Facts: - website: www.yolatengo.com - years active: 1984 -- present - landscape: yes - past members: stephan wichnewski dave rick mike lewis - caption: yo to right : mcnew , hubley , and kaplan la tengo performing in 2010 . from left - origin: hoboken , new jersey , u.s. - label: matador arts & crafts mexico , bar/none , city slang , alias , - genre: indie shoegazing , dream pop rock , noise pop , experimental rock , - name: yo la tengo - background: group_or_band - image: yo la tengo - sala apolo 2010.jpg - current members: georgia hubley ira kaplan james mcnew dave schramm - associated acts: dump , condo fucks Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of yo la tengo .
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yo la tengo -lrb- often abbreviated as ylt -rrb- is an american indie rock band formed in hoboken , new jersey , in 1984 .since 1992 , the lineup has consisted of ira kaplan -lrb- guitars , piano , vocals -rrb- , georgia hubley -lrb- drums , piano , vocals -rrb- , and james mcnew -lrb- bass , vocals -rrb- .in 2015 , original guitarist dave schramm rejoined the band and appears on their fourteenth album , '' stuff like that there '' .despite achieving limited mainstream success , yo la tengo has been called '' the quintessential critics ' band '' and maintains a strong cult following .though they mostly play original material , yo la tengo is renowned for its encyclopedic repertoire of cover songs both in live performance and on record .