I like noise. I’ve always been a sucker for well-crafted distortion, feedback and fuzz pedals. It’s best in a live setting, where the noise surrounds you. It’s a fantastic sensory assault when you’re pulled deep inside to where the melody is nestled, something like the eye of a hurricane.

Yo La Tengo is a husband and wife outfit that formed back in 1984 in Hoboken, New Jersey. They’re not young, not stylish, but they are consistent, and very highly regarded. Their sound ranges from the extremely quiet and atmospheric, to 60s-esque indie pop, to the droning distortion-laced tracks reminiscent of the Velvet Underground. They seemed to hit their stride with 1997′s best-selling I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One- but 10 years later, I think they’ve managed to hone they’re craft even more. They seemed to have taken everything that they were renowned for, focused it, and made it even better and on their latest release I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass.

I think I will share with you the 2 opening tracks:

Pass The Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind

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Beanbag Chair

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