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Yo La Tengo is an American
United States

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 indie rock
Indie rock

Indie rock is alternative rock that most notably exists in the Independent music underground music scene. It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels....
 band based in Hoboken
Hoboken, New Jersey

Hoboken is a City in Hudson County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city's population was 38,577....
, New Jersey
New Jersey

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. With more than 15 albums released since their formation in 1984, they have demonstrated unusual longevity for the indie-rock scene. They are frequently regarded as one of the definitive indie rock
Indie rock

Indie rock is alternative rock that most notably exists in the Independent music underground music scene. It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels....
 groups of the 1990s. Though Yo La Tengo has achieved limited mainstream success, the band has become a critical favorite with a devoted fan base.

band's name comes from a baseball
Baseball

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 anecdote.






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Yo La Tengo is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 indie rock
Indie rock

Indie rock is alternative rock that most notably exists in the Independent music underground music scene. It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels....
 band based in Hoboken
Hoboken, New Jersey

Hoboken is a City in Hudson County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city's population was 38,577....
, New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
. With more than 15 albums released since their formation in 1984, they have demonstrated unusual longevity for the indie-rock scene. They are frequently regarded as one of the definitive indie rock
Indie rock

Indie rock is alternative rock that most notably exists in the Independent music underground music scene. It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels....
 groups of the 1990s. Though Yo La Tengo has achieved limited mainstream success, the band has become a critical favorite with a devoted fan base.

Etymology

Ira Kaplan 20050704
The band's name comes from a baseball
Baseball

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 anecdote. During the 1962 season, New York Mets
New York Mets

The New York Mets are a professional baseball based in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York. The Mets are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
 center fielder Richie Ashburn
Richie Ashburn

Don Richard "Richie" Ashburn , also known by the nickname "Whitey" due to his light-blond hair, was an United States center fielder in Major League Baseball....
 and Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
n shortstop
Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball positions between second base and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the ball slightly, so more balls go to the sho...
 Elio Chacón
Elio Chacón

Elio Chac?n Rodr?guez was a Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop who played in the National League from 1960 to 1964. He was the seventh baseball player from Venezuela to play in the majors....
 found themselves colliding in the outfield. When Ashburn went for a catch, he would scream, "I got it! I got it!" only to run into the 160-pound Chacón, who spoke only Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
. Ashburn learned to yell, "¡Yo la tengo! ¡Yo la tengo!" which is "I have it" in Spanish. In a later game, Ashburn happily saw Chacón backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was instead run over by 200-pound (90.7 kilograms) left fielder Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas (NL baseball player)

Frank Joseph Thomas is a former left fielder and first baseman and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Cincinnati Reds , Chicago Cubs , Milwaukee Braves , New York Mets , Philadelphia Phillies , and the Houston Astros ....
, who understood no Spanish and had missed a team meeting that proposed using the words "¡Yo la tengo! as a way to avoid outfield collisions. After getting up, Thomas asked Ashburn, "What the heck is a Yellow Tango?".

The band wanted a name that sounded foreign in order to avoid any connotations in English. Kaplan is also a devoted baseball fan. However, it still irks the band when they are asked the origin of the name. The band once performed a cover of the Mets theme song "Meet the Mets
Meet the Mets

"Meet the Mets" is the fight song of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.The song first appeared in 1962 in baseball, heralding the return of National League baseball to New York City....
" during a benefit appearance on radio station WFMU
WFMU

WFMU is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station based in Jersey City, New Jersey, broadcasting at 91.1 MHz FM using a freeform radio format....
's pledge drive. A track on I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass is the eleventh full-length album by Hoboken, New Jersey-based indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released on September 12, 2006....
 is called "The Story of Yo La Tango" in apparent reference to an all-too-frequent misspelling of the band's name.

History

Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, a husband/wife duo, formed the band in 1984. They went through several other band members before stabilizing with lead guitarist Dave Schramm and bass player Mike Lewis (founding bass player of Boston garage-punk mainstays DMZ
DMZ (band)

DMZ was a first-wave punk rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, strongly influenced by 1960s garage rock. In early 1976, Jeff Conolly stole the lead vocalist position in the nascent band by out-performing their singer at one of the band's practices....
 and Lyres
Lyres (band)

Lyres are a Boston-area alternative rock musical group led by Jeff "Monoman" Conolly. Lyres were founded in 1979 following the breakup of DMZ ....
, and a member of Brooklyn garage band The A-Bones
The A-Bones

The A-Bones is a garage rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The band was formed in 1984 by Billy Miller and Miriam Linna, who had previously been the editors of Kicks, a pop culture journal, and the founders of Norton Records....
 throughout his tenure in Yo La Tengo) for their debut recording, "The River of Water". In 1986, their first LP Ride the Tiger
Ride the Tiger (album)

Ride The Tiger, released in 1986 , was the debut album of the Hoboken, New Jersey-based alternative rock band Yo La Tengo. The song "Big Sky" is a cover of The Kinks song from their album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society....
 was released.

