Share |  Eugene Weekly : Music : 2.17.11   Deconstructing Pop
Yo La Tengo is genius + love  by Vanessa Salvia  Break-up songs
with gorgeous atmospherics. Breezy, wistful pop songs played
alongside waves of distortion. Plucky piano and drifts of
dreamlike noise. Dusky harmonies. Welcome to Yo La Tengo, the
quintessential indie rock band that, somewhat quietly, has been
making music for the past 25 years, with more talent between the
members than any three people have a right to.  The home ground
of Yo La Tengo ã Hoboken, New Jersey ã inspired husband-and-wife
duo Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals) and Georgia Hubley
(drums, piano, vocals), who found each other in the early 80s
through a mutual love of record stores and the New York Mets.
After some initial shake-ups with personnel, bassist and
vocalist James McNew (hes from Brooklyn) joined 19 years ago.
Popular Songs, their 12th album, came out in 2009, and plays
like a mix tape that your cool older cousin would make, full of
songs that take familiar sounds