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Chris Keating

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    June 18, 2011

    Q&A: Yeasayer's Chris Keating On USB-Stick Mixes, Bonding Over Weezer, And Why He Loves 'YMCA'

    ​ The past two years have been good to Brooklyn-based band Yeasayer. While they released their second album Odd Blood a little over a year ago, "Ambling Alp" and "O.N.E." shot them to stardom in the blogosphere and mainstream music circles in the fall of 2009. Their popularity was, in large pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Hear Yeasayer's New Song, "Devil And The Deed"

    Yeasayer stopped by Conan last night to debut "Devil And The Deed," a taut, herky-jerky track that uses the upper ranges of lead singer Chris Keating's voice to fine effect and has a lovely, tinkling keyboard break. The band's on tour right now; their headlining show at Terminal 5 on June 18 is sold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    It's Time For An In-Depth Analysis Of Bizarre Yeasayer Press Photos

    The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had no trouble defeating this new batch of super-villains​ So Brooklyn electro-jam-band Yeasayer's new record, Odd Blood, is out this week. Here are some thoughts on it. They seem like lovely people. The whole press-photo thing, though, seems to give them trou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    This Week's Voice: Yeasayer, Gil Scott-Heron, Sade, Hot Chip, Speak Onion, and More

    Yeasayer' Chris Keating, looking sharp. Photo by Santiago Felipe.​In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla recounts the charms of Odd Blood, Yeasayer's latest fretless-bass campfire dance party, Stacey Anderson watches Obama's State of the Union with Gil Scott-Heron, Drew Hinshaw on the retu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Interview: Simian Mobile Disco's Jas Shaw on Temporary Pleasure, Guest Vocalists, and Synthesizers

    "I'd love to get Prince into the studio one time before he dies." Jas is the one not drinking. For the last five years, Simian Mobile Disco, the British production powerhouse of James Ford and Jas Shaw, have been reshaping people's musical expectations by turning EDM into pop music and back again ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    Interview: Yeasayer's Chris Keating

    "I'd love to get Prince into the studio one time before he dies." Jas is the one not drinking. For the last five years, Simian Mobile Disco, the British production powerhouse of James Ford and Jas Shaw, have been reshaping people's musical expectations by turning EDM into pop music and back again ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    Week in Review: We Got into Fights!

    "I'd love to get Prince into the studio one time before he dies." Jas is the one not drinking. For the last five years, Simian Mobile Disco, the British production powerhouse of James Ford and Jas Shaw, have been reshaping people's musical expectations by turning EDM into pop music and back again ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    Live: Yeasayer Ascends

    "I'd love to get Prince into the studio one time before he dies." Jas is the one not drinking. For the last five years, Simian Mobile Disco, the British production powerhouse of James Ford and Jas Shaw, have been reshaping people's musical expectations by turning EDM into pop music and back again ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    Live: Yeasayer and MGMT at Bowery Ballroom

    "I'd love to get Prince into the studio one time before he dies." Jas is the one not drinking. For the last five years, Simian Mobile Disco, the British production powerhouse of James Ford and Jas Shaw, have been reshaping people's musical expectations by turning EDM into pop music and back again ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2008

    Dept. of Useless BKLYN Minutiae: Yeasayer and Animal Collective = High-School Bros

    "I'd love to get Prince into the studio one time before he dies." Jas is the one not drinking. For the last five years, Simian Mobile Disco, the British production powerhouse of James Ford and Jas Shaw, have been reshaping people's musical expectations by turning EDM into pop music and back again ... More >>

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