Stereogum — With It's Blitz, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs pulled off a savvy, synthy costume change. But then, this is a band that knows from costume changes. We gave the record some premature adoration, although the early televised performance at Jools -- and to some... more info

Guardian Music — This week, we reveal the top 10 tracks you nominated in each category of our 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear playlists. Today, it's heartbreak songsLast month, the Guardian and Observer compiled 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear. We tried our best to cover... more info

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Battery In your Leg — The Yeah Yeah Yeahs continue their publicity blitz (har har) for album #3. They’ve announced an admittedly short tour in support of It’s Blitz, which I assume will be fleshed out with more dates soon (Wisconsin and Missouri but no Southwest dates... more info

Guardian Music — Scala, LondonThere's a moment in Sonic Youth's seminal tour documentary, 1991: The Year Punk Broke, when the camera finds Thurston Moore in contemplative mood. "To us," he says, "the future is a dare."Fast forward 19 years and Sonic Youth are as defi... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Yeah Yeah Yeahs [ tickets ] have mapped summer tour dates as the indie-rockers head out on the road to support their new studio album, last month's "It's Blitz!"... continued more info

Buzzgrinder — Karen O and the boys playing a number of dates in support of the band's latest release -- the cover of which I posited may be a hate crime against gonads -- It's Blitz! Gotta love the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Also, microphone fellation. 5/23 | Quincy, WA - ... more info

NME — They kick off proceedings on May 23 at Sasquatch more info

411 Mania — YYY's headed to a town near you... more info

To get your head around the riot of miscommunication that is the , here's a sample overheard conversation. 'So are the Yeah Yeah Yeahs still playing tonight?' 'I think they're playing on a bus.' 'No, I heard it was someone else on the bus.' 'Really? ... more info