Last month, Yo La Tengo played before a packed, rapturous house at Philadelphia’s World Cafe Live as part of WXPN’s Free At Noon series. As is their custom, the good folks at WXPN have taken the recording of that show and turned it into a segment for their popular syndicated World Cafe program. The show airs today at 2:00PM EST, and can be enjoyed at the WXPN website, or on your local NPR affiliate as seen on World Cafe’s website, or listen to the audio stream on NPR’s site when it’s posted later today. If you live in Philadelphia, it’s a little less complicated: just tune in at 88.5FM.
P.S. Have you purchased Yo La Tengo’s majestic new album, Fade, yet? You really should.
They also did a great set on KCMP’s The Current today and play First Ave. in Minneapolis tonight.
Yo La Tengo are on tour, playing special two-set shows. ‘Fade‘ is out now.
2/4 Minneapolis @ First Avenue
2/5 Madison @ Barrymore Theater
2/7 Cleveland @ Beachland Ballroom
2/8 Ann Arbor @ Michigan Theater
2/9 Toronto @ Phoenix Concert Theater
2/11 Montreal @ Corona Theater
2/12 Burlington @ Higher Ground
2/13 Boston @ Paradise Rock Club
2/15 DC @ 9:30 Club
2/16 NYC @ Town Hall
We’re really proud (I mean it this time) to give you the new video from Yo La Tengo, for “I’ll Be Around” from the band’s new album Fade.
The tender, extraordinary video was directed by longtimebandcohort (and “Junebug”-director) Phil Morrison and co-stars Mac McCaughan of Superchunk along with the members of Yo La Tengo. The video also announces the band’s new Tumblr.
Yo La Tengo are on the road now:
January
Thursday 31 St Louis, MO The Pageant
February
Friday 01 - Chicago, IL – The Vic
Saturday 02 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
Monday 04 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Tuesday 05 – Madison, WI – Barrymore Theater
Thursday 07 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
Friday 08 - Ann Arbor, MI – Michigan Theater
Saturday 09 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Theatre
Monday 11 – Montreal, AL – Corona Theatre
Tuesday 12 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Lounge
Wednesday 13 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
Friday 15 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Saturday 16 – New York, NY – Town Hall
March
Friday 01 – Lisbon, PT – Aula Magna
Saturday 02 – Porto, PT – Casa Da Musica
Monday 04 – Santiago de Compostela, ES - Sala Capitol
Tuesday 05 – Madrid, ES – Sala La Riviera
Wednesday 06 – Barcelona, ES – Festival Millenni
Friday 08 – Laussane, CH - Les Docks
Sunday 10 – Milan, IT – Limelight
Monday 11 – Frankfurt, DE – Mousonturm
Tuesday 12 – Dusseldorf, DE – Zakk
Wednesday 13 – Berlin, DE – Volksbuhne
Thursday 14 – Brussels, BE – AB
Friday 15 – Schorndorf, DE – Manufaktur
Saturday 16 – Paris, FR – Le Bataclan
Sunday 17 – London, GB – Barbican Centre
Monday 18 – Manchester, UK – The Ritz
Tuesday 19 – Glasgow, GB – O2 ABC Glasgow
Wednesday 20 – Dublin, EI – Vicar Street
Thursday 21 – Manchester, UK – The Ritz
Friday 22 – Glasgow, GB – O2 ABC Glasgow
Saturday 23 – Dublin, EI – Vicar Street
You love Yo La Tengo. You love the new Yo La Tengo album Fade. You love hot chicken. And coincidentally you live in or around Nashville. Well dangit, it’s your lucky day because tomorrow at 1pm CST Yo La Tengo will be stopping in Grimey’s before their show later in the evening at Music City mainstay Mercy Lounge to play a free, all ages instore.
And to add to the fun, Grimey’s will be providing all in attendance (while delicious, piping hot supplies last) with some Prince’s Hot Chicken. So come for the rock, stay for the fowl. Or the other way around. Whichever you prefer. Remember #rocknfowl And be sure to pick up a copy of the absolutely stunning new Yo La Tengo album Fade while you’re in the house.
Oh you don’t live in Nashville? Well lucky you. The band is but a few days into their tour and maybe they’re coming to a town near you.
