Yeah Yeah Yeahs Bring Grit and Glitter to Chicago Tour Opener
Yeah Yeah Yeahs reworked their scrappy punk sound to brilliant effect on their third album, It’s Blitz!, incorporating rich keyboard textures and displaying an increased fragility on a handful of moodier cuts. But despite the musical shift, the trio sounded anything but delicate as they launched a national tour at a near-capacity Aragon Ballroom in [...]
Rolling Stone — Yeah Yeah Yeahs reworked their scrappy punk sound to brilliant effect on their third album, It’s Blitz!, incorporating rich keyboard textures and displaying an increase... more info
Stereogum —
In this second Blitz! vid, Karen, Nick, and Brian are relegated to backing a dapper, dancing wolfman. The synthpop-loving monster dismembers them at the end, as temper... more info
Persona Sauna —
Whatever dinner theater this is at, I wanna go, sans murderous dancing werewolf. Well, maybe I'd be O.K. with that part since it's a confetti blood bath. Who doesn't lov... more info
My Old Kentucky — Yeah Yeah Yeahs have made the video for their forthcoming new single Heads Will Roll. The video was directed by The Mighty Boosh actor Richard Ayoade, who also directed ... more info
Tastes Like Caramel — The inimitable Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with video #2 for one of my favorite tracks from It’s Blitz!, Heads Will Roll! We’re loving all the red glitter in this video ... more info
Detroit Free Press — "It's Blitz!" is the stellar third album from vocalist Karen O and her New York band, who venture to the heart of disco-rock without getting tangled in the self-cons... more info