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Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock

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Two years before the founding of Yo La Tengo proper, posters designed by Georgia Hubley for the Music For Dozens series at Folk City in New York, co-booked by Ira Kaplan. Three bands every week for $3. One of the Meat Puppets' first New York shows. The band Hose featured future rap mogul Rick Rubin on bass. The hardcore crowd chanted for Sonic Youth to "play faster." December 1982.

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