Watching the rabid gyrations of Karen O perform at the Austin City Limits Festival earlier this month with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs stunned us at Cannibal Cheerleader so completely, so devastatingly as to inspire a month-long self-imposed exile from the blogging community. The blazingly electric setlist, featuring carnal classics like “Gold Lion” and “Maps”, new-wave [...]
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 [...]
NEW WHISPERTOWN VIDEO. Haven’t been keeping up with our friends in the Whispertown 2000 lately, but rest assured Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, the LA-based quartet is alive and kicking. In fact, the band are just about to begin their first UK tour ever – hopefully they blog it in their overly addicting Tour Tumblr. The band’s [...]
COMPREHENSIVE YYY LIVE VIDEO GUIDE
We here at Cannibal Cheerleader love live music and we really love NYC art-rockers the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. So when we heard that the terrific trio were playing not only last Saturday’s SNL but an entire week of TV appearances, we decided to hold off on posting the live stuff until [...]
THE JOY FORMIDABLE RELEASE “WHIRRING” SINGLE
In a move that’s sure to attract a whole new legion of fans, London’s the Joy Formidable have chosen album standout “Whirring” from their debut LP A Balloon Called Moaning as their next single, releasing a brand-spanking new video along with a 7″ single. “Whirring” is quite possibly our favorite [...]
BLOOD BATH RECAP
Hey Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, sorry for the delay but we’ve got videos and pictures from last week’s killer Blood Bath SXSW day party, starting with this bloody awesome collage video of the whole event, featuring Rolo Tomassi, the Action Design, the Whispertown 2000, Treasure Mammal, Prey For Sleep, Agent Ribbons, and Vermillion Lies. [...]
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 [...]
MASTODON POST REDICULOUS VIDEO
Hearkening back to the days when metal was for AD&D fans and Slayer played over Magic the Gathering games, Mastodon have released a completely awesome, wholly rediculous video for their lead single “Divinations” from the forthcoming Crack the Skye LP. Seriously folks, we have to take this with some tongue-and-cheek as this [...]
YEAH YEAH YEAHS TO RELEASE ALBUM EARLY
In the wake of the leak of their latest masterpiece It’s Blitz, NY art-rockers the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have decided to release the digital version of the LP next week on March 10th. Here’s the word from the source:
“The cat’s out of the bag after IT’S BLITZ! escaped from [...]
CANNIBAL CHEERLEADER BLOOD BATH – SXSW PARTY
That’s right Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, this year we’ll be having our first ever South By Southwest 2009 Blood Bath/Day Party! Featuring some of our favorite bands from around the world including Rolo Tomassi, the Action Design, Prey for Sleep, Treasure Mammal, Agent Ribbons, and Vermillion Lies!
The party takes place [...]
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