It’s officially “Autumn Sweater” season — both the garment and the 1997 Yo La Tengo song. So to celebrate, Boston’s Palehound unveiled a pitch-perfect cover of the shaker-laden track. Palehound’s ...

These days, Palehound, Ellen Kempner’s Boston-based indie rock trio, are pretty busy. A few months ago, they released Black Friday, their great new album. Tomorrow night, they begin a month-long tour ...

Yo La Tengo are not afraid of you and they will beat your ass with gnarled-yet-tender lullabies that could turn the title of 1997’s I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One quiet stunner “Autumn Sweater” ...

The great canon of indie-rock makeout classics is not an especially long list of songs. Indie rock, for much of its early lifespan, was mostly concerned with not making out, with being the music for ...

Yo La Tengo‘s eighth album, I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, was released 25 years ago today (4/22/1997) and to celebrate, Matador Records has announced a new anniversary vinyl reissue via its ...

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well—some inspired by a weekly theme and some not, but always songs worth hearing. This week, in advance of Valentine’s Day, we’re ...

Palehound (aka Ellen Kempner) released a new album, Black Friday, back in June via Polyvinyl. Now she has shared two new tracks, the new song “Your Boyfriend’s Gun” and a new cover of Yo La Tengo’s ...