Topic: Yo-La-Tengo

• Haiti Benefits with Patti Smith, Swell Season, Cold War Kids and Many More

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Jan 18, 1:08pm ET

  City Winery, Brooklyn Bowl, and The Bell House are holding benefit concerts for disaster relief in Haiti. Here is the information:

  At The Bell House on January 27 at 6 pm: 100% of the proceeds will be split between Save The Children and Partners In Health. Appearing: Jimmy Fallon, New York … More

• Pitchfork: Friday Night

  By: Devorah Klein | 2 Comments | Jul 22, 12:25pm ET

  I had the pleasure of going to Chicago last weekend for the Pitchfork Music Festival. Always a good time (this was my 4th year!), this year’s lineup was chock full of great and up and coming bands. For the first year I went to the show Friday night, which was … More

• Dark Was The Night Listening Party

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Feb 3, 5:59pm ET

  Image: Amazon
  If you haven’t heard of it yet, get ready to be really excited. Dark Was The Night is a compilation being put out to benefit the Red Hot Organization–an international charity dedicated to raising money and awareness for HIV and AIDS through popular culture. This album will be 2 … More

• New New Year's Eve Shows

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Dec 3, 1:13pm ET

  Amanda Palmer in Berlin, Germany, October 2008. Image: Newscom
  Aside from all of the previously mentioned New Year’s Eve shows, some late night ones have been added.

  Amanda Palmer & The Danger Ensemble will be playing a 2 a.m. show at the Bowery Ballroom (after Patti Smith). Tickets go on sale Friday … More

• New Year's Eve in New York City

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Nov 20, 11:47am ET

  Want a great way to ring in 2009? There are lots of great things going on in New York, and if music is your bag then you’ll be happy with these choices, all of which are on sale now:
  A Place to Bury Strangers @ Mercury Lounge
  Blonde Redhead @ Terminal 5
  My … More

• Beach House, Kimya Dawson, and More On Sale

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Oct 17, 10:31am ET

  Lots of good stuff on sale or going on sale today at noon:
  Beach House and Tickly Feather on December 9 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
  The Raveononettes on January 16 @ Webster Hall
  Kimya Dawson on December 26 @ Bowery Ballroom
  The Constantines on December 7 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
  Todd Rundgren on … More

• Yo La Tengo Announce Hannukah Shows, New Year's Eve

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Oct 16, 1:36pm ET

   
  Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell’s, Hannukah 2007
  Photo Permission By: Devorah Klein
  This letter came from Yo La Tengo:
   Hey everybody,
  Got a lot on my mind, so pull up a chair.
  First off, let’s make it official. We’re going to play another series of Hanukkah shows this year at Maxwell’s, The dates are December … More

• To Do This Weekend

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Aug 22, 11:19am ET

  Lots going on, as usual…make sure to squeeze something outdoors in before summer is over, especially the final free Pool Party at McCarren with Yo La Tengo!
  Friday:
  Jupiter One, Your Vegas, Band of Thieves @ Bowery Ballroom
  Crystal Stilts, caUSE co-MOTION!, German Measles @ Death By Audio
  Professor Murder, Free Blood, Pink Skull … More

• NY Times Reports on McCarren; Yo La Tengo Playing Last Free Show

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Aug 1, 11:35am ET

   
  The New York Times has an article about the future of McCarren Park Pool…and how it seems like it will be turned back into a pool. Supposedly constructions starts this fall and they hope to open it for summer 2011. So, get your kicks in now. This Sunday’s free show … More

• Free Antlers EP

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Jun 9, 5:55pm ET

  Local Brooklynite The Antlers has released a free EP called New York Hospitals in honor of After the Jump Fest on June 21. There’s a Magnetic Fields cover and a Yo La Tengo cover, plus an original. Get it here: New York Hospitals EP (zip file)
  … More

• ATP Coming to NY

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | May 7, 11:37am ET

  All Tomorrow’s Parties, which has curated amazing festivals for the past eight years, is finally bringing a lineup to New York–and it’s amazing. It’s curated by My Bloody Valentine (who have just announced a full-blown tour) and ATP and takes place Sept. 19-21. The weird thing is that it’s upstate … More

• WFMU Has Some Awesome Friends

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Mar 4, 12:26pm ET

  Public radio station WFMU (91.1 FM in New York) is having their pledge drive right now and boy do they have some great ways to raise money.
  Tonight, Ted Leo, Ben Gibbard, and comedian Patton Oswalt will be on The Best Show Ever from 8 pm to 11 pm. Ted Leo … More

• Best NYC Shows of 2007

  By: Devorah Klein | 3 Comments | Dec 20, 2:52pm ET

  Okay, I know I just did a list yesterday…but things are slow here around the holidays and lists are all the rage at the end of the year…So, I present my 2007 Top 15 Best Shows in New York (that I saw…which obviously makes this a very biased list:)
  Honorable Mention … More

• Yo La Tengo Played Eighth and Final Hannukah Show

  By: Devorah Klein | 1 Comment | Dec 12, 3:38pm ET

  Yo La Tengo have a tradition of playing eight shows at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ–their hometown–on the eight nights of Hannukah every year. The shows usually feature special guests and great openers and this year’s shows were no different. Openers included the dBs and the New Pornographers and special … More