http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog news and views from the Matador brain trust (and the brains we trust) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:33:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/yo-la-tengo-cover-songs-for-dollars-on-wfmu-tonight-800pm-to-1100pm/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/yo-la-tengo-cover-songs-for-dollars-on-wfmu-tonight-800pm-to-1100pm/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:31 +0000 Hector http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8122 If you’ve been paying attention, you know that WFMU, the world’s most freewheeling freeform radio station, is currently in fundraising mode, and like swallows returning to Capistrano or murderers returning to the scene of the crime, Yo La Tengo will once again be taking to the airwaves and playing your cover requests in exchange for [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/yo-la-tengo-cover-songs-for-dollars-on-wfmu-tonight-800pm-to-1100pm/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/04/yo-la-tengo-honoring-the-bay-area-with-their-physical-presence/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/04/yo-la-tengo-honoring-the-bay-area-with-their-physical-presence/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:34:42 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7803 (Yo La Tengo at the Granada, Dallas, last Saturday night.  Pic taken from SilentKid70’s Flickr stream) Through a series of failed relationships, family disputes and horrible recriminations with dear friends, I’ve come to learn there is no greater gift you can give your loved ones than simply being there.  This works rather well if you’re cheap [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/04/yo-la-tengo-honoring-the-bay-area-with-their-physical-presence/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/22/yo-la-tengo-times-new-viking-u-s-tour-kicks-off-tonight/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/22/yo-la-tengo-times-new-viking-u-s-tour-kicks-off-tonight/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:50:36 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7636 It’s the greatest thing to hit Pontiac, MI since Wayne Fontes’ hair.  Greater, perhaps.   Yo La Tengo and Times New Viking hit the road starting today in support of their respective 2009 masterpieces, ‘Popular Songs’ and ‘Born Again Revisited’.   While the Jan. 29 show in Austin, TX is a sellout, tickets still remain for the [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/22/yo-la-tengo-times-new-viking-u-s-tour-kicks-off-tonight/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/20/yo-la-tengo-performing-at-support-haiti-event-tonight/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/20/yo-la-tengo-performing-at-support-haiti-event-tonight/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:32:21 +0000 Robby http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7610 Tonight in Manhattan, Yo La Tengo are slated to appear alongside Patti Smith, The Antlers, The Swell Season, John Wesley Harding and others as part  of the City Winery’s four day benefit concert series for emergency relief in Haiti. More information here: http://www.citywinery.com/events/59379 ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/20/yo-la-tengo-performing-at-support-haiti-event-tonight/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/21/a-post-hanukkah-special-crammed-into-a-few-days-peers-pals-pick-their-yo-la-tengo-favorites-pt-ii/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/21/a-post-hanukkah-special-crammed-into-a-few-days-peers-pals-pick-their-yo-la-tengo-favorites-pt-ii/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:40:08 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7379 (image taken from False 45th, merch from Hanukkah 2007, and a lovely tribute to one of the more shy and retiring Jewish artists of all time) As you might recall, we polled a number of number of medium-to-high profile Yo La Tengo fans and asked for their favorite YLT song. Said results were supposed to [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/21/a-post-hanukkah-special-crammed-into-a-few-days-peers-pals-pick-their-yo-la-tengo-favorites-pt-ii/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/16/yo-la-tengo-times-new-viking-tour-revisited/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/16/yo-la-tengo-times-new-viking-tour-revisited/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:40:27 +0000 Todd Netter http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7353 As the year comes to an end and the spirit of revisiting things takes us over, we’ve come across the following comment that Jared Phillips (Times New Viking) made to Pitchfork back in January 2008 when discussing life on the road: I don’t know where the best place we’ve played would be. Probably one of those [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/16/yo-la-tengo-times-new-viking-tour-revisited/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/15/yo-spain-portugal-march-2010-ylt-dates/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/15/yo-spain-portugal-march-2010-ylt-dates/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:04:05 +0000 Judge http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7313 Photo swiped from *the get up kid*’s Flickr, used without permission New Yo La Tengo dates, freshly announced today : Wed 10 Mar SPAIN, VALENCIA SALA MIRROR Thu 11 Mar SPAIN, MURCIA AUDITORIO VICTOR VILLEGAS Sat 13 Mar SPAIN, MADRID SALA RIVIERA Sun 14 Mar PORTUGAL, LISBON AULA MAGNA Mon 15 Mar PORTUGAL, PORTO CASA DA MUSICA Tue 16 Mar SPAIN, SANTIAGO [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/15/yo-spain-portugal-march-2010-ylt-dates/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/14/a-hanukkah-special-crammed-into-a-few-days-peers-pals-pick-their-yo-la-tengo-favorites-pt-i/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/14/a-hanukkah-special-crammed-into-a-few-days-peers-pals-pick-their-yo-la-tengo-favorites-pt-i/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:53:55 