I love Yo La Tengo, one of my favourite bands to listen to especially in the dead of night.
I think their best period was probably the 4 albums they released between 93-00. The last 3 albums have been good but a bit patchy in places.
They're great live as well, it can tend to be a little self indulgent especially when they play a 22 minute version of pass the hatchet whilst headlining a festival. It pretty much alienated most of the crowd, It was pretty great though.
A lot different from Sonic Youth, even so I always thought Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1) sounded like Wish Fulfillment, still a great band.
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