new yo la tengo

listened once, Wimmels' friend not far off

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2015/08/25/t-magazine/10-things-that-influence-ira-kaplan/s/25tmag-uti-slide-GJIK.html

it'll surely come, here it comes again

The Nursery Rhymes album that they're on with Bill Wells has a pretty interesting bunch of people on it (Annette Peacock, Karen Mantler, what's her name from Deerhoof, Norman Blake, Bridget St. John, etc.) and is very good. Strange and sinister jazzy readings of nursery rhymes, definitely one of the better "kids concept" albums I've come across.

Finally caught up with last year's covers album. (Bought a physical copy at a physical store--don't do that very often.) One listen in the car is probably premature for comment, but truthfully it went right past me. This is one time where I find their winsome hush-hush wearing. The only cover I liked other than "Friday" was the Antietam song. I vaguely recall them being a pigfuck band, so that one must have been radically transformed.

hmm, not sure i fully know what pigfuck means, but i don't think antietam were that?
while i don't think the new one is as good as fakebook, i think it might go a bit deeper than you think, i'd stick with it for at least a little longer.

here's the original -- not a radical remake:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq5S9tduu7E

it made more sense to me after seeing the acoustic live show.

Christgau's term for the Pussy Galores and Killdozers of the mid-'80s (bands deified by Forced Exposure). I'm probably misremembering. I've got one record of theirs I haven't played in 30 years.

Thanks for the link, will give it a listen.

antietam is more like yo la tengo, really -- equal parts loud/soft/grinding/jangly

Not radical at all! Very nice. This is the record I have (their first)--you've inspired me to take it off the shelf.

https://img.discogs.com/Fm8DXLwWLHn4ad-eJ_Qr5BpnNo0=/fit-in/600x585/filters:strip_icc%28%29:format%28jpeg%29:mode_rgb%28%29:quality%2896%29/discogs-images/R-2556237-1405864552-9873.jpeg.jpg

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nZxBvKfKBbQ/hqdefault.jpg

yeah that is good! i always wanted to like them a little more than i do, but they have plenty of good tunes.

Yeah Antietam isn't pigfuck, they were like tyler said pretty close to YLT in the first place. Early indie rock I guess.

YLT get bashed a lot on ILM but for me I like pretty much everything they've done to some extent. I wasn't keen on the stuff they did early 00's but since IANAOYAIWBYA they've settled into a pretty good run.

Loved the Parliaments and Darlene McCrae covers on this!

Listened to that Antietam album above. Nothing as good as "Naples," but half of it sounded pretty good. (The second side's a little dirgey.) I couldn't hear Yo La Tengo, but I can see them as a blueprint for Wussy (more even than X). One of the dirges reminded me of "The Murder Mystery."

I think this is the best Antietam song
the harmony and her low voice gives this a weird resemblance to Jefferson Airplane (maybe that's just me?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtMylMwGleE

Yo La Tengo live are so fucking on point nowadays, that acoustic/electric set I just saw was like dayum

yeah i think the acoustic/electric split has really served them well -- still room for all kinds of stylistic shifts but a bit less whiplash when it comes to setlist flow.

I saw them in Jersey City last week. Fantastic show. Although Pass The Hatchet went on too long and is not in the same league as Blue Line Swinger in terms of a show closer.

Georgia Hubley is fantastically talented. She doesn't get the attention that Ira does, but in this show she really stood out.

Oh you were there? I was bar-back at that show. We ran out of beer and made everyone sad.