James McNew

...Old Joy and Shortbus. Featuring Georgia Hubley on drums and vocals; Ira Kaplan on vocals, keyboards, percussion and guitars; and James McNew on bass and guitar, the trio's experimental rock goes over well with the crowd gathered in...

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...with his wife, Georgia Hubley). Sitting behind a tour merch table - signing CDs and taking pics with fans. When Ira, Georgia and James McNew eventually took the stage, they were filled with good-humor. If they are filled with cynicism or angst...

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...Ira Kaplan) is a happily insular entity. "We're most comfortable with ourselves and not so much with others," McNew says. "Don't get me wrong, we have lots of wonderful friends. But it is true that we were never grunge or post rock or any of...

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...grandiosity of "If It's True" and the hushed folk rock of "When It's Dark" and do it as well as Yo La Tengo. Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew may also have a landmark song to add to their formidable catalog: "More Stars Than There Are in...

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...team Ira Kaplan, right, and Georgia Hubley, and it has had the same lineup since 1992, when bassist and occasional singer James McNew joined the band. (Michael Lavine ) Every good band knows that mystery is essential to longevity.

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...to hear. "As simplistic as it sounds, we just kept working for ourselves and writing songs to please ourselves and each other," James McNew, Yo La Tengo's bassist, told The Observer. "Making records that we thought were good. We didn't set...

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...avant-noise epics, film scores, and cheeky cover songs. But the band - guitarist Ira Kaplan, drummer Georgia Hubley, and bassist James McNew - roared out of the gate with squalls of distortion as Kaplan and McNew lifted their instruments...

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An audio archive of the full performance will be available on this page later. Yo La Tengo, from left: Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, James McNew. September 17, 2009 - When Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley first formed Yo La Tengo in 1984,...

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...musicians to being an institution and an influence in its own right. Guitarist Ira Kaplan, drummer Georgia Hubley, and bassist James McNew haven't much changed their signature style of soft vocals, loud guitars, and textured drone since the...

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...and originality. Married couple Ira Kaplan, on guitars and vocals, and Georgia Hubley, on drums and vocals, plus longtime cohort James McNew on bass are so in tune with one another that it makes possible the sorts of flips that bring Yo La...

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