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What's So Funny About A Little Bump N' Grind? R. Kelly, Frank Ocean, And The "Right" Kind Of R&B

In case you haven't yet gotten your fill, over the past couple of years, of artists beating Aaliyah samples into a flavorless pulp, not to worry—Yeasayer frontman Chris Keating has got your back. In a Rolling Stone interview published this week, Keating recalls being struck by watching high sc ... More >>

Q&A: Yeasayer On Fragrant World, Not Being A New Band, And Casting The "Brooklyn Band" Movie

Yeasayer joined the late-naughts "Brooklyn band" explosion shortly after their debut All Hour Cymbals was released in 2007. Their second record, 2010's Odd Blood, received similar acclaim, and the band even reached the summer-shed circuit thanks to gigs with the Flaming Lips and Weezer. Next week ... More >>

Keepaway Add Just The Right Amount Of Sweetness To "Black Flute"

A partial list of comparisons the Brooklyn-based trio Keepaway has received since it released "Yellow Wings" in 2010: Timbaland; The Strokes; Gang Gang Dance; any number of Ethiopiques compilations; Modest Mouse; MGMT; Yeasayer; LFO; southern hip-hop (the drum patterns); a barbershop quartet; and An ... More >>

Live: The 4Knots Party Continues With Dan Deacon And Yeasayer (And The Spice Girls, Too)

Willie Davis​4Knots Music Festival: Dan Deacon, Yeasayer (DJ sets) Saturday, June 16 4Knots Indoor Lounge Better than: Going home and passing out. In my coverage of the 4Knots main stage, my "critical bias," as named at the bottom of these write-ups, has been fairly obvious—almost so o ... More >>

Announcing The Set Times For Today's 4Knots Music Festival

​Doors for the Village Voice-sponsored 4Knots Music Festival—happening at Pier 17 on the South Street Seaport—open in about an hour, and if you want to plan your afternoon, we have set times for all the bands on the bill, as well as the DJs spinning in the 4Knots Indoor Lounge (loc ... More >>

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Mr. Dream Added To 4Knots Lineup; Yeasayer, Dan Deacon To DJ The Indoor Lounge

​The first annual 4Knots Music Festival—free, at South Street Seaport—takes place on July 16; Mr. Dream will perform at the all-day show at Pier 17. In addition to the day's roster of bands—which also includes The Black Angels, Titus Andronicus, Davila 666, Oberhofer, and Ele ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Coming To The Local Sheds This Summer: Lots Of "Heritage Acts" And Country Stars (And Yeasayer)

Yeasayer. Here's hoping things are a bit warmer than this for their shows this summer. ​Today Live Nation announced a slew of shows at Long Island's Nikon at Jones Beach Theater and New Jersey's PNC Bank Arts Center, and in addition to the many classic rock acts (with "classic rock" now being ... More >>

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Top 5 Music Videos Featuring Mythical Creatures

In her new clip for the [ahem] Madonna-inspired "Born This Way," Lady Gaga includes a unicorn in the opening shot. While the video only gets weirder (and grosser) from there, that mythical beast captivated our attention so much that we decided to search out the best videos featuring such imaginary/ ... More >>

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Linkin Park Made Their OK Computer

All hail A Thousands Suns, the finest dystopian fusion a major label can buy

Live: The Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra Turn Arcade Fire, Santigold, And LCD Soundsystem Hits Into Latin Big-Band Anthems

They do a mean "Keep the Car Running," honest. More pics below. ​The Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra Cameo Gallery Wednesday, September 1 It's tremendously cheering to see that people actually dance during Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra shows -- unadulterated, mildly erotic, not at all ironic sals ... More >>

Norah Jones, MGMT, and Yeasayer Walk Into a Movie -- Why, Wah Do Dem, Why?

