Functioning as a virtual catalog of mid-'90s indie rock trends, I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is an astonishing tour de force from Yo La Tengo, establishing their deep talents as songwriters and musicians. Although the album may run a little long for some tastes, there are very few throwaways on the record -- even the shoegazer cover of the Beach Boys' "Little Honda" is a revelatory gem. But what truly impresses is the way the songs, ranging from hypnotically droning instrumentals to tightly written and catchy pop songs, hold together to form what is arguably Yo La Tengo's finest and most coherent album to date.
I am about to make my first foray into Yo La Tengo. Yo La Tengo have long been a band whose music I have been meaning to check out, and just never gotten around to. So, I finally got my hands on "I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One", hoping it's a good place to start.
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I'm working almost every single day this week, and as slow as we've been lately, I doubt I'll be doing much else for those 8 hours a day other than screwing around on here. And, you know, other places. Insert shifty eyes look here.I have this tic where I'm basically incapable of listening to *Yo La Tengo* without listening to the *Flaming Lips* immediately afterwards, and vice versa. I can't...
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Because today's main bit of work involves editing several incredibly gruesome consultant-written articles, I've been Mogging like a Moggerfooker this afternoon in order to deaden the pain. And so, inspired by several others who have shared their favorite music videos, here's the one that best fits that description for me at the moment....
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Got in a bit ago from another scorcher here in Minnesota. Started off the morning with a 9-2 victory in soccer, had a stellar game in net if I dont say so myself. From there I headed out to a graduation party, I guess it is one of the perks of being a teacher and those perks are few. My family and I were on our way home when I remembered something a co-worker had told me. He told me that Kohls ...
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I posted this last night, and for some reason it stopped letting people post comments on it. I could not even go to add my own two cents, and from the responses I was getting I wanted more.I will include the comments from other moggers, and I wish I knew how to include I am's song.Today has been an interesting day for me on MOG. On a post by Crashpryor, I joked about how I was going to be putti...
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Its a very cool early Auntumn morning here. As I step out to get my morning newspapers you can listen to Yo La Tengo's "Autumn Sweater" . I post this for good friend & felow fan poebegone. It is difficult to understand how such a long-lived band with the incredible catalog they have to fly under so many radar screens for so long. Ira Kaplan & Georgia Hubley et al have explored the sonic...
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Please do not think of Blink-182. Today's entry in my series of song duels (What song does hearing some expression trigger in one's mind?) pits Muse's explosive approach to the topic of Stockholm Syndrome against Yo La Tengo's more fretful one.When YLT occasionally play this song live, Ira Kaplan tends intentionally to butcher the guitar solo, so I guess he doesn't much like the song. But it's ...
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I'm working almost every single day this week, and as slow as we've been lately, I doubt I'll be doing much else for those 8 hours a day other than screwing around on here. And, you know, other places. Insert shifty eyes look here.I have this tic where I'm basically incapable of listening to *Yo La Tengo* without listening to the *Flaming Lips* immediately afterwards, and vice versa. I can't...
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Because today's main bit of work involves editing several incredibly gruesome consultant-written articles, I've been Mogging like a Moggerfooker this afternoon in order to deaden the pain. And so, inspired by several others who have shared their favorite music videos, here's the one that best fits that description for me at the moment....
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It's silly but it makes me feel better. "If you want to write rock lyrics...you must learn about where the hobbits dwell." Hahaha. Yeah, it's true.
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I am about to make my first foray into Yo La Tengo. Yo La Tengo have long been a band whose music I have been meaning to check out, and just never gotten around to. So, I finally got my hands on "I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One", hoping it's a good place to start.
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| 1 Return to Hot Chicken |
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| 2 Moby Octopad |
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| 3 Sugarcube |
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| 4 Damage |
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| 5 Deeper into Movies |
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| 6 Shadows |
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| 7 Stockholm Syndrome |
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| 8 Autumn Sweater |
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| 9 Little Honda |
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| 10 Green Arrow |
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| 11 One PM Again |
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| 12 The Lie and How We Told It |
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| 13 Center of Gravity |
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| 14 Spec Bebop |
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| 15 We're an American Band |
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| 16 My Little Corner of the World |
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