Yo La Tengo live in concert.
ON TOUR

Yo La Tengo

175
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
%
Based on 
175
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
78
%
Based on 
13
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Based on 175 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Yo La Tengo is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Yo La Tengo concert reviews describe live shows and performances as consistent, mellow, noisy, charming, intense, atmospheric, and psychedelic.

ON TOUR

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Latest Release

The Bunker Sessions (7 November 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Hoboken, United States (1984 - present)
Bio
Yo La Tengo is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, vocals), and James McNew (bass, vocals).
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

The Scotsman (Scotland)

August 29, 2024
80
%
Yo La Tengo, Glasgow: 'diversity is key'

The Guardian (UK)

August 28, 2024
80
%
Over a two-and-a-half-hour set the trio turn over old songs and new from their 40-year career, unearthing surprises every time

Spectrum Culture (USA)

August 18, 2024
%
One of the best feelings is seeing a bill that’s so good it feels like it was designed as an irresistible trap, or perhaps just because the festival organizers stole your dream journal. This year’s PDX Live series in Pioneer Courthouse Square is full of performances precisely like that — Alvvays and The Beths

Glide Magazine (USA)

August 15, 2024
%
Yo La Tengo and Built to Spill Bring Legendary Indie Rock Sounds to Sold-out Portland, OR Crowd

Variety (USA)

March 20, 2023
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Yo La Tengo Brings ‘This Stupid World’ to Brooklyn With Loud-Soft Set

Spectrum Culture (USA)

February 22, 2023
%
Yo La Tengo Live In Concert

The Aquarian Weekly (USA)

December 17, 2021
%
Yo La Tengo's annual “8 Nights of Hanukkah” concert series triumphantly returned to the Bowery Ballroom following a COVID break. The concerts started in 2001 at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey, and continued through 2012, pausing temporarily due to the closure of the club.

Past critic reviews published in

The Telegraph (UK), The Aquarian Weekly (USA), Americana (UK), musicOMH (UK), Glide Magazine (USA) and more

Image Credit

Amir Aharoni [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons