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Tour Dates

  • 30 April 2018
    King Krule
    Toronto Rebel
  • 5 May 2018
    The Breeders
    Montreal Corona Theatre (SOLD OUT)
  • 6 May 2018
    The Breeders
    Toronto Phoenix Concert Theatre (SOLD OUT)
  • 6 May 2018
    Steve Gunn
    Montreal La Sala Rossa
  • 7 May 2018
    Steve Gunn
    Toronto Great Hall
  • 11 May 2018
    Starcrawler
    Toronto Bovine Sex Club
  • 17 May 2018
    Queens Of The Stone Age
    Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
  • 17 May 2018
    Smerz (Special Guests of Mount Kimbie)
    Vancouver Imperial
  • 18 May 2018
    Queens Of The Stone Age
    Edmonton Rogers Place
  • 19 May 2018
    Wiki (Special Guest of Mount Kimbie)
    Toronto Velvet Underground
  • 20 May 2018
    Queens Of The Stone Age
    Winnipeg MTS Centre
  • 20 May 2018
    This Is The Kit
    Toronto The Drake Hotel
  • 24 May 2018
    Queens Of The Stone Age
    London Budweiser Gardens
  • 26 May 2018
    Parquet Courts (with Goat Girl)
    Montreal Theatre Fairmount
  • 27 May 2018
    Parquet Courts (with Goat Girl)
    Toronto Phoenix Concert Theatre
  • 9 June 2018
    STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS
    Toronto Lee's Palace (SOLD OUT)
  • 11 June 2018
    STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS
    Montreal Theatre Fairmount
  • 12 June 2018
    Iceage
    Vancouver Astoria
  • 14 June 2018
    Snail Mail
    Toronto Velvet Underground
  • 15 June 2018
    Jungle
    Toronto Danforth Music Hall
  • 22 June 2018
    Tune-Yards
    Jazz Winnipeg at The Garrick
  • 24 June 2018
    Iceage
    Toronto Lee's Palace
  • 24 June 2018
    Iceage
    Ottawa 27 Club
  • 24 June 2018
    Snail Mail
    Vancouver Biltmore Cabaret
  • 24 June 2018
    Kamasi Washington
    Vancouver Queen Elizabeth Theatre (TD International Jazz Festival)
  • 25 June 2018
    Iceage
    Montreal Sala Rossa
  • 25 June 2018
    Kamasi Washington
    Saskatoon Bessborough Gardens, TD Mainstage (Sasktel Jazz Festival)
  • 28 June 2018
    Belle & Sebastian
    Vancouver Vogue Theatre
  • 29 June 2018
    Belle & Sebastian
    Vancouver Vogue Theatre
  • 30 June 2018
    Kamasi Washington
    Montreal MTelus (Festival International de Jazz de Montreal)
  • 5 July 2018
    Julien Baker
    Winnpeg Folk Festival (July 5th - July 8th)
  • 9 July 2018
    Car Seat Headrest
    Imperial Bell (Festival d'ete de Quebec)
  • 13 July 2018
    Car Seat Headrest
    Vancouver Commodore Ballroom
  • 16 July 2018
    Radiohead
    Montreal Bell Centre
  • 16 July 2018
    Snail Mail
    Montreal L’Escogriffe Bar Spectacle
  • 17 July 2018
    Radiohead
    Montreal Bell Centre
  • 19 July 2018
    Radiohead
    Toronto Air Canada Centre SOLD OUT
  • 20 July 2018
    Radiohead
    Toronto Air Canada Centre SOLD OUT
  • 3 August 2018
    STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS
    Vancouver Rickshaw Theatre
  • 3 August 2018
    Julien Baker
    Osheaga
  • 4 August 2018
    The National (with special guest Julien Baker)
    Toronto Fort York
  • 4 August 2018
    Future Islands
    Osheaga
  • 5 August 2018
    Jungle
    Osheaga
  • 5 August 2018
    The National
    Osheaga
  • 12 September 2018
    tune-yards (Special Guest of David Byrne)
    Montreal Bell Centre
  • 5 November 2018
    Kamasi Washington
    Toronto Sony Centre

