Yo La Tengo

Neutral Milk Hotel Members Will Get Wacky for Elephant 6 Show

In Print: the Forward Leanings of Baths, Eskmo, and oOoOO, Plus the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise

Baths' Will Wiesenfeld​From SF Weekly's latest print music section:You're Okay, Computer: Consider Baths, the stage name of 21-year-old bedroom producer Will Wiesenfeld, who uses a laptop and various other tools to make beat music, with vocals, that is melancholic and complex and beautiful. A sudd ... More >>

Noise Pop: Yo La Tengo Set Phasers To 'Nice' at the Fox

Christopher VictorioYo La Tengo and the Wheel of Destiny at the Fox last night.​Yo La TengoThe UrinalsFebruary 22, 2011@ The FoxBetter than: Paying $25 to see Pat Sajak do whatever it is he would do at the Fox. When, from time to time, I found myself wondering offhand what it was like at the Odd ... More >>

KUSF DJs Briefly Return to the Airwaves Today at Noon

Chris StevensThe crowd at a gathering to protest the sale of KUSF in January.​For three hours today, thanks to Amoeba Music in S.F. and and college radio stations around the country, KUSF DJs will be rocking the airwaves like Jan. 18 never happened.Starting at noon, well-known KUSF DJs like Irwin, ... More >>

Sic Alps: Show Preview

Chris StevensThe crowd at a gathering to protest the sale of KUSF in January.​For three hours today, thanks to Amoeba Music in S.F. and and college radio stations around the country, KUSF DJs will be rocking the airwaves like Jan. 18 never happened.Starting at noon, well-known KUSF DJs like Irwin, ... More >>

Nothing Else Matters: Noise Pop 2011 Lineup Includes How To Dress Well

Noise Pop has revealed the first wave of its festival lineup for 2011, not only coming out of the gate with Yo La Tengo, Ted Leo, Dan Deacon, Wavves, and Best Coast, but also playing a part in bringing the the lo-fi, R&B-minded How To Dress Well out to San Francisco for his first local appearanc ... More >>

Grab A Bat-Ass Beat Tape From SF Producer Edison at 900Bats

What's new in the Bat Area -- excuse me, the Bay Area -- right now? Enclosed find some new sounds for the weekend courtesy of Frisco beatsmith Edison, who peddles grimy skip-hop jams made from a monome done up like a lunchbox. Here he/it is in action: Not that Edison needs any particular reason t ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Band of Horses at The Independent

​Band of Horses @ The Independent May 29, 2010 Better than: A warm night in San Francisco. Ben Bridwell has made it clear he is a man of few words. After "hello" and "thank you" the Band of Horses frontman passed up any further opportunity for small talk Saturday night, and instead, powered r ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Yo La Tengo and Sic Alps at the Fillmore

Yo La Tengo, Sic Alps April 24, 2010 The Fillmore Better than: Art rock is supposed to be. "All I can say is that I hope you all get an opportunity to play this place," Ira Kaplan gushed at one point Saturday, acknowledging the tour-de-force conclusion to Yo La Tengo's three-night stint at the Fil ... More >>

Monday Morning Hangover: An Embarrassment of Riches

As the Summer(ish) months start rolling in, it seems the possibilities for weekend distractions multiply exponentially. This past weekend offered an embarrassment of riches: comedy, music, art and bawdiness abounded. Gretchen Robinette​Yo La Tengo and the Sic Alps played the Fillmore Saturday and ... More >>

Openers: Three Opening Act You Don't Want to Miss This Week

Best Coast​Coachella tour mayhem may be in the past, but we're set for another busy week of spring shows here in the city -- opening bands included. A few best bets are below:Wednesday: Best Coast The guitar pop of Best Coast sounds like its been blasted through the smog of a Los Angeles afterno ... More >>

Sic Alps News: Free Beach Show and New Video (for Quasi)

Sic Alps​Sic Alps have been busy dudes these days. When they're not opening for Pavement in London and Yo La Tengo here, they're touring Europe for a good chunk of the next two months. So if the weather cooperates on Easter Sunday, you'd be smart to head down to the dunes at the end of Lincoln (at ... More >>

Big Sur's Big Spring Show Lineup: Yo La Tengo, The xx, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Shannon CottrellThe xx​The best thing about the weather getting better? It means it's almost time to hit Highway 1 for those amazing lawn shows down in Big Sur. The Henry Miller Library is, hands down, my favorite venue in Northern California (next to its neighbor up the road, the Fernwood). It's ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: Real Estate

​I've been taking a lot of road trips this fall--drives out to the ocean, up to the Russian River, basically taking advantage of the sun while we have it and my car while it still has all four wheels. The one constant with all these local treks is having the right soundtrack. And recently that's m ... More >>

Treasure Island: Indie-rock elders move forward

​I've been taking a lot of road trips this fall--drives out to the ocean, up to the Russian River, basically taking advantage of the sun while we have it and my car while it still has all four wheels. The one constant with all these local treks is having the right soundtrack. And recently that's m ... More >>

Track of the Day: Yo La Tengo

Steve Gullick​Yo La Tengo is one of those bands that fell into a deep slump for a number of years. After sparking the indie rock imagination early on, they released a number of predictable, zzzz-inducing records that made few waves and broke little new ground. I say all this as a set up to their n ... More >>

Deerhunter

Microcastle (Kranky)

Fools and Urinals

Microcastle (Kranky)

Hot Chip’s lyric sheet reveals its cultural obsessions

Microcastle (Kranky)

Enon

Grass Geysers ... Carbon Clouds (Touch & Go)

Blood on the Wall

Liferz (The Social Registry)

Sketchfest stokes the musician-comedian love affair

Liferz (The Social Registry)

Hear This

Daniel Johnston brings DIY pop bliss to an imperfect world

Hear This

Alejandro Escovedo offers San Francisco keen narrative detail

Bishop Allen provokes appreciation from indie film and indie music fans alike

Alejandro Escovedo offers San Francisco keen narrative detail

Cyann & Ben

Sweet Beliefs (Ever)

Sonic Youth

The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities (Geffen)

Indie Rock

Ay, no mi tengo

Get Outta Here

Two big fests to get you off your ass and outta town

The Hanukkah Songs

Wherein we find the coining of our new favorite word: "Jew-pergroup"

Yo La Tengo

Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1984-2003

Für Alles

Cinema from the fatherland

Prick

Don't hate me because I'm corporate

A Hard Day's Night

Musicians, Teddy bears, and drive-ins: our eclectic local movie scene

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Answers

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Answers

Oh, Inverted World

A handful of sleepers to wake up the neighbors

Hear This

Loretta Lynch gives traditional bluegrass a good goosing

Bring the piNoise

Nine festival favorites

Here's to shutting up

Superchunk has a score to settle

Call the Zookeepers

The elephant known as Noise Pop has wandered into the living room

Sex and the single sea dweller

The elephant known as Noise Pop has wandered into the living room

Various Artists

Gimme Indie Rock
(K-Tel International)

Pillow Talk

As the members of Yo La Tengo have grown up, they've also grown inward

Jad Fair Drives Women Wild

As the members of Yo La Tengo have grown up, they've also grown inward

Unextended Play

Putting the compact back in compact disc

Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

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What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Samples

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

Samples

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997