The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — A recent article stated that most department stores a la Target, Best Buy, Walmart will completely remove CDs from their shelves by 2014.  It's crazy to imagine that the entire physical element of the music industry will be gone in less than three y... more info

NME — Brooklyn's former indie darlings vow to win back fanbase more info

Totally Fuzzy — After emerging from nowhere in 2005, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah was nearly snuffed out by its own DIY success. Now, it returns with an album that recaptures the exuberance of its debut. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's new album, Hysterical, comes out ... more info

Guardian Music — (V2)Having previously attracted plaudits for their off-kilter, Talking Heads-esque pop, New York five-piece Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are aiming themselves squarely at the mainstream on this, their third album. Unfortunately, they've lost any modicum ... more info

Stereogum — This week brought highly anticipated first listens to LPs by St. Vincent, Wilco, Neon Indian, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and we spent a chunk of time arguing about their relative merits. Ultimately the only thing we all agreed upon is that Jeff Tw... more info

Nialler9 — The best of recent album streams in A-Z. Plenty more in the Album Streams category. Balam Acab – Wander/Wonder Beirut – The Rip Tide Big Deal – Lights Out Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind Of Fix Cla... more info

Stereogum — Four years after Some Loud Thunder, and on the heels of advance tracks “Same Mistake” and “Maniac,” blogband 1.0 CYHSY are ready for you to get fully acquainted with their third LP Hysterical. The John Congleton-produced set runs 11 songs, al... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Barkan Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Conversion Party played a last minute BrooklynVegan-presented show, announced that morning, at Littlefield on Monday. Here are some pictures. More of them along with the setlist, below...... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — CYHSY @ Sasquatch 2007 (more by Jerry Yeti) Surprise! Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, whose sold out 9/20 Bowery Ballroom show was your next and first public time to catch the band in NYC since their return, will play a... more info

DrownedInSound — So many releases make this a log-jam week - so in an uncharacteristic display of 'not wanting to be unfair to music' I have included links to ALL the videos. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info