It’s the end of March, and the Weekend Showcase 4.11 edition isn’t going out like a lamb. Instead, it still roars with 58 songs from around the globe. The artists and band represent 16 countries, including: Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. The playlist […]

A younger Yo La Tengo would have used the current political climate to deliver music equivalent to a surging hurricane. Angular guitars, oft-kilter melodies, walls of feedback and reverb, crushing drums, and poignant lyricism were their trademarks with no two songs sounding alike. Their 15th album, There’s a Riot Going On, however, isn’t the typical YLT album. It is the […]

Today we share our 61 Most Anticipated Albums of 2018, a list that includes long-awaited debuts, returns of some legends, and plenty of emerging talents destined for superstardom. Some of the LPs listed have definite release dates; others are based on substantiated rumors. Then there are a few that are just us desperately hoping for a new record. Let us […]

This weekend, The Revue will be on-site at the 18th annual Pickathon Festival in Oregon. If you’re planning to go (and why wouldn’t you?), you should gets tickets ASAP since VERY FEW weekend passes remain! Ticket info is available here, including details about on-site camping and the Curation Series of six specially planned dining experiences with live music from Pickathon artists. Speaking of tasty delights, this week Pickathon revealed […]

It’s rarely fun to say goodbye, especially to one of the most beloved New York City record stores. Other Music was a treasure, a beautiful place of music discovery and truly an influential place in the New York music scene. Last week was the final week of operations for the legendary store, and this past Tuesday was a farewell party […]

Since the holidays are in full swing, we’re happy to help you with a festive soundtrack – our 2015 Holiday Playlist. We realize that at this time of year you cannot always count on your friends and family to have a diverse seasonal music collection. (Grandparents, for example, prefer the timeless classics from Bing Crosby while you’d rather rock out to […]

The original buzz on Stuff Like That There, Yo La Tengo’s fourteenth studio album, was it was a cover album. The reality is a bit different. Like the iconic Facebook, this is a complicated album. It is part cover album but also contains some reworking of the bands own material plus a couple of new songs. It is all uniquely Yo La […]