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 With
its 10th
album, "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out," Yo
La Tengo has adopted a new style and drawn fresh critical praise.
Perhaps the reviewers were just looking out for one of their own--guitarist
Ira Kaplan was a rock journo himself--but if Yo
La Tengo has been elevated by a critical conspiracy, it reaches
to the highest levels of the trade: the band's 1997 effort, "I Can
Hear the Heart Beating as One," was lauded by Spin,
Rolling Stone and others
as one of that decade's best discs.
Touring with extra guitar-slingers
Mac McCaughan
of Superchunk and David Kilgour of
New Zealand's The Clean,
the band--which consists of Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew--has
been exploring quieter, moodier material about Kaplan and Hubley's
marriage, and growing
up in the seventies. Is it worth the fanfare and all that jazz?
You'll have
to decide that for yourself.
Frank
Sennett
Newcity.com
affiliates tune into Yo La Tengo:
 SAME
AS IT NEVER WAS
Yo La Tengo just wants to make one incredible
record at a time
SLOW LA TENGO
The churning rock of Yo La Tengo comes down a notch or two
FIVE TIMES TWO
Lois and Yo La Tengo play a game of tag-team interview
ALTAR BUOYED
Yo La Tengo's take on marriage is a near-perfect union of moody, atmospheric,
textured and ethereal rock
QUIETER REFLECTIONS
On "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out," Yo La Tengo does away with
the chaotic guitars, favoring its quieter side
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