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ira kaplan of yo la tengo playing in battery park, new york city, july 4, 2005

yo la tengo collaborated yoko ono on 2003 charity album wig in box: songs , inspired hedwig , angry inch in support of harvey milk high school. band put first best of compilation entitled prisoners of love: smattering of scintillating senescent songs: 1985–2003 released in 2005. composed scores 4 more films, 2005 s junebug , game 6, , 2006 s shortbus , old joy. scores these 4 films collected on 2008 compilation shoot, score.

their eleventh lp, not afraid of , beat ass, released in 2006 universal acclaim. informed soundtrack work, arrangements included more strings , horns of band s previous albums. kaplan told interviewer: think gained element of comfort using kind of instrumentation, , became draw on our other songs. in addition, album book-ended 2 guitar jams lasting on ten minutes each.

in 2006, band released yo la tengo murdering classics, compilation of live impromptu cover-song performances on new jersey freeform radio station, wfmu. part of station s annual fundraising marathon, listeners call in pledge money station may request favorite band perform on spot. in late 2007, band began performing acoustically freewheelin yo la tengo tour. audiences encouraged request songs , ask questions which, kaplan stated, band tried answer in strategic manner answers questions lead next song.

in march 2008, yo la tengo performed under alias condo fucks @ brooklyn s magnetic field. condo fucks, band released album of cover songs, fuckbook, on matador in march 2009. on june 4, matador announced new yo la tengo album called popular songs.

popular songs, band s 12th album, released on september 8, 2009. album recorded in band s rehearsal space in new jersey , features 2 songs elaborate string sections (composed jazz composer richard evans). entered billboard chart @ no. 58, highest entry of band s career far.

in 2009, yo la tengo contributed stroke: songs chris knox, tribute album new zealand rock , roll musician chris knox suffered stroke in june 2009. yo la tengo covered knox s song coloured . proceeds album go towards knox s recovery. in 2009, yo la tengo contributed cover of song gentle hour aids benefit album, dark night, produced red hot organization.

preceding album popular songs, yo la tengo released ep entitled here fall remixes in summer of 2010. remixes of single here fall done de la soul, rjd2, , pete rock. yo la tengo s third out-of-the-box remix ep in 14 years, following autumn sweater , danelectro remix eps.

in 2012 yo la tengo recorded cover of todd rundgren s saw light fund raising cd titled super hits of seventies radio station wfmu. in august 2012, announced release of ep in september 2012 followed full-length album in january 2013. ep includes 3 versions of song stupid things : single version, remix eyƎ, , original 12-minute instrumental version.

on november 14, 2012, band announced release of new studio album. after 30 years of recording albums, yo la tengo have gained perspective, , @ creating new albums challenge rather has become easier or harder on time. new work, fade, said musically reminiscent of landmarks 1997‘s can hear heart beating 1 , 2000’s , nothing turned inside out , feature lyrical themes of aging, tragedy , emotional bonds... woven fully-realized whole. fade released january 15, 2013.

in 2014 toured , performed live onstage film maker sam green live narrated evolving version of new film love song of r. buckminster fuller in austin, burlington, detroit, portland, new orleans , vancouver.

in 2014, played indiana-based night ranger cover band bobby night ranger in final episode of season 6 of television series parks , recreation.

on june 2, 2015, yo la tengo announced stuff there, upcoming album (and sequel of sorts fakebook ) of re-recorded versions of of old songs covers, including songs cure, hank williams, , sun ra. album released on august 28, 2015.

in 2016, band released murder in second degree, second compilation of live impromptu cover-song performances on new jersey freeform radio station, wfmu.

in 2017, band played 2 dates in new york city robyn hitchcock. performances included hitchcock album black snake diamond role in entirety, collections of classic hitchcock songs , covers of other artists.