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Title: Popular Songs
Release date: 8 September, 2009
Record label: Matador Records
Single: Nothing To Hide
Official website: Yo La Tengo
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Send to a FriendA new generation of fans are discovering one of the most influential and intriguing bands in late 20th and early 21st century rock'n'roll. On September 8th, Yo La Tengo released its 16th album, Popular Songs via Matador Records, which also marks the band's 25th anniversary.
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Popular Songs crosses many different styles while marking a musical journey through pop history and the band's history. It ranges from the opener, "Here To Fall", to the gorgeous Georgia-sung "Avalon Or Someone Very Similar", to the summer anthem "Nothing To Hide", culminating with three very long songs that close the album, ending with the 16-minute freakout jam, "And The Glitter Is Gone".
The band-- Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, and James McNew -- recorded the album in their home studio in Hoboken with some help from their old friend Roger Moutenot, and the album's cover art is a piece by Dario Robleto made from pulverized bones and trinitite (glass produced during the first atomic test explosion, from Trinity test site, c. 1945, when heat from blast melted surrounding sand).
The single "Nothing To Hide" is now impacting Alternative.
Yo La Tengo will be touring heavily in support of Popular Songs.
Yo La Tengo tour dates
September 2009
15 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
16 - Boston, MA - The Wilbur Theatre
17 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club
18 - Durham, NC - Carolina Theater
19 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
21 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
25 - New York City, NY - Roseland Ballroom
October 2009
2 - Montreal, Quebec - Le National
3 - Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
5 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
6 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
7 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave.
9 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
10 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
11 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up
12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
14 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee
15 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
16 - San Diego, CA - Soma
17 - Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theater
18 - San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Music Festival
20 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
21 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
22 - Seattle, WA - Showbox Sodo
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