Editing Yo La Tengo (section)

===Continued acclaim and soundtrack work, 2001–present===
In 2001, Yo La Tengo recorded an instrumental score for eight short undersea documentaries by [[Jean Painlevé]], entitled ''[[The Sounds of the Sounds of Science]]''. The program debuted at the [[San Francisco Film Festival]] and has been performed live approximately twelve times. The band also released an EP with covers of [[Sun Ra]]'s "Nuclear War" in late 2002.

The band's tenth LP, ''[[Summer Sun]]'', was released in 2003. Although the album received generally favorable reviews, some critics found the album's quiet atmosphere "underwhelming."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2003-09-19/178236/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510062342/http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2003-09-19/music_roundupb17.html|url-status=dead|title=Yo La Tengo|archive-date=May 10, 2006|website=Austinchronicle.com}}</ref> Others criticized the band for a perceived lack of invention.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Pitchfork |date=April 9, 2003 |first=Eric |last=Carr |title=Yo La Tengo ''Summer Sun'' > Album Review |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8864-summer-sun/ |access-date=11 August 2009 }}</ref> When asked about the album's quiet nature, Kaplan stated,{{cquote|We made a decision at the last second just to leave the loud songs off. We were looking at the material we recorded and just trying to put out the best record that we could. At a certain point, we just thought it seemed right to put out the quiet ones. I've been aware that there's been some surprise about that and people saying it's even quieter than the last record, which has sort of taken me by surprise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jimdero.com/News2003/June6YoLaTengo.htm |title=Yo La Tengo still growing with 'Summer Sun' |publisher=Jimdero.com |date=June 6, 2003 |access-date=February 17, 2012}}</ref>}}

[[Image:Ira Kaplan 20050704.jpg|thumb|right|Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo playing in [[Battery Park (New York)|Battery Park]], New York City, July 4, 2005]]Yo La Tengo collaborated with [[Yoko Ono]] on the 2003 charity album ''[[Wig in a Box]]: Songs from and Inspired by [[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'' in support of the [[Harvey Milk High School]]. The band put together their first "best of" compilation entitled ''[[Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985–2003]]'' which was released in 2005. They composed scores for four more films, 2005's ''[[Junebug (film)|Junebug]]'' and ''[[Game 6]]'', and 2006's ''[[Shortbus]]'' and ''[[Old Joy]]''. Their scores for these four films were collected on the 2008 compilation ''[[They Shoot, We Score]]''.

Their eleventh LP, ''[[I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass]]'', was released in 2006 to universal acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/yolatengo/iamnotafraidofyouandiwillbeatyourass |title=I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com |access-date=February 17, 2012}}</ref> Informed by their soundtrack work, the arrangements included more strings and horns than any of the band's previous albums. Kaplan told an interviewer: "I think we gained an element of comfort with using that kind of instrumentation, and it became something we could draw on for our other songs."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ithacatimesartsblog.com/interview-with-gregg-gillis-of-girl-talk/interview-with-ira-kaplan-of-yo-la-tengo/ |title=Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo (Interview) at popcorn youth |publisher=Ithacatimesartsblog.com |access-date=February 17, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001123828/http://www.ithacatimesartsblog.com/interview-with-gregg-gillis-of-girl-talk/interview-with-ira-kaplan-of-yo-la-tengo/ |archive-date=October 1, 2011 }}</ref> In addition, the album was book-ended with two guitar jams lasting over ten minutes each.

In 2006, the band released ''[[Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics]]'', a compilation of their live impromptu cover-song performances on the New Jersey freeform radio station, [[WFMU]]. As part of the station's annual fundraising marathon, listeners who called in to pledge money to the station could request a favorite which the band then performed on the spot. In late 2007, the band began performing acoustically for "The Freewheelin' Yo La Tengo" tour. Audiences were encouraged to request songs and ask questions which, Kaplan stated, the band tried to answer "in a strategic manner so that the answers to the questions will lead to the next song."<ref name="drownedinsound.com"/>

