They're droney, they're dreamy, they're fuzzy, they're screamy (wait, this IS Yo La Tengo and not the Addam's Family) and a ticket to their 10/22 show at the Showbox SoDo can be yours all yours for the price of NOTHING!

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If the little taste of "Periodically Double or Single" gave you a tingle, then get ready to rock and roll with Yo La Tengo this fall. US fans are in luck! They will be touring stateside first, then heading to further points across the Atlantic. Though touring on their new album Popular Songs (release date September 8th), here's hoping they will play selections off of Fuckbook as well.

 

For YLT fans requiring a bit more instant gratification, Popular Songs can be purchased from the Buy Now Get Early program (see the Matador website for more info) starting August 4th. This option comes with a virtual cornucopia of radness.

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Well, nadie la tengo this album yet, because it won't be released until September, but there exists, mis amigos, un MP3 for your listening delight.

"Periodically Double or Triple" gives the indication that Popular Songs is going to be fantastic! As always, the music is tight but not overstylized and feels a lot like a track off of Electr-o-Pura, or one of the lighter, poppier tracks off of I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (ala "Mr. Tough"). After the noisy, wonderful diversion that Condo Fucks' Fuckbook, Popular Songs sounds like it will be a return to their more traditional form and will most likely make many Best of '09 lists in a ninth-inning squeeze play.

Popular Songs will be released September 8th on the Matador Records label. It would appear as though US fans will have to be a bit patient for a tour on this album, as they will be making the jump across the pond for the entire month of November. A few stateside dates are planned for this summer, but nothing is yet indicated for September. It will, however, most likely be well worth the wait!

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As if Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill, Jesus Lizard and Tortoise weren't enough.. the brilliant minds (or not so) behind the lauded Pitchfork Music Festival have added the infamous Flaming Lips to the Sunday ender show, "Write the Night: Set Lists By Request". Ticketholders will be emailed a link to a website in which they can vote on which song they'd like to be played by each band. 

Setlist decided by audience!!! ("Kim's Watermelon Gun", "When You Smile", "A Spoonful Weighs A Ton"! I can't decide.)

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At more than 2.5 hours long, that’s a lotta Dylan covers, even for a serious fan.

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at Town Hall

After the first two songs, Ira introduced the concept of this show to the crowd: "We're just here to correct any misconceptions that may have come up in the last 23 years." So of course, the first question lobbed at them was "Who cuts your hair?" Genius...

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...the ability to put together an album like I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass at this point is just a testament to their musical genius.

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Below is a suggested mixtape of songs which best reflect the stand-out moments of the 2004 presidential debates.

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