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Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo performing in 2005
Yo La Tengo performing in 2005
Background information
Origin Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Genre(s) Indie rock, Alternative rock, Folk, Alt-country
Years active 1984–present
Label(s) Bar/None Records, City Slang Records, Alias Records, Matador Records
Associated acts Dump
Website Official site
Members
Georgia Hubley
Ira Kaplan
James McNew
Former members
Dave Schramm
Stephan Wichnewski
Mike Lewis

Yo La Tengo (Spanish for "I have it") is an American indie rock band based in Hoboken, New Jersey. Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of See also Folk (disambiguation, Volk (disambiguation Folk is one of the Germanic roots that mean "(of the people" or "our Alternative country is a term used to describe a number of Country music subgenres that tend to differ from mainstream or pop country music In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Bar/None Records is an Independent record label based out of Hoboken New Jersey. City Slang Records is an Independent record label based in Berlin, Germany. Alias Records is a small American indie-rock Record label based in California. Matador Records is an Independent record label, famous for a roster of highly-respected Indie rock artists and bands Dump is a vehicle for releasing the four-track home recordings of Yo La Tengo bassist James McNew. Yo La Tengo is an American Indie rock band based in Hoboken, New Jersey. Yo La Tengo is an American Indie rock band based in Hoboken, New Jersey. James McNew has been the bass player for the Rock band Yo La Tengo since their 1992 album May I Sing With Me. Dave Schramm, born and raised on Long Island New York, is an American musician best known for his stint as the lead guitarist for Yo La Tengo during the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. With more than 15 albums released since 1984, they have demonstrated unusual longevity for the indie-rock scene. They are frequently regarded as one of the definitive indie rock groups of the 1990s. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Though Yo La Tengo has achieved limited mainstream success, the band has become a critical favorite with a devoted fan base.

Contents

Etymology

Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo playing in Battery Park, New York City.
Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo playing in Battery Park, New York City. Battery Park is a 25-acre (10 hectare public park located at the Battery the southern tip of the New York City borough of Manhattan, facing The City of New York

The band's name comes from a baseball anecdote. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each

During the 1962 season, New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and Venezuelan shortstop Elio Chacón found themselves colliding in the outfield. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the Outfielder in Baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position Don Richard "Richie" Ashburn ( March 19 1927 — September 9 1997) also known by the nickname " Whitey " due to Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and Third base. Elio Chacón Rodríguez ( October 26, 1936 &ndash April 24, 1992) was a Major League Baseball Second baseman and Shortstop When Ashburn went for a catch, he would scream, "I got it! I got it!" only to run into the 160-pound Chacón, who spoke only Spanish.

Ashburn learned to yell, "¡Yo la tengo! ¡Yo la tengo!" which is "I have it" in Spanish. In a later game, Ashburn happily saw Chacón backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was instead run over by 200-pound left fielder Frank Thomas, who understood no Spanish and/or had missed a team meeting that proposed using the words "¡Yo la tengo! as a way to avoid outfield collisions. Frank Joseph Thomas (born June 11 1929 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is a former Left fielder and first and Third baseman [1]

After getting up, Thomas asked Ashburn, "What the heck is a Yellow Tango?". [2]

The band wanted a name that sounded foreign in order to avoid any connotations in English. Kaplan is also a devoted baseball fan. However, it still irks the band when they are asked the origin of the name. The band once performed a cover of the Mets theme song "Meet the Mets" during a benefit appearance on radio station WFMU's pledge drive. "Meet the Mets" is the Fight song of the New York Mets of the National League. WFMU is a listener-supported non-commercial Radio station based in Jersey City New Jersey, broadcasting at 91 A track on I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass is called "The Story of Yo La Tango" in apparent reference to an all-too-frequent misspelling of the band's name.

History

Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, a husband/wife duo, formed the band in 1984. They went through several other band members before stabilizing with lead guitarist Dave Schramm and bass player Mike Lewis (founding bass player of Boston garage-punk mainstays DMZ and Lyres, and a member of Brooklyn garage band The A-Bones throughout his tenure in Yo La Tengo) for their debut recording, "The River of Water". Dave Schramm, born and raised on Long Island New York, is an American musician best known for his stint as the lead guitarist for Yo La Tengo during the DMZ was a first-wave punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, strongly influenced by 1960s Garage rock. Lyres (sometimes credited as The Lyres) are a Boston -area Alternative rock musical group led by Jeff "Monoman" Conolly The A-Bones is a Garage rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The band was formed in 1984 by Billy Miller and Miriam Linna, who had previously been In 1986, their first LP Ride the Tiger was released. Ride The Tiger, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music) was the debut album of the Hoboken -based alternative rock band Yo La Tengo.

