Yo La Tengo Tickets

Excellent! An opening act from the same band! Thank you YLT as one of your fans in Montreal! However, the guard on the upper floor level was in a bad mood and insensitively heavy-walking up and down the thin wooden stairs in order to warning unauthorized audiences for taken the seats inside the balcony VIP box! The venue (Théâtre Beanfield) should take responsibility for such disturbing actions, promote milder working culture, redesign the tasks or, simply renovate the stairs, etc. Work on it, find the sources of any conflicts!

I am not a huge fan of the band, but the show is highly recommended. Really log songs with amazing guitar solos.

I went on the recommendation of a friend, and really enjoyed myself. Although I was totally unfamiliar with their songs, having one acoustic set and one electric set really gave me a great introduction to their music and their range. They made at least one new fan this night! I will definitely go see them again.

These 3 people have been putting out the best indie rock for several decades. Hubley is the probably the best drummer in rock. Kaplan sick guitar player. McNew has the beats. Songs that go on and on and make you feel good. Fans love them and they love them back. Yes they're all in their 50s. They're still cooler than 99% of the crap thats out there.

Yo La Tengo usually deliver a solid performance mixing up their setlist with expected new songs and random old ones. Could have gone out with a bigger bang though.

One of the best shows I've seen in a long time. Ira shredded that guitar like confetti. Georgia and James held down the rhythm section tighter than a chinese finger trap. At times I actually went into a trance-like state. Georgia really cut loose and played better than I've ever seen her play. The new songs are some of their best. My only complaint is that they didn't play anything off my favorite Yo La Tengo album, Summer Sun.

On a night in where Nuit Blanche was bringing out the faux art fans, and KISS were playing the ACC, Toronto's downtown was packed, nearly undriveable. However, there was a refuge not far off. The Opera House was busy, and for good reason: Yo La Tengo was in town. As a band who's career has spanned over 25 years, they had an impressive catalogue of songs to work with. Instead of giving the fans the kitchen tour of their illustrious career, they chose to focus on their two latest albums (Popular Songs, and I am Not Afraid...) and I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (largely considered their masterpiece). What resulted was a breathtaking show, one that consisted of large swings in momentum, and emotion. Going from sprawling distorted guitar, to bouncy pop, to heartfelt acoustic numbers; it was a microcausm of all the music the gathered fans loved. It was a celebration of a long career, new material, and a couple generations worth of fans. Leaving the city was a reminder of how special music can be, as the city was packed with people who didn't quite understand the difference between spectacle, and art.