Schramm and Lewis left the band, and Stephan Wichnewski joined, with Kaplan taking on the role of lead guitar. New Wave Hot Dogs
New Wave Hot Dogs

New Wave Hot Dogs is the second album released, in 1987, by indie rock band Yo La Tengo....
 (1987) did much to establish the band's reputation among rock critics, though it sold poorly. President Yo La Tengo
President Yo La Tengo

President Yo La Tengo was the third album of the Hoboken, New Jersey-based alternative rock band Yo La Tengo. It was later re-released by Matador Records along with New Wave Hot Dogs and the "Asparagus Song" single on one record in 1996....
 (1989) continued this trend, with rave reviews yet poor sales. Wichnewski left the band after this.

1990 saw the release of Fakebook
Fakebook (album)

Fakebook is the fourth official, full-length album released, in 1990 in music, by indie rock band Yo La Tengo. Comprised of eleven cover songs as well as five originals, this album is regarded as departure from their previous albums due to it containing mostly folk songs....
, an album of mostly acoustic
Acoustic music

Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses musical instrument s which produce sound through entirely Musical acoustics means, as opposed to electronic means....
 tunes, including covers
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 from Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam , best known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a Great Britain musician of Greek Cypriot and Sweden ancestry. He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist and prominent Religious conversion to Islam....
, Gene Clark
Gene Clark

Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an United States singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....
, The Kinks
The Kinks

The Kinks are an England rock music group formed in 1963, and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band. The Kinks have been cited as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time....
, Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston

Daniel Dale Johnston is an United States singer, songwriter, musician, and artist. Johnston was the subject of the 2006 Documentary film The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He currently lives in Waller, Texas....
, among others, and several songs by Yo La Tengo themselves. May I Sing with Me (1992
1992 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992....
) included new bassist James McNew
James McNew

James McNew has been the bass guitar player for the rock band Yo La Tengo since their 1992 album May I Sing With Me.He was previously a member of Christmas on their third album Vortex....
 (of Christmas and Dump
Dump (band)

Dump is a vehicle for releasing the four-track home recordings of Yo La Tengo bassist James McNew. His recordings occasionally feature guest performers such as Sue Garner and Fontaine Toups....
), who has stayed with the band ever since. Painful
Painful (album)

Painful is the sixth studio album released in 1993 in music by indie rock band Yo La Tengo....
 (1993), Electr-O-Pura
Electr-O-Pura

Electr-O-Pura is the seventh album by Hoboken, New Jersey indie rock group Yo La Tengo, released in 1995. The back of the CD case gives intentionally wrong running times leading many to think the running time is around 45 minutes....
 (1995) and I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is an album by Yo La Tengo. It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and mixed in New York City. The album was released on Matador Records in 1997 and a Deluxe Edition featuring 9 additional songs was released in 2002....
 (1997) marked a steady progression towards a sprawling, multi-faceted style, which included such disparate elements as folk, punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
, shoegazing
Shoegazing

Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted until the mid 1990s with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991....
, long instrumental noise-jams and electronica
Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing....
 oriented songs. Painful
Painful (album)

Painful is the sixth studio album released in 1993 in music by indie rock band Yo La Tengo....
 was also the beginning of the band's fruitful creative relationship with producer Roger Moutenot, who has produced every subsequent Yo La Tengo album release. During these years their cult grew and, thanks to almost constant touring and unrelenting critical praise, they became one of the most prominent American indie rock
Indie rock

Indie rock is alternative rock that most notably exists in the Independent music underground music scene. It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels....
 bands. They released And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-out is a 2000 album by Yo La Tengo, an indie rock music group from Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S....
 in 2000 and Summer Sun
Summer Sun

Summer Sun is a 2003 in music album by Hoboken, New Jersey rockers Yo La Tengo....
 in 2003.

