan. 26--Yo La Tengo's latest album, I Am Not Afraid of...says McNew, who will perform with Yo La Tengo Tuesday at the Social. "We always put...window In making I Am Not Afraid, Yo La Tengo found that the wildly diverse assortment...
- Yo La Tengo's Playful Variety Pack
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Mark Jenkins August 16, 1996 700+ words
...compilation like "Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo": a long, rich and rather playful career, and a significant fan base. Yo La Tengo lacks the latter, but this double-CD...the New York band a few new fans. Yo La Tengo singer-guitarist Ira Kaplan is a former...