Week in Review: Sign of Victory

One of these dudes is noticeably less enthusiastic than all the other dudes. Photo by Nate "Igor" Smith​In the week we interviewed an actual fitness instructor about the theoretical plausibility of exercising to Sleigh Bells, we also penned a Twitter-based ode to Erykah Badu's habitual latenes ... More >>

Thanks, Dicks: A Gallery Of Anguished Tweets About Saturday's Free Yeasayer Show At Governors Island

​So Saturday night Yeasayer played a free show at Governors Island (first of the season) that was apparently a summer-heralding alt.utopia for all those fortunate to get in before the ferry situation became untenable. For those who missed out (and a few who didn't!), however, well, let's just ... More >>

I Don't Go Clubbing, I Go Dancing: The Weekend In Nightlife, Starring DJ Cato, Caps, Beach Blanket Disco, Yeasayer, The Juan Maclean, And The Rub

​Start your weekend off with a little art therapy. Scion hosts the opening of touring art exhibit Installation Six at Eastern District in Brooklyn: The show is comprised of "non-narrative video installations" created by some of our favorite music fiends and local artists, most notably Brooklyn ... More >>

Tonight! Public Image Ltd., Keepaway, DOM, Janelle Monae, Phantogram, BRAHMS, BELL, And ARMS

Tonight, find Mr. Johnny Rotten aged to post-punk perfection with Public Image Ltd. at Terminal 5, where you'll catch the ex-Sex Pistols frontman wailing about "Death Disco," songs that aren't love songs, and the like. At Mercury Lounge, discover a couple of Christopher R. Weingarten-approved acts ... More >>

CHILD'S PLAY

Join the release party for Keepaway

Sleigh Bells

IT’S A DRAW

Brooklyn animators get a feature-length forum

Photos: Yeasayer Rock ABC Carpet and Home for Erin Wasson; Ke$ha Gets a Front-Row Sofa

David Wentworth​Though we're not positive, we have a feeling Yeasayer can claim the title of being the first band to have ever rocked ABC Carpet and Home, land of $40,000 rugs and fancy home furnishings. Model turned fashion designer Erin Wasson hired the band to play her boho-themed Fashion W ... More >>

Week in Review: Fist Fight in the Parking Lot

In the week a chipped tooth kept Lil Wayne out of jail and a secretive, proprietary Billboard chart made a success out of his new, abysmal Rebirth, we pulled our Paul Wall grills out of the closet, just in case. You never know when your hood pass might get pulled, you know? Care for a Sightings p ... More >>

Yeasayer Played "Ambling Alp" on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Last Night

As one of my esteemed colleagues suggested yesterday, this is a band that perhaps suffers some from being seen in the cold light of real life. Which is to say: appearances are not Yeasayer's strong suit, unless you go in for the Burning Man thing. Tonight's ensembles are no exception. But "Ambling ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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RARE ODDITIES

Yeasayer are poised to make your Top 10 list

Coachella 2010 Lineup Announced: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Thom Yorke????, Pavement, Etc

​Lot of New York bands representing: LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, Yeasayer, Lucero, Sleigh Bells, Dirty Projectors, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Matt & Kim, Gil Scott-Heron, etc. Pretty fucking good show. Some other big ones--Public Image Limited, Grace Jones, Gorillaz, P ... More >>

Week in Review: Like a Sexy Swedish Chick in a Natural Mineral Sauna

Yup, this photo was taken in 2009, by Rebecca Smeyne​In the week Chuck Schumer became a bike-riding, Williamsburg Pool Party-saving hipster man of the people, we roamed far and wide over his most precious borough, from an Obama Fried Chicken in Brownsville to the very likely defunct N8 to the ... More >>

The Porny New Yeasayer Website

​Click here for Yeasayer's sophisticated delivery system for new single "Ambling Alp." And for "sophisticated" read: "interactive and naked." This band owes Ryan McGinley an apology, basically. "Ambling Alp" is slated for Odd Blood, due next year on Secretly Canadian, and sounds like Ted Leo c ... More >>

Interview: Yeasayer's Chris Keating

No Age and Yeasayer at the MINI Rooftop

FAKE EMPIRE

Brooklyn takes Manhattan’s big stage

WHO’S THE MAN MAN?

Indie band wages war on form and decorum

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