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Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo (from right): Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, James McNew, and Dave Schramm, 2015.

Yo La Tengo

American rock band
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Yo La Tengo, American alternative rock band whose sound consistently evolved over the course of more than a dozen albums, making the group a long-standing critical favourite despite its limited commercial success. The longest-running lineup consisted of singer-guitarist Ira Kaplan (b. January 7, 1957, Queens, New York, U.S.), drummer Georgia Hubley (b. February 25, 1960, New York), and bassist (from 1992) James McNew (b. July 6, 1969, Baltimore, Maryland). Yo La Tengo (Spanish for “I’ve got it,” alluding to the call of a baseball outfielder) was assembled in 1984 in Hoboken, New Jersey, by romantic partners (later spouses) Kaplan and ...(100 of 516 words)

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