Schramm and Lewis left the band, and Stephan Wichnewski joined, with Kaplan taking on the role of lead guitar. New Wave Hot Dogs (1987) did much to establish the band's reputation among rock critics, though it sold poorly. New Wave Hot Dogs is the second Album released in 1987, by Indie rock band Yo La Tengo. President Yo La Tengo (1989) continued this trend, with rave reviews yet poor sales. President Yo La Tengo (1989 was the third album of the Hoboken -based alternative rock band Yo La Tengo. Wichnewski left the band after this.

1990 saw the release of Fakebook, an album of mostly acoustic tunes, including covers from Cat Stevens, Gene Clark, The Kinks, Daniel Johnston, among others, and several songs by Yo La Tengo themselves. Fakebook is the fourth official full-length Album released in 1990, by Indie rock band Yo La Tengo. Acoustic music refers to music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means as opposed to Electronic means In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 best known by his former Stage name Cat Stevens, is a British Musician Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark (born Tipton Missouri, November 17, 1944 - May 24, 1991) was an American The Kinks were an English pop and rock group formed in 1963 and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band Daniel Dale Johnston (born January 22 1961 is an American Singer, Songwriter, Musician, and Artist. May I Sing with Me (1992) included new bassist James McNew (of Christmas and Dump), who has stayed with the band ever since. May I Sing With Me is the fifth Album released in 1992 by Indie rock band Yo La Tengo. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992 James McNew has been the bass player for the Rock band Yo La Tengo since their 1992 album May I Sing With Me. Dump is a vehicle for releasing the four-track home recordings of Yo La Tengo bassist James McNew. Painful (1993), Electr-O-Pura (1995) and I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997) marked a steady progression towards a sprawling, multi-faceted style, which included such disparate elements as folk, punk rock, shoegazing, long instrumental noise-jams and electronica oriented songs. Painful is the sixth Studio album released in 1993 by Indie rock band Yo La Tengo. Electr-O-Pura is the seventh Album by Hoboken New Jersey Indie rock group Yo La Tengo, released in 1995. I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is an album by Yo La Tengo. Shoegazing (also known as shoegaze or shoegazer) is a genre of Alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Painful was also the beginning of the band's fruitful creative relationship with producer Roger Moutenot, who has produced every subsequent Yo La Tengo album release. Painful is the sixth Studio album released in 1993 by Indie rock band Yo La Tengo. During these years their cult grew and, thanks to almost constant touring and unrelenting critical praise, they became one of the most prominent American indie rock bands. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene They released And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out in 2000 and Summer Sun in 2003. And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out is a 2000 (see 2000 in music) album by Yo La Tengo, an Indie rock music group from Hoboken Summer Sun is a 2003 album by Hoboken New Jersey rockers Yo La Tengo.

The band is renowned for its encyclopedic repertoire of cover songs, and every year plays live on the New Jersey freeform radio station, WFMU, as part of the station's annual fundraising marathon, performing (with guitarist Bruce Bennett of Norton Records The A-Bones, and occasional additional guests like Hamish Kilgour of New Zealand's The Clean and Pacific Northwest folk-punk chanteuse Lois Maffeo) impromptu cover-song requests from listeners who call in to pledge money to the station. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released WFMU is a listener-supported non-commercial Radio station based in Jersey City New Jersey, broadcasting at 91 Norton Records, a New York City based Independent record label founded by musicians Miriam Linna and Billy Miller maintains a focus on primitive retro The A-Bones is a Garage rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The band was formed in 1984 by Billy Miller and Miriam Linna, who had previously been The Clean were an influential first-wave punk band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978 Lois Maffeo (professionally known as Lois) is an American Musician and Writer who lives in Olympia, Washington. In 2006 the band released an album compiling performances from the marathons between 1996 and 2003 titled Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics. Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics is a compilation album by the band Yo La Tengo, released in 2006

