Yeasayer played the first of two shows at the Music Box with Smith Westerns and Hush Hush. With cactus plants set on stage as a giant hypnotic light show flashed in the background, the Brooklyn experimental rock band captivated Los Angeles. Yeasayer played songs from All Hour Cymbals and, their most recent album, Odd Blood. [...]
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YEASAYER @ THE MUSIC BOX
June 3rd, 2011 · No Comments
KCRW WORLD FESTIVAL @ HOLLYWOOD BOWL
June 29th, 2010 · No Comments
The thumb piano is a wondrous object, simple and hypnotizing. It’s like a handheld video game that hooks up to your soul. With this instrument, Konono No 1 creates spellbinding dance music. Seeing the Congolese band in person is monumental enough, and yet Konono was only 1 of 6 acts at the KCRW World Festival.
BEHOLD THE COACHELLA 2010 LINEUP
January 19th, 2010 · 8 Comments
Buy Coachella 2010 Tickets Here Friday, April 16th: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, [...]
2009: VIDEOS THAT SUCKED LESS
December 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Not too long ago there was an article about the state of music videos in some relevant culture magazine. The alt suits were basically saying at print time (last year) that it was the best time to make music videos because of no budgets. That was the dumbest shit I have ever heard.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM PLANS FIRST FRIDAYS LINEUP FOR 2010
December 19th, 2009 · No Comments
How many times have you been at a concert thinking, “You know what this show could use? Some SCIENCE!” Well the Natural History Museum and Spaceland Productions just confirmed the 2010 season of First Fridays, featuring guided tours, scientific discussions, and live music. January and February are scheduled like so: January 8, 2010: “Spiders” with [...]
VIDEO: YEASAYER "AMBLING ALP"
December 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Beware, there are naked boobies in this so don’t watch it while your boss is judging your commitment to daily tasks… The Yeasayer video for “Ambling Alp” was directed by Radical Friend, a truly radical and friendly duo living la vida loca in L.A.—You perhaps remember their video for Black Moth Super Rainbow’s “Dark Bubbles“. [...]
VIDEO: YEASAYER @ UKRAINIAN CENTER
April 29th, 2008 · 6 Comments
YEASAYER: AS UNCOOL AS POSSIBLE
April 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
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