The band is renowned for its encyclopedic repertoire of cover songs, and every year plays live on the New Jersey freeform radio station, WFMU
WFMU

WFMU is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station based in Jersey City, New Jersey, broadcasting at 91.1 MHz FM using a freeform radio format....
, as part of the station's annual fundraising marathon, performing (with guitarist Bruce Bennett of Norton Records
Norton Records

Norton Records, a New York City based independent record label founded by musicians Miriam Linna and Billy Miller, maintains a focus on primitive, retro rock'n'roll, rockabilly, garage punk, garage rock, lounge music and R&B....
 The A-Bones
The A-Bones

The A-Bones is a garage rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The band was formed in 1984 by Billy Miller and Miriam Linna, who had previously been the editors of Kicks, a pop culture journal, and the founders of Norton Records....
, and occasional additional guests like Hamish Kilgour of New Zealand's The Clean
The Clean

The Clean were an influential first-wave Punk rock band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978. Led through a number of early rotating line-ups by brothers Hamish Kilgour and David Kilgour , the band settled down to the well-known line-up with bassist Robert Scott ....
 and Pacific Northwest folk-punk chanteuse Lois Maffeo
Lois Maffeo

Lois Maffeo is an American musician and writer who lives in Olympia, Washington, Washington. Although never achieving mainstream success, she has been closely involved with and influenced many Seattle-based musicians....
) impromptu cover-song requests from listeners who call in to pledge money to the station. In 2006 the band released an album compiling performances from the marathons between 1996 and 2003 titled Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics
Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics

Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics is a compilation album by the band Yo La Tengo, released in 2006.Yo La Tengo supported the fundraising efforts of New Jersey's world-renowned independent radio outlet WFMU with annual studio visits....
. Yo La Tengo also did a version of the Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
 end credits theme for the episode "D'oh-in in the Wind
D'oh-in in the Wind

"D'oh-in In the Wind" is the sixth episode from the List of The Simpsons episodes#Season 10 of The Simpsons....
".

In 1996, Yo La Tengo appeared briefly (along with their friend Tara Key of the band Antietam) as the Velvet Underground in the film I Shot Andy Warhol
I Shot Andy Warhol

I Shot Andy Warhol is a 1996 in film independent film about the life of Valerie Solanas and her relationship with Andy Warhol. The movie marked the debut of Canadian director Mary Harron....
. In 2001, they recorded an instrumental soundtrack for eight short undersea documentaries of Jean Painlevé
Jean Painlevé

Jean Painlev? , son of mathematician and twice prime-minister of France, Paul Painlev?, was a film director, actor, translator, animator, critic and theorist....
, entitled The Sounds of the Sounds of Science
The Sounds of the Sounds of Science

The Sounds of the Sounds of Science is a Film score written by Yo La Tengo for filmmaker Jean Painlev?. It contains 78 minutes of instrumental music to accompany his eight short documentary-style films shot underwater....
. Yo La Tengo also provided the soundtracks for the films Junebug, Game 6
Game 6 (film)

Game 6 is a film directed by Michael Hoffman , first presented at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and released in the United States in 2006....
, Shortbus
Shortbus

Shortbus is a 2006 in film Cinema of the United States comedy-drama written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, writer/director/star of the play and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch....
, as well as Kelly Reichardt's award-winning 2006 feature film Old Joy
Old Joy (film)

Old Joy is a 2006 road movie. It is based on a short story by Jonathan Raymond.The original soundtrack for the film was provided by Yo La Tengo....
. Three songs from May I Sing With Me ("Always Something", "Sleeping Pill" and "Some Kinda Fatigue") were featured on the soundtrack to American indie filmmaker
Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several major film studios which controlled the production, distribution, and exhibition of films in the United States from the early 1920s through 1950s....
 Hal Hartley
Hal Hartley

Hal Hartley is an United States film director, writer, and pioneer of the independent film movement, who was educated at the State University of New York at Purchase....
's 1992 movie Simple Men
Simple Men

Simple Men is a 1992 in film written and directed by Hal Hartley, starring Robert John Burke, Bill Sage, Karen Sillas and Martin Donovan. It was the debut film of actress Holly Marie Combs in a supporting role....
. Their song "Tears Are In Your Eyes" was also in the "Family"
Family (Buffy episode)

"Family" is the sixth episode of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer ....
 episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The track 'Autumn Sweater' off I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is an album by Yo La Tengo. It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and mixed in New York City. The album was released on Matador Records in 1997 and a Deluxe Edition featuring 9 additional songs was released in 2002....
 was in an episode of the third season of 24
24 (TV series)

24 is an United States serial action drama television series. Broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes ....
.

The group collaborated with Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono

, born in Tokyo on February 18, 1933, is a Japanese people artist and musician. She is known for her work as an avant-garde artist and musician, and her marriage and works with musician John Lennon....
 as well on the 2003 album Wig in a Box
Wig in a Box

Wig in a Box is a charity tribute album featuring versions of songs from the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch . It was released in 2003 through Off Records, and proceeds benefited the Hetrick-Martin Institute, which is the home of the Harvey Milk High School, a New York City public school for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and e...
, Songs From and Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a rock musical about a fictional rock and roll band fronted by an East German transgender singer. The text is by John Cameron Mitchell, and the music and lyrics are by Stephen Trask....
, made as a charity album to support the Harvey Milk High School
Harvey Milk High School

Harvey Milk High School is a secondary education in in the East Village, Manhattan of New York City designed to be a safe space for students regardless of sexual orientation....
.