In 1996, Yo La Tengo appeared briefly (along with their friend Tara Key of the band Antietam) as the Velvet Underground in the film I Shot Andy Warhol. This article is about the band For their self-titled album see The Velvet Underground (album; for the book see The Velvet Underground (book I Shot Andy Warhol is a 1996 Independent film about the life of Valerie Solanas and her relationship with Andy Warhol. In 2001, they recorded an instrumental soundtrack for eight short undersea documentaries of Jean Painlevé, entitled The Sounds of the Sounds of Science. Jean Painlevé ( November 20 1902 - July 2 1989) son of mathematician and twice prime-minister of France Paul Painlevé, was a film The Sounds of the Sounds of Science is a score written by Yo La Tengo for filmmaker Jean Painlevé. Yo La Tengo also provided the soundtracks for the films Junebug, Game 6, Shortbus, as well as Kelly Reichardt's award-winning 2006 feature film Old Joy. Junebug is a 2005 Comedy-drama film directed by Phil Morrison. Game 6 is a film directed by Michael Hoffman first presented at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and released in the United States in 2006 For other uses see Short Bus (disambiguation. Shortbus is a 2006 comedy - Drama film written and Old Joy is a 2006 film which tells the story of two friends Kurt ( Will Oldham) and Mark ( Daniel London) who reunite for a weekend camping trip in Three songs from May I Sing With Me ("Always Something", "Sleeping Pill" and "Some Kinda Fatigue") were featured on the soundtrack to American indie filmmaker Hal Hartley's 1992 movie Simple Men. An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood Studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several Hal Hartley (b November 3 1959, Lindenhurst New York) is an American film director writer and pioneer of the Independent film Simple Men is a 1992 film written and directed by Hal Hartley, starring Robert John Burke, Bill Sage, Karen Sillas and Their song "Tears Are In Your Eyes" was also in the "Family" episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Fictional narratives (and works of art exist beyond their completion e

The group collaborated with Yoko Ono as well on the 2003 album Wig in a Box, Songs From and Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch, made as a charity album to support the Harvey Milk High School. born in Tokyo on February 18 1933 is a Japanese Artist and Musician. Wig in a Box is a charity tribute album featuring versions of songs from the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a Rock musical about a fictional Rock and roll band fronted by an East German Transgender singer Harvey Milk High School is a high school in in the East Village of New York City designed to be a safe space for students regardless of Sexual orientation

March of 2005 saw the group release a 2-disc greatest hits package, entitled Prisoners of Love. A bonus edition included a 3rd disc of rarities and unreleased tracks.

The album I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass followed in September 2006. I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass is the eleventh full-length Album by Hoboken -based Indie rock band Yo La Tengo

In 2007, Yo La Tengo's covers of the Bob Dylan songs "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Fourth Time Around" were released on the 2-CD/4-LP soundtrack album for I'm Not There. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major I'm Not There is a 2007 biographical Film directed by Todd Haynes and is inspired by the life of iconic Singer-songwriter

Miscellany

Selected discography

Studio albums

Compilations and other albums

Singles and EPs

Matador Records reissued New Wave Hot Dogs, President Yo La Tengo and The Asparagus Song on a single CD in 1996. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)

DVDs

In 2007, the British Film Institute released a two DVD set of Jean Painlevé films, "Science is Fiction/The Sounds of Science". The British Film Institute ( BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film television [3] The disc "The Sounds of Science" contains Yo La Tengo's performance of The Sounds of Science, eight of Painleve's films with original scores written by the band.

External links

References

  1. ^ [Kaplan's Korner, Episode 1|http://www.yolatengo.com/kaplanskorner.html]
  2. ^ Richie Ashburn Remembered by Fran Zimniuch, Sports Publishing LLC, 2005; pp. The Sound of Young America is a Public radio program and Podcast based in Los Angeles, California and distributed nationally by Tom Scharpling is the host of The Best Show on WFMU, a 3-hour comedy music and Talk radio program which airs every Tuesday night on New Jersey A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download Old Joy is a 2006 film which tells the story of two friends Kurt ( Will Oldham) and Mark ( Daniel London) who reunite for a weekend camping trip in 41–42.
  3. ^ Amazon.co.uk: Science Is Fiction/The Sounds Of Science [1927] [1910]: F. Percy Smith: DVD
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