I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass * by Yo La Tengo

Pros: A sequel of sorts to one of the band's best albums

Cons: Too similar in spots to previous, superior work from Yo La Tengo

The Bottom Line: This is a perfectly good album on its own merits, but it reminds me too much of other, better Yo La Tengo albums/songs to earn five stars.

Review: Though I love I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One, Yo La Tengo's other verbosely titled album, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, has always held my heart in its hands. The dreamy, surreal atmosphere of it makes for perfect summer ...

Pros: An album whose noisey beauty and softer more exotic beauties reveal themselves more and more

Cons: none if your patient to go through many listens.

The Bottom Line: A paint peeling guitar record integrates well with Yo La's tender and rhythmically experimental side.

Review: Heaven is white noise, and as much as I loved the almost-bucolic "And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out" and "Summer Sun", Yo La Tengo launch "I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your A--" with ear melting distortion of "Pass The Hatchet I Think I'm ...