March 2005 saw the group release a 2-disc greatest hits package, entitled Prisoners of Love. A bonus edition included a 3rd disc of rarities and unreleased tracks.

The album I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass is the eleventh full-length album by Hoboken, New Jersey-based indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released on September 12, 2006....
 followed in September 2006.

In 2007, Yo La Tengo's covers of the Bob Dylan songs "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Fourth Time Around" were released on the soundtrack album for I'm Not There
I'm Not There

I'm Not There is a 2007 biography film directed by Todd Haynes, inspired by pop icon United States of America singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Six actors depict different facets of Dylan's life and public persona; they are: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw....
.

In March 2008, Yo La Tengo performed at Magnetic Fields under the name Condo Fucks. As Condo Fucks, they are releasing an album Fuckbook with Matador in 2009.

Discography


Studio albums

  • Ride the Tiger
    Ride the Tiger (album)

    Ride The Tiger, released in 1986 , was the debut album of the Hoboken, New Jersey-based alternative rock band Yo La Tengo. The song "Big Sky" is a cover of The Kinks song from their album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society....
     (Coyote, 1986)
  • New Wave Hot Dogs
    New Wave Hot Dogs

    New Wave Hot Dogs is the second album released, in 1987, by indie rock band Yo La Tengo....
     (Coyote/Twintone, 1987)
  • President Yo La Tengo
    President Yo La Tengo

    President Yo La Tengo was the third album of the Hoboken, New Jersey-based alternative rock band Yo La Tengo. It was later re-released by Matador Records along with New Wave Hot Dogs and the "Asparagus Song" single on one record in 1996....
     (Coyote, 1989)
  • Fakebook
    Fakebook (album)

    Fakebook is the fourth official, full-length album released, in 1990 in music, by indie rock band Yo La Tengo. Comprised of eleven cover songs as well as five originals, this album is regarded as departure from their previous albums due to it containing mostly folk songs....
     (Bar/None Records
    Bar/None Records

    Bar/None Records is an independent record label based out of Hoboken, New Jersey....
    , 1990)
  • May I Sing with Me (Alias Records, 1992)
  • Painful
    Painful (album)

    Painful is the sixth studio album released in 1993 in music by indie rock band Yo La Tengo....
     (Matador, 1993)
  • Electr-O-Pura
    Electr-O-Pura

    Electr-O-Pura is the seventh album by Hoboken, New Jersey indie rock group Yo La Tengo, released in 1995. The back of the CD case gives intentionally wrong running times leading many to think the running time is around 45 minutes....
     (Matador, 1995)
  • I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
    I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

    I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is an album by Yo La Tengo. It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and mixed in New York City. The album was released on Matador Records in 1997 and a Deluxe Edition featuring 9 additional songs was released in 2002....
     (Matador, 1997)
  • And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
    And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out

    And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-out is a 2000 album by Yo La Tengo, an indie rock music group from Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S....
     (Matador, 2000); US #138
  • Summer Sun
    Summer Sun

    Summer Sun is a 2003 in music album by Hoboken, New Jersey rockers Yo La Tengo....
     (Matador, 2003); US #115
  • I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
    I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

    I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass is the eleventh full-length album by Hoboken, New Jersey-based indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released on September 12, 2006....
     (Matador, 2006); US #66
  • Fuckbook (to be released under the name Condo Fucks (Matador, 2009)


Compilations and other albums

  • Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo
    Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo

    Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo is a 2-disc compilation album by Yo La Tengo, consisting of rarities, alternate versions, and out-takes, spanning 1988 to 1995....
     (outtakes and rarities compilation) (Matador, 1996)
  • Strange But True
    Strange But True

    Strange But True is a collaborative album between the band Yo La Tengo and Jad Fair. It was released by Matador Records in 1998. Song titles on the album are taken from outrageous newspaper headlines....
     (with Jad Fair
    Jad Fair

    Jad Fair is the singer and guitarist of lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese. He also performs and records as a solo artist, as well as collaborating with such artists as Terry Adams, Norman Blake , Kevin Blechdom, Isobel Campbell, Eugene Chadbourne, DQE, Steve Fisk, Fred Frith, God Is My Co-Pilot, Richard Hell, Daniel Johnston, J....
    ) (Matador, 1998)
  • The Sounds of the Sounds of Science
    The Sounds of the Sounds of Science

