Formed in Hoboken in 1984, Yo La Tengo (core trio Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew) stand as indie rock's enduring shape-shifters, blending jangle pop, noise freakouts, and hazy ballads into sprawling yet intimate tapestries.
Their classic '90s run, from Painful to I Can Hear the Heart…
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Yo La Tengo; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
Start with the roots
Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Arsonists + 50 more
Follow the thread
Horsegirl, The American Analog Set, Apollo Sunshine, Eleventh Dream Day + 106 more
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