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James McNew

From: Baltimore, Brooklyn
Since: 1969–present
Releases: 1

About

James McNew (born July 6, 1969) is an American musician who has played bass in the indie rock band Yo La Tengo since their 1992 album May I Sing with Me. Live, he also plays guitars, keyboards and drums.

He was previously a member of the band Christmas and was featured on their third album, Vortex. McNew also played in Ectoslavia, a predecessor to Pavement and the Silver Jews, in the early 1990s.
He has a solo project called Dump.
The documentary The Parking Lot Movie highlighted McNew's career as a parking lot attendant in Charlottesville, Virginia, before his career as a musician.

From James McNew on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Yo La Tengo 1991–now background vocals, bass guitar
Brokeback now additional
Christmas now
Condo Fucks now
The Chris Stamey Experience now
Ectoslavia now
Charnel Ground now

Discography

Live 1

2008-12-26: Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, USA Year unknown

Links

Reference

Is person

Dump now

Also known as

James McGnew

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 4182b4da-dc89-4331-bca0-952369bb63fb

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 9 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.