    The Sounds of the Sounds of Science is a Film score written by Yo La Tengo for filmmaker Jean Painlev?. It contains 78 minutes of instrumental music to accompany his eight short documentary-style films shot underwater....
     (Egon, 2002)
  • Wig in a Box
    Wig in a Box

    Wig in a Box is a charity tribute album featuring versions of songs from the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch . It was released in 2003 through Off Records, and proceeds benefited the Hetrick-Martin Institute, which is the home of the Harvey Milk High School, a New York City public school for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and e...
     (2003) - charity tribute album featuring versions of songs from the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch
    Hedwig and the Angry Inch

    Hedwig and the Angry Inch may refer to:* Hedwig and the Angry Inch * Hedwig and the Angry Inch * Hedwig and the Angry Inch ...
  • Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985-2003
    Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985-2003

    Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985-2003 is a best-of compilation album of songs by the band Yo La Tengo....
     (Best of compilation) (Matador, 2004)
  • V.O.T.E. (Yep Roc Records, 2004) - Chris Stamey w/Yo La Tengo
  • Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics
    Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics

    Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics is a compilation album by the band Yo La Tengo, released in 2006.Yo La Tengo supported the fundraising efforts of New Jersey's world-renowned independent radio outlet WFMU with annual studio visits....
     (Egon, 2006) - a compilation of cover songs recorded during the last eight annual WFMU
    WFMU

    WFMU is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station based in Jersey City, New Jersey, broadcasting at 91.1 MHz FM using a freeform radio format....
     telethons
  • They Shoot, We Score
    They Shoot, We Score

    They Shoot, We Score is a compilation soundtrack album by the band Yo La Tengo, released on 12 September 2008.It contains tracks from the films Old Joy , Junebug , Game 6 and Shortbus ....
     (Egon, 2008) - a collection of soundtrack work from four films: Old Joy (2006), Junebug (2005), Game 6
    Game 6 (film)

    Game 6 is a film directed by Michael Hoffman , first presented at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and released in the United States in 2006....
     (2005) and Shortbus
    Shortbus

    Shortbus is a 2006 in film Cinema of the United States comedy-drama written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, writer/director/star of the play and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch....
     (2006)


Singles and EPs

  • The River of Water/A House Is Not A Motel (Egon Records, 1985)
  • The Asparagus Song/For the Turnstiles (Coyote Records, 1987)
  • Speeding Motorcycle (1990)
  • That Is Yo La Tengo (City Slang, 1991)
  • Upside Down (Alias, 1992)
  • Shaker (Matador, 1993)
  • From A Motel 6 (Matador, 1994)
  • Tom Courtenay (Matador, 1995)
  • Camp Yo La Tengo (Matador, 1995)
  • Autumn Sweater (Matador, 1997)
  • Blue-Green Arrow (Earworm, 1997)
  • Little Honda
    Little Honda

    "Little Honda" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the united states pop music band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1964 album All Summer Long....
     (Matador, 1997)
  • Rocket #9 (Planet, 1997)
  • Sugarcube (Matador, 1997)
  • You Can Have It All (Matador, 1999)
  • Some Other Dimensions in Yo La Tengo (Collaboration with Other Dimensions in Music - Egon Records, 1999)
  • Saturday (Matador, 2000)
  • Danelectro
    Danelectro

    Danelectro is a manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories, specializing in rock instruments such as guitars, bass guitars, instrument amplifiers and effects units....
     (Matador, 2000)
  • Nuclear War (Matador, 2002)
  • Merry Christmas From Yo La Tengo (Egon, 2002)
  • Today Is the Day
    Today Is the Day (EP)

    Today Is the Day is an EP by Yo La Tengo, released in 2003 on Matador Records. The title track is rock version of a song from the album Summer Sun....
     (Matador, 2003)
  • Mr. Tough (Matador, 2006)


Matador Records reissued New Wave Hot Dogs, President Yo La Tengo and The Asparagus Song on a single CD in 1996.

DVDs

In 2007, the British Film Institute
British Film Institute

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 released a two DVD set of Jean Painlevé films, "Science is Fiction/The Sounds of Science". The disc "The Sounds of Science" contains Yo La Tengo's performance of The Sounds of Science, eight of Painleve's films with original scores written by the band.

TV appearances

  • Beautiful Noise
    Beautiful Noise (TV series)

    Beautiful Noise is an High-definition television television music performance series produced in Canada by Original Spin Media. The series premiered on Rave HD in the United States in the summer of 2006....


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