Subject:

Ira Kaplan

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    June 20, 2011

    Review: Yo La Tengo at 2011 Westword Music Showcase, 6/18/11

    ​YO LA TENGO at #WMS11 | 06.18.11"After two or three songs, Ira Kaplan said there were notes all over the stage saying not to use profanity and that if that were the case, they had nothing left to play."

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    June 19, 2011

    Best one yet! 2011 edition of Westword Music Showcase attracts over 13,000 fans this year

    Photo by Aaron Thackeray​ Man, what a day we had yesterday at the seventeenth annual Westword Music Showcase! The music was exceptional, the weather was beyond agreeable and everywhere you looked in every direction it was a sea of smiling faces. With over 13,000 people in attendance this year ... More >>

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    June 9, 2011

    Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan: "It's much easier to play for strangers"

    Photo by Aaron Thackeray​ Man, what a day we had yesterday at the seventeenth annual Westword Music Showcase! The music was exceptional, the weather was beyond agreeable and everywhere you looked in every direction it was a sea of smiling faces. With over 13,000 people in attendance this year ... More >>

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    May 12, 2011

    Top ten "oldster" bands still putting out great records

    ​At risk of alienating and outraging vast swaths of music fans, there's really no polite way of referring to bands with a career spanning fifteen years plus as a whole. So here are ten "oldster" bands -- written by a self-proclaimed oldster -- to keep making great records long after their hips ... More >>

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    October 12, 2009

    Over the Weekend: Yo La Tengo at The Ogden

    Sarah Myers​ Yo La Tengo with Cheap Time Saturday, October 9, 1009 The Ogden Theater Better Than: Dreams of flying In concert footage, there are always people near the front, grinning like idiots and swaying back and forth. These people always look like hippies in the worst way. Meaning cont ... More >>

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    October 7, 2009

    Songs to shout at Yo La Tengo this Saturday night

    Photo by Michael Lavine​Skinny boys in glasses, girls in knit jumpers, record collectors of all stripes, rejoice! This Saturday, October 10, college rock heroes Yo La Tengo are bringing the noise, the melody and the irony to Denver in the best indie-when-it-meant-something show this side of th ... More >>

  • Music

    June 5, 2003

    Quiet Is the New Loud

    Shhh! The folks of Yo La Tengo are trying to rest.

  • Music

    October 11, 1995

    PLAYLIST

    Shhh! The folks of Yo La Tengo are trying to rest.

  • Calendar

    October 11, 1995

    THRILLS

    Shhh! The folks of Yo La Tengo are trying to rest.

  • Music

    July 12, 1995

    STICK A FORK IN IT

    FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, LOLLAPALOOZA IS DONE.

  • Music

    November 23, 1994

    WELCOME TO THE CLUB

    FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, LOLLAPALOOZA IS DONE.

  • Music

    February 2, 1994

    AFTER FURTHER REVIEW

    YO LA TENGO'S IRA KAPLAN TRIES TO SHED HIS DISREPUTABLE PAST--HE WAS A ROCK CRITIC.

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