Dana Spiotta

Yo La Tengo playing in-stores before tour (updated dates)

Yo La Tengo at Maxwell’s in 2012 (more by PSquared Photography) As mentioned, Yo La Tengo are releasing their new album, Fade, on January 15 via Matador, and to celebrate, they’ll be doing a few in-store performances in the US before their international tour begins…

Greil Marcus's new Dylan book & related events (including 2 Fiery Furnaces shows, John Wesley Harding, DA Pennebaker)

Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus: Writings 1968-2010 was recently released, just in time for the holidays…”The book begins in Berkeley in 1968, and ends with a piece on Dylan’s show at the University of Minnesota–his very first appearance at his alma mater–on election night 2008…