From the right angle, Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics is the funniest record in the world.
At first the title only seems sarcastic-- when you listen to the album, it turns out it's just honest, if humorously so. The disc features Yo La Tengo and a few friends flat-out slaughtering other people's songs in on-air performances during WFMU fundraisers. It makes sense that this collection of bootleg-quality recordings of unrehearsed covers would be associated with WFMU, given the freeform radio station's legendary penchant for incorrect and outsider music, and the saving grace of the whole thing is that no one involved is taking it remotely seriously.WFMU AnnouncementPitchfork Media ReviewYo La Tengo Shop (for the Purchasing)Via
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