In March 2008, Yo La Tengo performed under the alias "Condo Fucks" at Brooklyn's Magnetic Field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/03/the_abones_cond.html |title=the A-Bones & the Condo Fucks (Yo La Tengo) @ Magnetic Field's final Friday night of shows, Brooklyn, NY – pics |publisher=Brooklynvegan.com |date=March 29, 2008 |access-date=February 17, 2012}}</ref> As Condo Fucks, the band released an album of cover songs, ''[[Fuckbook]]'', on Matador in March 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matadorrecords.com/store/index.php?catalog_id=343 |title=Matador Records Store |publisher=Matadorrecords.com |date=November 8, 2011 |access-date=February 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126045012/http://matadorrecords.com/store/index.php?catalog_id=343 |archive-date=November 26, 2010 }}</ref>

''[[Popular Songs]]'', the band's 12th album, was released on September 8, 2009. The album was recorded in the band's rehearsal space in New Jersey and features two songs with elaborate string sections (composed by jazz composer Richard Evans). It entered the [[Billboard 200|Billboard]] chart at No. 58, the highest entry of the band's career thus far.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/09/16/yo-la-tengo-at-roseland-now-with-extra-commentary/ |title=Matablog |publisher=Matador Records |date=September 16, 2009 |access-date=February 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130002535/http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/09/16/yo-la-tengo-at-roseland-now-with-extra-commentary/ |archive-date=January 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In 2009, Yo La Tengo contributed to ''[[Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox]]'', a tribute album for New Zealand rock and roll musician [[Chris Knox]] who suffered a stroke in June 2009.  Yo La Tengo covered Knox's song "Coloured".  All proceeds from the album went towards Knox's recovery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jay_reatard_talks_chris_knox_benefit_comp_upcoming_releases_his_plans_for_more_of_pop_direction|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801081240/http://exclaim.ca/News/jay_reatard_talks_chris_knox_benefit_comp_upcoming_releases_his_plans_for_more_of_pop_direction|url-status=dead|title=Jay Reatard Talks Chris Knox Benefit Comp, Upcoming Releases and His Plans for "More of a Pop Direction"|website=Exclaim.ca|archive-date=August 1, 2012}}</ref> Also in 2009, Yo La Tengo contributed a cover of the song "Gentle Hour" to the AIDS benefit album, [[Dark Was the Night (album)|Dark Was the Night]], produced by the [[Red Hot Organization]].

Preceding their album ''Popular Songs'', Yo La Tengo released an EP titled ''Here to Fall Remixes'' in the summer of 2010. Remixes of their single “Here to Fall” were done by [[De La Soul]], [[RJD2]], and [[Pete Rock]]. This was Yo La Tengo's third out-of-the-box remix EP in 14 years, following the ''Autumn Sweater Remix'' and ''Danelectro Remix'' EPs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Here-Fall-Remixes-Yo-Tengo/dp/B003HO0S9O |title=Here to Fall Remixes: Yo La Tengo: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=February 17, 2012}}</ref>

In 2012 Yo La Tengo recorded a cover of Todd Rundgren's "[[I Saw the Light (Todd Rundgren song)|I Saw the Light]]" for a fund raising CD titled ''Super Hits Of The Seventies'' for radio station [[WFMU]]. In August 2012 they announced the release of an EP in September 2012, to be followed by an album in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yolatengo.com/news/august-14-2012/ |title=Yo La Tengo, August 14, 2012 |date=14 August 2012 |publisher=yolatengo.com |access-date=September 2, 2012}}</ref> The EP includes three versions of the song "Stupid Things": the single version, a remix by [[Yamantaka Eye|EYƎ]], and the original 12-minute instrumental version.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Stupid-Things/dp/B009GAQU5Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1350058223&sr=8-2&keywords=yo+la+tengo+stupid+things|title=Stupid Things EP, Amazon.com September 24, 2012|website=Amazon}}</ref>

The following album, ''[[Fade (Yo La Tengo album)|Fade]]'', was released on January 15, 2013.<ref name="Release date">{{cite web|access-date=2013-01-08 |url=http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2012/11/14/yo-la-tengos-fade-lpcddigital-album-coming-january-15-north-american-tour-starts-january-23/ |title=Yo La Tengo's 'Fade' LP/CD/Digital Album Coming January 15, North American Tour Starts January 23  |publisher=[[Matador Records]] |date=2012-11-14 |author=Gerard}}</ref>

In 2014 they toured and performed live onstage as film maker [[Sam Green]] live narrated an evolving version of his new film The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller in Austin, Burlington, Detroit, Ithaca, Portland, New Orleans and Vancouver.