Releases

YO LA TENGO - THERE'S A RIOT GOING ON 2 LP / CD IN STORES MARCH 16

16 March 2018

Yo La Tengo’s new album There’s a Riot Going On will be released March 16th on Matador Records. This is a warm, ambitious record, a striking self-produced creation from one of the most celebrated and adventurous bands in rock history, whose dynamic range touches on pure noise and serene beauty and everything in between.
To showcase the full depth of this fearless fifteen-track album, Yo La Tengo have released four new songs (‘You Are Here’, ‘Shades of Blue’, ‘She May, She Might’, and ‘Out of the Pool’).
Following their sold-out eight night run of Hanukkah shows in NYC this past December, Yo La Tengo commence their world tour on March 28th. They return to Canada for a show March 31st at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre and continue with UK and European dates through April and May.
There’s A Riot Going On is available on US import CD, double vinyl and an Indie exclusive on orange vinyl.

“A quarter-century hasn’t diluted their chemistry an ounce.” – NPR

The four offerings from There’s a Riot Going On find Yo La Tengo explore an array of sounds.
“You Are Here” is a sprawling instrumental that builds from a lone drone into a dreamy mix of guitars and synths that swirl above a steady, but subtle, stomp of percussion.
“Shades of Blue” is a folky tune that veers slyly into the hypnotic as Georgia Hubley meditates on loneliness and heartbreak: “Choosing the color/ for my particular point of view/ Just kidding myself/ They’re all shades of blue.”
“She May She Might,” Yo La Tengo further play with elements of psychedelia as Ira Kaplan croons sweetly amidst a melange of rich guitar, airy synths, steady bass and the soft patter of drums.
“Out of the Pool,” Yo La Tengo mix these mind-bending qualities with a twinge of funk reminiscent of their new album’s namesake, Sly and the Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Goin’ On”.- Rolling Stone

There’s a riot going on. You don’t need me, or Yo La Tengo, to tell you that. These are dark times, in our heads as much as in the streets. It’s easy to lose contact with the ground, flying through endless banks of storm clouds day after day. Confusion and anxiety intrude into daily life and cause you to lose your compass. There are times that call for anthems, something to lift you out of your slump and put fire in your feet. And then there are times when what is indicated is a balm, a sound that will wrap around you and work out the knots in your neck.

While there’s a riot going on, Yo La Tengo will remind you what it’s like to dream. The sound burbles and washes and flows and billows. If records were dedicated to the cardinal elements, this one would be water. There are shimmery hazes, spectral rumbles, a flash of backward masking, ghostly flamingos calling “shoo-bop shoo-bop.” You are there. And even if your mind is not unclouded—shaken, misdirected, out of words and out of time—you can still float, ride the waves of an ocean deeper than your worries, above the sound.

For Yo La Tengo this is a slow-motion action painting, and Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew did it all themselves, in their rehearsal studio, with no outside engineer (John McEntire later did the mix). They did not rehearse or jam together beforehand; they turned on the recorder and let things coalesce. Songs came together over long stretches, sometimes as much as a year going by between parts. You’d never guess this, since the layers are finessed with such a liquid brush. You’d imagine most of the songs had sprung forth whole, since they will enter your head that way. Within two listens you will be powerless to resist the magnetic draw of “Shades of Blue,” will involuntarily hear “She May, She Might” on your internal jukebox first thing in the morning and “Let’s Do It Wrong” late at night. While there’s a riot going on you will feel capable of bobbing through like a cork.

Selections:

1. You Are Here
2. Shades of Blue
3. She May, She Might
4. For You Too
5. Ashes
6. Polynesia #1
7. Dream Dream Away
8. Shortwave
9. Above the Sound
10. Let’s Do It Wrong
11. What Chance Have I Got
12. Esportes Casual
13. Forever
14. Out of the Pool
15. Here You Are

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