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July 19, 2006

Yo La Tengo Are Not Afraid of You and They Will Beat Your Ass

Two decades into the game, mellow Jersey rockers return with most eclectic (and weirdly titled) effort yet
December 14, 2004

Yo La Tengo Celebrate 20

Indie rockers light the candles in Hoboken

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Playing like a welcome sequel to 2006's style-hopping I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass, Yo La Tengo's 16th studio album finds the New Jersey trio bringing out Farfisa solos and celebrating ongoing couplehood. On genial uptempo songs like the string-laden "If It's True," long-married...

2009 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass

2006

Today Is The Day!

2003

Summer Sun

2003

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out

2000

I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

1997

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Yo La Tengo is one of the all-time great American garage bands, operating out of Hoboken, NJ, for almost 20 years now without running out of ideas. Guitarist Ira Kaplan and drummer Georgia Hubley are a married couple who seem to like each other, quite the rock-world novelty. Together, they do for monogamy what the Velvet Underground did for heroin -- even their screaming feedback drones have the...

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