'There are too many whiny bands'

They were New York's favourite art-punk rockers. But now Yeah Yeah Yeahs are living the LA life - and trading spiky guitars for synth pop melodies. They tell Emma Forrest whyYeah Yeah Yeahs like to rehearse in a studio in Silverlake, a part of Los Angeles where you're never too far from a multimillion-dollar home - or a dollar-fifty taco stand. It's a neighbourhood that's gentrified but still salted with soul, kind of like the band after eight years together. Soul underpinned their 2003 debut al...

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