Yo La Tengo Closes Left Coast Live Main Stage

Left Coast Live is nothing less than ecstatic to secure Yo La Tengo to headline the main stage on Saturday, June 26th. One of the most enduring and endearing bands of the indie scene for the last twenty years, Yo La Tengo are impossible to pin down, yet have a very distinct sound. They can pull off epic psych jams, soulfully crooned pop nuggets, garage type stompers or hushed electronic pieces and usually have all of these elements and more within the same album. Ira, Georgia and James are masters of variety and certainly have the track record to show it.

Whether they are backing Ray Davies or releasing an EP of Sun Ra covers, and even composing several soundtracks including “Adventureland” and an all instrumental album for a French underwater documentarian, Yo La Tengo makes all their material seem effortless, yet inspired and always sonically amazing. Their last record and eighth full-length release for Matador Records “Popular Songs” was of course an exercise in the aforementioned scattered brilliance and proves they haven’t lost a creative step.

You never know what you’re going to get from Yo La Tengo, you just know it’s going to be interesting. It is a real coup for Left Coast Live to host this genre defying troop and their performance on June 26th is not to be missed.

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