Yo La Tengo have hardly failed to impress during their long career. The Alt-Rock band from Hoboken, New Jersey have been relatively underground since they formed in the mid 80's, while being critically acclaimed throughout. An interesting band with an interesting name... Yo La Tengo is Spanish for "I Have It" which was made famous by the New York Mets baseball team in the 60's after a couple of players kept colliding while taking a catch. The Spanish speaking player wouldn't respond to "I Got It" and the collision wasn't avoided until the English speaking player started yelling it out in Spanish. Yo La Tengo's 2009 album 'Popular Songs' lived up to it's name, well, with "Periodically Double Or Triple" at least. It has a funky organ groove like a 60's soul train... a nice change of tempo that doesn't go unnoticed.
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