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Lead Performance: Yo La Tengo

B+

By Tom Sinclair

Tom Sinclair

Tom Sinclair is a senior writer for EW and has been called "the handsomest man in rock criticism'' (by his wife)

Yo La Tengo Painful (Matador/Atlantic) The group's latest incarnation seems to bear a close resemblance to British dream poppers like Lush: Guitars, voices, and keyboards shimmer and glide atop pastoral melodies that get under your skin and do nice things. But there's a subversive mind at work here, and if the Dylanesque titles (''From a Motel 6'') and Stones references don't remind you that there's a former rock critic at the helm, Ira Kaplan's angular guitar shadings will. B+ -TS

Posted Oct 08, 1993

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