Yo La Tengo
Indie Rock/Pop

Yo La Tengo

Formed 1984
Members 3
Albums 1
Total Listeners 75K
Biography

About Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, vocals), and James McNew (bass, vocals). Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential critics' band" and maintain a strong cult following. Additionally, the band is renowned for its encyclopedic repertoire of cover songs both in live performance and on record.

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Album (19)

  • 2023This Stupid World
  • 2020We Have Amnesia Sometimes
  • 2018There’s a Riot Going On
  • 2015Parallelogram
  • 2015Stuff Like That There
  • 2013Fade
  • 2009Popular Songs
  • 2006I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
  • 2005V.O.T.E.
  • 2003Summer Sun
  • 2000And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside‐Out
  • 1998Strange but True
  • 1997I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
  • 1995Electr‐O‐Pura
  • 1993Painful
  • 1992May I Sing With Me
  • 1990Fakebook
  • 1987New Wave Hot Dogs
  • 1986Ride the Tiger

Album (Live) (1)

  • 2006Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics

Album (Compilation) (5)

  • 2008They Shoot, We Score
  • 2005Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985–2003
  • 2000Mishmoshi-Moshi
  • 1996Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo
  • 1993President Yo La Tengo / New Wave Hot Dogs