Yo La Tengo Announce Fall Tour

Yo La Tengo has announced a hefty helping of tour dates starting in mid-September. The long running indie group who first came into the music scene in 1984 and who’ve released over 10 albums over their 20+ year career will be promoting their newest release, Popular Songs, which drops on September 8.

No openers have been booked as of yet, but grunge rockers The Black Lips will perform before YLT at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City.

The full list of dates can be viewed below:

09-15 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
09-16 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theater
09-17 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
09-18 Durham, NC - Carolina Theater
09-19 Atlanta, GA - Variety
09-21 Asheville - Orange Peel
09-25 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
10-02 Montreal, Quebec - Le National
10-03 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
10-05 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
10-06 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
10-07 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
10-09 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
10-10 Denver, CO - Ogden
10-11 Aspen, CO - Belly Up
10-12 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
10-14 Phoenix, AZ - Marquee
10-15 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
10-16 San Diego, CA - Soma
10-17 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theater
10-18 San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Festival
10-20 Portland, WA - Crystal Ballroom
10-21 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
10-22 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo

Along with the release of the new album, Matador, the label that will release YLT’s newest are trying something new this year with a program called Buy Early Get Now. Fans who purchase Popular Songs through this program will not only be granted a preview stream of the entire album on August 4, but will also receive a bonus MP3, a vinyl copy of the Adventureland (think Waiting but with no dandruff-laden steak) Score performed by Yo La Tengo and a poster.

An album, a tour, a poster and an early preview; I can hear their hearts all rapidly beating as one as Yo La Tengo comes back to the indie forefront in full force. Welcome back!

- Jessica Cole

Currently Listening to: "Saved by Old Times" by Deerhunter from the album Microcastle

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