Wild

2009 may just be the year of the Yeah Yeah Yeah, considering their blazingly original third LP It’s Blitz! and the band’s monumentally successful North American tour thus far. Now, not only have we received news that Karen O and company are replacing the Beastie Boys at Austin’s own Austin City Limits Festival, but KO [...]

September 17th, 2009 | Category: acl festival, beastie boys, its blitz, karen o, spike jonze, where the wild things are, yeah yeah yeahs | Leave a comment

Classic Grandeur

NEW DECEMBERISTS’ ALBUM – THE HAZARDS OF LOVETons to talk about this week, as the weekend featured some heavy-hitting leaks that provided all of us dedicated indie-nerds with a plethora of new tracks to download, starting with best of all, the Decemberists‘ new record the Hazards of Love. Coming across as equal parts focused (on [...]

March 9th, 2009 | Category: duchess says, hazards of love, karen o, the decemberists, yeah yeah yeahs, zero | 2 comments

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YEAH YEAH YEAHS REVEAL “ZERO”

Not sure if this leak was intentional or some fortunate coincidence, but the new single from New York art-rockers the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Zero”, from their forthcoming third LP It’s Blitz!, has taken the blogosphere by storm. Featuring vintage synths care of Nick Zinner, an infectious dancey groove reminiscient of TV [...]

February 17th, 2009 | Category: cannibal cheerleader, its blitz, karen o, nick zinner, tv on the radio, yeah yeah yeahs, zero | 2 comments

New Realms

NEW KAREN O NATIVE KOREAN ROCK VIDEOSOur friends over at The Modern Age managed to capture some excellent videos of KO and the Native Korean Rock crew performing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman’s stripped down songs of romance and desire lost at sea.

Here’s there show review:

“The stage was set up like a kid’s school production [...]

July 24th, 2008 | Category: anywhere i lay my head, celebration, cold war kids, frank sinatra, gnarls barkley, karen o, loyalty to loyalty, native korean rock, odd couple, scarlett johansson, tom waits, yeah yeah yeahs | 2 comments

Sirens Singing to Shipwreck

SOUTHERN DRAMA IN AUSTINPerforming at Austin’s own Beauty Bar last night, Southern Drama managed surpass all our expectations and capture a refreshing slice of retro-country rock with a subversive edge that proved both genuine and engaging. There exists a level of underlying difficulty when playing any version of country music – the danger of the [...]

July 22nd, 2008 | Category: beauty bar, bloc party, dear science, john lydon, karen o, kele okereke, native korean rock, pitchfork, southern drama, the sex pistols, tv on the radio, yeah yeah yeahs | One comment

Alter-Native

KAREN O REVEALS NEW SIDE-PROJECTOver the weekend our favorite art-punk frontwoman Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs revealed her involvement in a new side project called Native Korean Rock. Here’s the announcement from KO from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ blog:

“Native Korean Rock is a side project of mine comprised of a body of love [...]

July 20th, 2008 | Category: conor oberst, ghostface killa, grand ole party, j dilla, karen o, mf doom, one day as a lion, rage against the machine, sniperlite, uzi and ari, yeah yeah yeahs, zach de la rocha | Leave a comment

Pure Unevil

LIARS’ FRONTMAN INJURED – TOUR IN JEOPARDY?Just a quick update today, Liars‘ frontman Angus Andrew (former Karen O. squeeze and inspiration for the song “Maps” for you trivia nuts) has apparently injured his back leaving his band’s tour on uncertain terms according to this Pitchfork article. Here’s hoping they don’t cancel their Mohawk show on [...]

January 22nd, 2008 | Category: austin, be your own pet, karen o, liars, yeah yeah yeahs | Leave a comment

…And Out Come the Wolves

If you were anywhere but at the Emo’s inside stage Tuesday night than you missed an incredible hardcore punk show from UK newcomers Gallows. These Watford rockers have a notorious live show and they even managed to turn a hipster Austin crowd into a circle-pit of carnage. If these photos are blurry you probably understand [...]

January 15th, 2008 | Category: babyshambles, coachella, doherty, emo's, gallows, jonze, karen o, scarlett johansson, yeah yeah yeahs | Leave a comment

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