1/25 Atlanta @ Buckhead Theater
1/27 Birmingham @ Workplay Theater
1/29 Louisville @ Brown Theater
1/31 St Louis @ The Pageant
2/1 Chicago @ Vic Theatre
2/2 Milwaukee @ Tuner Hall
2/4 Minneapolis @ First Avenue
2/5 Madison @ Barrymore Theater
2/7 Cleveland @ Beachland Ballroom
2/8 Ann Arbor @ Michigan Theater
2/9 Toronto @ Phoenix Concert Theater
2/11 Montreal @ Corona Theater
2/12 Burlington @ Higher Ground
2/13 Boston @ Paradise Rock Club
2/15 DC @ 9:30 Club
2/16 NYC @ Town Hall
Fade release week rolls on as Yo La Tengo, fresh from yesterday’s triumphant (and packed) Amoeba in-store in LA, hits the Pacific Northwest in suitably grand style. If you’re savvy enough to own either a radio OR a computer, you can check out an exclusive live set from Georgia, Ira and James on Seattle’s KEXP, after which Ira will be sticking around to guest DJ with host Kevin Cole. It all goes down starting at 6pm EST/3pm PST at 90.3FM and KEXP.org.
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE. If you find yourself in Seattle today, it would behoove you to make your way to the soon-to-shutter Queen Anne location of Easy Street Records, which Yo La Tengo will be sending off with the store’s final in- store performance ever at 7pm. This is sure to be a rip-roaring farewell so don’t be the one to have to tell your grandkids you missed it because I promise they will never forgive you.
above : Yo La Tengo performing “Ohm”, from the new album ‘Fade’ on last night’s telecast of NBC’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”. Additional percussion courtesy Kid Millions and Fred Armisen.
below : Yo La Tengo performing “I’ll Be Around’ from ‘Fade’. Not aired on “Fallon” but happily stolen from their website just the same.
Just an(other) reminder that today marks the release date for ‘Fade’, the first new Yo La Tengo album in 3 1/2 years. Calling Georgia, Ira and James one of the most important bands in Matador’s history is, to tell the the truth, selling them very short. That they’ve made some of the most amazing albums of our lifetimes is pretty well established, but ‘Fade’ suggests the trio have scaled new heights in their power to surprise. That virtually every important media outlet from Pitchfork to Mojo to Stereogum to The Guardian seems to echo these sentiments speaks volumes about how music critics are amongst society’s most underpaid and underappreciated cultural missionaries.
If you can’t find a record shop in your neighborhood, the deluxe (shown above) or standard LP editions are available at the Matador Store, as are the CD (shown below) and digital versions. Yo La Tengo will be on NBC’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” tonight at 12:30am eastern, and their West Coast tour of record shops starts Wednesday in Long Beach, CA.
Barnes & Noble’s Upstairs at the Square event series pairs writers with musicians for an evening of words and music at B&N’s flagship store in Manhattan’s Union Square. On Monday, January 14, Upstairs At The Square will feature a performance by Yo La Tengo on the eve of ‘Fade”s release, along with a reading by “Stone Arabia” author Dana Spiotta. Admission is free, but you’ll wanna get there early to avoid the crushing disappoint that comes from being told “this is not a lending library” “sorry, we’re full.”
(order ‘Fade’ on deluxe or standard LP editions, CD or digital album from The Matador Store)
Watchers of this space most likely already know that Yo La Tengo’s new album, Fade, is out in just a few short days (and is available for pre-order here). What you may not know is that TODAY, January 11, as part of WXPN’s aptly-named Free At Noon concert series, Georgia, Ira & James will be taking the stage to perform for the citizens of Philadelphia at World Cafe Live. Don’t live in Philly? Have to work? You’re in luck, because there is a plethora of ways to hear the show live as it happens on the radio and the internet, to wit:
WXPN Philadelphia (88.5 FM, 88.7 FM in York/Lancaster, Harrisburg at 99.7 FM, in the Lehigh Valley at 104.9 FM)
KUT in Austin, Texas (90.5)
WBFO in Buffalo, NY (88.7 FM)
WITH in Ithaca, NY (90.1 FM)
WRUR in Rochester, NY (88.5 FM)
WKHS Worton/Baltimore, MD (90.5 FM)
Vermont Public Radio
You’re all out of excuses, then. Bat For Lashes opens the show at noon EST, followed by Yo La Tengo right after.
And don’t forget, Yo La Tengo have a huge world tour beginning later in January. All dates, as well as info on their free west coast in-store tour after the jump.
