And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out by Yo La Tengo

Pros: A slow, dreamy album that produces/needs a specific mood to truly enjoy.
Cons: Um, it's a slow, dreamy album that produces/needs a specific mood to truly enjoy.

As a band mostly known for the stylistic variety of their albums (codified on the essential I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One), it was a bit of a surprise when Yo La Tengo released And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out in early 2000. ...

Pros: Awesome
Cons: Maybe a little slow for YLT eighties fans

One of the finest memories of my childhood was sitting with my two cousins on their back porch. Our parents had been having a yard sale all day. While the adults were folding up plastic tables on the front lawn and resigning 1960s jewelry boxes and 1980s ...

Pros: Understated indie pop at its best
Cons: A bit too "sedated" for some?

Vibrant but subdued soundscapes, complete with atmosphere-inducing vocals and guitars. Quirky lyrics and subjects. Reserved intensity. I guess these are the things that come to mind when I think of Yo La Tengo's newest cd And Then Nothing Turned...

Pros: Great indie rock cd.
Cons: n/a

This was a review that was written for the Dreher High BluePrint. It first appeared in print on May 26, 2000.

Yo La Tengo (which is Spanish for "I have it" is a three-piece band from Hoboken, New Jersey that consists of James McNew on...

Pros: Intimate and hypnotic in places
Cons: Lacks the power of some of their other work

Yo La Tengo are one of America's finest existing bands, and have over the years put together a body of work that, while overlooked by most, certainly stands with the best that indie rock (or indeed any rock) has to offer. Their most recent outing,...

Pros: well-blended harmonies and quiet pauses, the most sophisticated yo la tengo record to date
Cons: paper cd case is annoying, some songs drag on at times

it's been years, and still i come back to "and then nothing turned itself inside out" as a record i can listen to in any mood. its quiet overtones and moving melodies can relax or soothe any moment - whether driving around in the sun or winding down at...

Pros: long playing, hypnotic
Cons: not very rockin'

It was quiet out...I had eaten 2 hits of acid about 90 minutes earlier and the effects were becoming quiet apparent. I had just bought the new Yo La Tengo, and decided to give it a spin. I have always been a fan of all things Velvet-ish, and this new...

Pros: It's Yo La Tengo
Cons: It's not Pavement

Wow, these old indie Gods can still astound. I'm actually new to the Yo La Tengo sound getting on after the Little Honda ep but I've been listening to Matador forever and Yo La Tengo may be the best band on the label. "And then there was...