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7307 (the above tee — designed by Stephen Hunking, based on an original work by Raymond Pettibone, marked Yo La Tengo’s December ‘08 eight night stand in Hoboken, and is still available) Yo La Tengo are taking a rare year off from their annual Hanukkah shows at Maxwell’s —they’re in Japan right now — and as a [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/14/a-hanukkah-special-crammed-into-a-few-days-peers-pals-pick-their-yo-la-tengo-favorites-pt-i/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/10/yo-la-tengo-live-at-moog/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/10/yo-la-tengo-live-at-moog/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:13:56 +0000 Gabe http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7162 Yo La Tengo launch the brand-new “Live at Moog” series on Paste.com. “Live at Moog” brings bands into the Moog Music Factory in Asheville, North Carolina, and lets them play with analog toys in service of the bands’ original material. Check the session out here. ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/10/yo-la-tengo-live-at-moog/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/08/fucked-up-do-they-know-its-christmas-benefit-single-featuring-yo-la-tengo-gza-tegan-sarah-ezra-koenig-bob-mould-and-more/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/08/fucked-up-do-they-know-its-christmas-benefit-single-featuring-yo-la-tengo-gza-tegan-sarah-ezra-koenig-bob-mould-and-more/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:01:27 +0000 Patrick http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7111 If all goes well, on iTunes you’ll be able to purchase Fucked Up’s star-studded cover of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? All proceeds will go to benefit three organizations in Canada working to bring to end to the epidemic of missing and murdered native women. UPDATE: it’s available! Go HERE The song is a tongue-in-cheek [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/08/fucked-up-do-they-know-its-christmas-benefit-single-featuring-yo-la-tengo-gza-tegan-sarah-ezra-koenig-bob-mould-and-more/feed/ 8 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/02/yo-la-tengo-radio-show-instore-atp/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/02/yo-la-tengo-radio-show-instore-atp/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:45:29 +0000 Judge http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7045 Photo used without permission, taken from Christoph!’s photostream on Flickr There’s a whole host of Yo La action to update you with this week. Tonight, the band will be speaking to Gideon Coe live on BBC 6 Music, show starting at 9pm.  You can listen live via DAB digital radio, or log onto Gideon’s [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/02/yo-la-tengo-radio-show-instore-atp/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/23/other-than-wishing-wreckless-eric-amy-rigbys-names-were-bigger/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/23/other-than-wishing-wreckless-eric-amy-rigbys-names-were-bigger/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:09:35 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6921 …I’m not sure these German street posters could be any nicer (thanks to Todd Netter for the jpg). ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/23/other-than-wishing-wreckless-eric-amy-rigbys-names-were-bigger/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/18/yo-la-tengo-to-play-rough-trade-instore/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/18/yo-la-tengo-to-play-rough-trade-instore/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:57:44 +0000 Judge http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6884 Photo taken from turgidson’s Flickr, used without permission. Following their largest ever UK date earlier this month at The Roundhouse, Camden; Yo La Tengo will be returning to London early next month to play a very rare instore performance at Rough Trade East in advance of their performance at ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas. More details to [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/18/yo-la-tengo-to-play-rough-trade-instore/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/16/yo-la-tengo-january-u-s-dates-and-ticket-details/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/16/yo-la-tengo-january-u-s-dates-and-ticket-details/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:04 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6783 (Georgia and Ira, Manchester Uni, November 7, 2009, photo taken from Paul Eames’ Flickr stream) Though Yo La Tengo have hit many of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities while touring in support of the monumentally great ‘Popular Songs’, there are a number of Mid-American locales that haven’t thrilled to Ira, Georgia and James at the height [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/16/yo-la-tengo-january-u-s-dates-and-ticket-details/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/29/it-gets-late-early-out-there-yo-la-tengos-brooklyn-rooftop-week-continued/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/29/it-gets-late-early-out-there-yo-la-tengos-brooklyn-rooftop-week-continued/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:16:47 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6646 With apologies to Yogi Berra for the above headline, here’s Ira, Georgia and James performing ‘Popular Songs” climactic “And The Glitter Is Gone”, just prior to play being called on account of darkness. Video shot and hosted by Pitchfork TV. Please watch responsibly! ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/29/it-gets-late-early-out-there-yo-la-tengos-brooklyn-rooftop-week-continued/feed/ 1