July 10, 2013
[ For our friends in Germany, please click here to watch the video, if you’re having problems. ]
February 4, 2013
Who Asked You?
A Collection of Interviews & Press What-Nots compiled by Nick “Stewey” Morehouse, YLT personal chef/webmaster
• They won’t publish any of ol’ Stewey’s letters to the editor, but Bon Appetit chatted with Ira about their first music video in fifteen years.
• Ira & James were on MTV’s The Hivecast With Matt Pinfield.
• And if you missed it, they were on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” with special guests Kid Millions and Fred Armisen. [EDIT: it seems the videos have since expired, but you can still watch the bonus drum-off with Questlove]:
January 10, 2013
Who Asked You?
A Collection of Interviews & Press What-Nots compiled by Nick “Stewey” Morehouse, YLT personal chef/webmaster
Stewey interrupts your Fade streaming to bring you the latest…
• Ira recently spoke with WBUR’s “Here & Now” program, which you can listen to here. (And boy, I hope someone books a tour with Jonathan Richmond and that Yo La Tango band…)
• …And then he chatted with Spin…
• And finally, subscribers to the Film Forum’s newsletter will have already seen this, but in case your spam filters caught it, click the image below to make it bigger/easier to read:
December 31, 2012
Who Asked You?
A Collection of Interviews & Press What-Nots compiled by Nick “Stewey” Morehouse, YLT personal chef/webmaster
• Thanks to everyone who came out to the Hanukkah shows at Maxwell’s earlier this month. The New York Times wrote about it here. For everyone downloading/ streaming live recordings of our Hanukkah benefit shows, please consider donating to the charities with us. You can find links to them from Ira’s 2012 Hanukkah Diary.
• Speaking of Ira, he spoke with Eater.com recently about some of his favorite meals and restaurants (somehow forgetting to mention Stewey).
• And finally, a very talented vandal painted this graffiti in California. Thank you, talented vandal!
• You can read more about the cover of Fade in an interview with photographer Carlie Armstrong for the Williamette Week.
November 14, 2012
Who Asked You?
A Collection of Interviews & Press What-Nots compiled by Nick “Stewey” Morehouse, YLT personal chef/webmaster
New album coming Tuesday, January 15 (Monday, January 14 in Europe)! Via Matador Records:
On Tuesday, January 15 (Monday, January 14 in Europe), we’ll be releasing Fade, the new studio album from Yo La Tengo. Recorded with John McEntire at Soma Studios Electronic Studios in Chicago, Fade is reminiscent of landmarks like 1997‘s I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One and 2000’s And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, but there’s no shortage of moments that stand far apart from anything the trio have done previously. The 10 song collection, arguably the most focused and cohesive output from Ira, Georgia and James to date, is a tapestry of fine melody and elegant noise, rhythmic shadowplay and shy-eyed orchestral beauty, songcraft and experimentation.
Fade‘s lyrical themes of aging, tragedy and emotional bonds are woven into a fully-realized whole; the results are direct, personal and more than a little uplifting. If it’s frustrating for us to hint at an album this evocative and heartbreaking without giving you something to check out in advance, check this space tomorrow at around 10am eastern time.
We’re taking preorders on the deluxe or standard LP versions of ‘Fade’, or the CD version. (The deluxe LP comes in a numbered edition printed on rainbow foil with a bonus 7″ featuring two exclusive covers: “I Saw The Light” (Todd Rundgren) b/w “Move To California” (Times New Viking) ; MP3 download accompanying the deluxe edition includes an additional 11-minute bonus track, untitled as of this writing).
TRACK LISTING:
Side 1
1. Ohm
2. Is That Enough
3. Well You Better
4. Paddle Forward
5. Stupid ThingsSide 2
1. I’ll Be Around
2. Cornelia and Jane
3 Two Trains
4. The Point Of It
5. Before We Run