Why Yeasayer are too uncool for school

While hip bands in Brooklyn tried to be the next Strokes, Yeasayer set about being as untrendy as possible. The plan backfired: now they are the hottest gig going.Two years ago I was in San Francisco reporting on the soon-to-be-supernova MGMT. At their gig in the city I was blown away by the support band. Yeasayer wore unfashionable clothes and had hair tumbling to their waists – they looked as if they'd been blasted in from the San Francisco of 40 years before. But their melodies were st...

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