Yeah Yeah Yeahs (musician)
Singer Karen O of the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs performs as part of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 12, 2013 in Indio, California.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs weren't trying to write a hit on Mosquito, but Sacrilege deserves to be one, even if it's in some mutant strain of Top 40 radio. Karen O belts out a memorable vocal performance with plenty of high-register riffs to get things going and, yes, that's a gospel choir swooping in to take the song to new heights: 'And I'll kneel, and I'll pray!'
I was listening to roots reggae … I was hoping that the Yeah Yeah Yeahs could do a little bit of a roots reggae song.More quotes »
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs to play intimate Latitude warm-up gig in London
Yeah Yeah Yeahs will play a one-off gig at London's Islington Academy prior to their appearance at Latitude Festival. The band will perform at the 800-capacity venue in north London on July 15 prior to their Latitude appearance on July 20. Tickets for th 6/17/13 from NME Read more »
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Liverpool Arts: CD Reviews: Andrew Greenhalgh on Beady Eye, Mark Owen and Disclosure
THE difficult second album is a cliché in rock, but after debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding flopped horribly, Beady Eye – essentially Oasis without Noel Gallagher – were as close to the last chance saloon as is possible. The recruitment of New Y from Liverpool Daily Post Read more »
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Review: Eleanor Friedberger's 'Personal Record' is wonderfully askew
Best known for her work as half of the sibling duo the Fiery Furnaces, singer and songwriter Eleanor Friedberger has been a rock outlier since her band burst out of the same '00s New York scene as the Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Over the following decad from Los Angeles Times Read more »
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James Murphy: 'I want to make more music of my own'
Former LCD Soundsystem Murphy called time on his old band in April 2011 but has now revealed he is eager to start working on creating his own music again following stints as a producer working with Arcade Fire, Pulp and Yeah Yeah Yeahs among others. Aske from NME Read more »
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Oh Yeah (Yeah Yeahs)! New Apple iPhone 5 Ad Features NPR Music's SXSW Showcase
That's right folks, while you were busy dancing your face off at the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' only SXSW performance this year (or perhaps from the safety of someplace more private), Apple was capturing footage for its new iPhone 5 ad. Watch for the concert scene from NPR Read more »