In 2014, they played an Indiana-based Night Ranger cover band ''Bobby Night Ranger'' in the [[Parks and Recreation (season 6)|final episode of season 6]] of the television series [[Parks and Recreation]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Haglund|first1=David|title=Jeff Tweedy, Ginuwine, Letters to Cleo, and More Close Out Parks and Recreation Finale|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/04/25/parks_and_recreation_finale_features_letters_to_cleo_jeff_tweedy_and_more.html|work=Slate|date=25 April 2014}}</ref>

On August 28, 2015, Yo La Tengo released ''[[Stuff Like That There (album)|Stuff Like That There]]'', an album (and "a sequel of sorts to [[Fakebook (album)|Fakebook]]") of re-recorded versions of some of their old songs as well as covers, including songs by The Cure, Hank Williams, and Sun Ra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/59788-yo-la-tengo-collect-covers-reworkings-new-songs-on-stuff-like-that-there-announce-tour/ |title=Yo La Tengo Collect Covers, Reworkings, New Songs on Stuff Like That There, Announce Tour &#124; News |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2015-06-02 |access-date=2015-08-28}}</ref>

In 2016, the band released ''[[Murder in the Second Degree]]'', a second compilation of their live impromptu cover-song performances on the New Jersey freeform radio station, [[WFMU]].

In 2017, the band played two dates in New York City with Robyn Hitchcock. The performances included the Hitchcock album "Black Snake Diamond Role" in its entirety, as well as collections of classic Hitchcock songs and covers of other artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/robyn-hitchcock-yo-la-tengo-played-black-snake-diamond-role-lots-more-at-rough-trade-pics-video-setlist/ |title=Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo played 'Black Snake Diamond Role' & lots more at Rough Trade (pics, video, setlist) |publisher=Brooklyn Vegan |date=2017-03-01 |access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref>

In 2018, Yo La Tengo released their 15th studio album, ''[[There's a Riot Going On]]'', which Pitchfork decided 'reflects the group's greatest and most instantly recognizable strengths'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/yo-la-tengo-theres-a-riot-going-on/|title=Yo La Tengo: There's a Riot Going On|website=Pitchfork.com|access-date=December 22, 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo.jpg|alt=The musicians performing onstage|thumb|right|Yo La Tengo backing [[Robyn Hitchcock]] in 2019]] 
In 2020, Yo La Tengo released ''[[We Have Amnesia Sometimes]]'' which was recorded over a 10-day period from late April to early May amid the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The album consists of five instrumental, [[ambient music|ambient]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yo-la-tengo-new-song-bandcamp-1028159/|title=Hear Yo La Tengo's New Ambient Song|publisher=rollingstone.com|date=2020-07-13|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> compositions which were recorded with one microphone in the room and the band spread out adhering to [[socially distanced|social distance]] protocols laid out by Governor Murphy of New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yo-la-tengo-quarantine-album-we-have-amnesia-sometimes-1029850/|title=Yo La Tengo Release Quarantine-Made Instrumental LP 'We Have Amnesia Sometimes'|publisher=rollingstone.com|date=2020-07-17|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>

On February 10, 2023, the band released their seventeenth studio album ''[[This Stupid World]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/yo-la-tengo-announce-new-album-this-stupid-world-and-share-single-fallout-3341938|title=Yo La Tengo announce new album 'This Stupid World' and share single 'Fallout'|work=[[NME]]|last=Moore|first=Sam|date=November 3, 2022|access-date=November 10, 2022}}</ref>