Yo La Tengo

Spiral Stairs, Broken Social Scene Unite for Sled Island

Sled Island recently threw quite a few more bands onto its already impressive roster, including Yo La Tengo, Grizzly Bear, Dan Deacon, Okkervil River, Blitzen Trapper, Qui, Tegan and Sara, the Secret Machines, Fucked Up, and Mark "BBQ" Sultan.

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Veteran indie-rock trio Yo La Tengo is venturing into the movies. The New Jersey-based group isn't giving up music, nor are they trying their hand at acting; rather, they have lent their compositional skills to the art of the soundtrack.

Range of rockers slated for Sled Island fest, Stampede

Calgary folk-rock duo Tegan and Sara, U.S. indie band Yo La Tengo, Toronto collective Broken Social Scene and Antigonish, N.S. rockers The Trews are among the bands set to take the stage in Calgary this summer.

Yo La Tengo The Sounds of the Sounds of Science

Who even cares about the ocean anymore? Or the beach, for that matter? If I want to deal with dead fish and syringes I'll take my dad to the supermarket (he has a problem). And that doesn't even address all those alien-style face-huggery things that call the water their home.

She & Him Postpone NYC Gig, Team With Yo La Tengo

It seems illness has forced She & Him -- one M. Ward and one Zooey Deschanel-- to cancel tonight's set at New York City's Hiro Ballroom, which would've kicked off their all-too-brief touring plans . ( Via Brooklyn Vegan .) All other dates on the tour are still on, as is their appearance on tomorrow night's episode of "Late Night With Conan O'Brien".

Elisa Bray: Caught in the Net

Increasingly, artists are offering a "try before you buy" approach to their new albums on the web. REM and Michael Stipe previewed their 14th studio album Accelerate online a week before its release via the iLike application on Facebook earlier this month, and it went straight to No 1. Portishead no doubt hope for the same result as they preview Third – their first album in 10 years – a week ...