Doom & Gloom From the Tomb

A selection of rad bootlegs + other music-y stuff. Come fly with me. tywilc at gmail.com @tywilc
Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock Via the ongoing Sunsquashed Archives dig, we’ve been plugging Jesse Jarnow’s muy excelente Yo La Tengo bio over the past few weeks — and the book is available now! Go get it. Suffice to say, the book is highly recommended! While YLT has not had the standard sex/drugs/self-destruction narrative that fuels many a rock bio, Jarnow expertly pieces together the often complicated tale of a very unusual band, along with a detailed exploration of how indie rock evolved (de-volved?) from a small-time, neighborhood-based phenomenon into the nebulous Indie Rock of the 21st century. As a guy who prizes the bootleg/ROIO side of things (hadn’t you noticed?), I especially appreciate that Jarnow has spent countless hours with Yo La’s huge live tape archive — the records only tell half of the story, and Jesse knows this. There’s also plenty of baseball and BBQ trivia, which is important. Anyway! Get a taster of the delights in store with this excerpt. And then, if you haven’t already, go check out the Sunsquashed Archives — here, here, here and here. 

Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock

Via the ongoing Sunsquashed Archives dig, we’ve been plugging Jesse Jarnow’s muy excelente Yo La Tengo bio over the past few weeks — and the book is available now! Go get it. Suffice to say, the book is highly recommended! While YLT has not had the standard sex/drugs/self-destruction narrative that fuels many a rock bio, Jarnow expertly pieces together the often complicated tale of a very unusual band, along with a detailed exploration of how indie rock evolved (de-volved?) from a small-time, neighborhood-based phenomenon into the nebulous Indie Rock of the 21st century. As a guy who prizes the bootleg/ROIO side of things (hadn’t you noticed?), I especially appreciate that Jarnow has spent countless hours with Yo La’s huge live tape archive — the records only tell half of the story, and Jesse knows this. There’s also plenty of baseball and BBQ trivia, which is important. Anyway! Get a taster of the delights in store with this excerpt. And then, if you haven’t already, go check out the Sunsquashed Archives — here, here, here and here. 

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