Straight from Matador:
Don’t think we didn’t hear the talk around the watercooler after we let loose the first mp3 from Yo La Tengo’s future contender for album of the decade, “I am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass.”
“Sure,” you said. “‘Beanbag Chair’ is beautiful, summery, heartbreaking, and catchier than the flu, but Yo La Tengo claimed they weren’t afraid of us. They said they would beat our ass. Where is this supposed ass beating? Where is this lack of fear?”
We listened. We posted
I first saw Yo La Tengo in 1994 in Memphis @ The New Daisy. Does that make me cooler than you? ….Maybe.

http://scenestars.net/2006/07/new-yo-la-tengo-beanbag-chair-mp3.php
Yo La Tengo on Myspace

Original post by Rachelandthecity and software by Elliott Back

(The title of this post is the answer to the question, “For God’s sake, does anyone
need another Tupac book?”)

OTD’s seeds got these Disney books where the pages are actually envelopes and you
can pull out, like, Cinderella’s to-do list and the actual invitation to the ball?
So, um, this
book is like that . . . only without the street cred. Although we gotta
admit, we’d kind of like to have our own keepsake replica Death Row contracts . .
. if only to wave at [...]

It’s the end of an era for what we once lovingly termed Boston DIY: Night Rally are
no more. After this Saturday, Cambridge’s proggy-Rickenbackerry-rock trio will call
it quits so drummer Luke Kirkland (a/k/a lank-rap dude Boo Radley) can return to their
native land of Santa Fe to finish up college. Night Rally’s farewell show at Great
Scott is also the long-awaited CD release for their first full-length, Preston Family
Crest, a 16-track blood-pissing collection produced by Headgear Recording’s Chris
Moore (TV on the Radio/Yeah Yeah Yeahs) that’s, well, the best damn thing they’ve
ever done.

[...]

Original post by cdodero@phx.com (Cami) and software by Elliott Back

Original post by onthedownload@phx.com (On the Download) and software by Elliott Back

Original post by onthedownload@phx.com (On the Download) and software by Elliott Back