This new song adds to a growing mass of music circulating the Internet this year from Clap Your Hands mastermind Alec Ounsworth. First there was CYHSY's song premiere on Fallon, then the great "Skin And Bones" from the record he... CONTINUE READING NEW ALEC OUNSWORTH - "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY MOSES (SONG FOR NEW ORLEANS)" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on August 24, 2009 in (6 comments)
Tags: Alec Ounsworth | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
While waiting for the Clap Your Hands leader's solo LP, you can listen to a new album under his Flashy Python moniker. Free with email signup is an MP3 of "Skin And Bone," a track closer to the spirit of... CONTINUE READING HEAR FLASHY PYTHON (ALEC OUNSWORTH)»
Posted on August 12, 2009 (2 comments)
Tags: Alec Ounsworth | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Flashy Python
After launching the album that launched a million trend pieces about the New Model for breaking a band in internet age, and learning along with everyone else that what he accomplished was less of a viable model for DIY success... CONTINUE READING CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH'S ALEC OUNSWORTH READIES SOLO DEBUT»
Posted on July 15, 2009 (3 comments)
Tags: Alec Ounsworth | Bumbershoot | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Vivian Girls
From being one of Fallon's first music guests to telling us that rumors of their demise have been greatly exaggerated, the Class of '05 music industry case study that is Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have been somewhat on the... CONTINUE READING NEW CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - "TELLING THE TRUTH AND GOING AWAY"»
Posted on June 5, 2009 in (14 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | The Great Buck Howard
From the Roots as house band to Van Morrison and Justin Timberlake (nice guy, says Wayne Coyne) to Santigold and Spank Rock, we've been closely covering the nascent days of Jimmy Fallon's show. Last night the nervous one hosted Clap... Jimmy Fallon'">CONTINUE READING CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH DEBUT "STATUES" FOR JIMMY FALLON»
Posted on March 5, 2009 in (17 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Jimmy Fallon | Mika Miko | Ryan Adams
NAME: The Wrens PRGRESS REPORT: Recording the followup to The Meadowlands at bassist Kevin Whelan's home studio in Teaneck, New Jersey. We usually like to catch bands after they've been in the studio for a while, or when they've just... CONTINUE READING PROGRESS REPORT: THE WRENS»
Posted on January 30, 2009 in , , (20 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Crystal Antlers | Paul McCartney | Robin Pecknold | The Wrens
The band's manager tells NME that while CYHSY have indeed abandoned plans to head into the studio, bloggers suggesting a permanent split are "probably reading a bit too much into things." They are "unlikely to work together in the immediate... CONTINUE READING CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH NOT NECESSARILY BREAKING UP»
Posted on January 21, 2009 in (6 comments)
Tags: Axl Rose | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Guns N' Roses | Nine Inch Nails | Tom Hanks | Uninhabitable Mansions
In this Amy Finkel-directed video for Takka Takka's "Silence," the Brooklyn quintet's dreamy little song (with guest instrumentation via the National's Bryan Devendorf and Lee Sargent of CYHSY) is transformed into the backdrop for a war between Lilliputian toy soldiers... CONTINUE READING NEW TAKKA TAKKA VIDEO - "SILENCE"»
Posted on August 13, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Grizzly Bear | Menomena | Takka Takka | The National
File under: More Radiohead soundtrack news. Jonny's set the pace, but he is not the only Greenwood with a taste for Hollywood. Colin's teamed up with another set of bloggable brothers, Tyler and Lee of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah,... CONTINUE READING STREAM COLIN GREENWOOD & THE SARGENT BROTHERS' WOODPECKER SOUNDTRACK»
Posted on August 12, 2008 (0 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Colin Greenwood | James Lavino | Radiohead | St. Vincent | Woodpecker
Sundance is flickering along as we speak, and plenty of the films being screened have a rock 'n' roll bent. And a rap bent, if you consider Diddy a rapper. Bernard Shakey, aka Neil Young -- yes, that Neil Young... CONTINUE READING SUNDANCE ROCKS (IN 3-D)»
Posted on January 23, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Anvil | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Crosby Stills And Nash | Diddy | Neil Young | U2
Seeing a rock show on NYE is always a good option, provided you've planned well for your post-show hang; nothing worse than loitering on a city sidewalk after your balls drop, all boozed up with nowhere to go. Last year... CONTINUE READING DANCE WITH MR. BROWNSTONE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE (AND OTHER SUCH ROCK OPTIONS)»
Posted on November 27, 2007 (6 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Guns N' Roses | Mr. Brownstone
Our Saturday in Austin was relatively tame -- no man-made clouds, no crazy Austin City Limits tapings (although friends hit Wilco at 4PM), and, sadly, no White Stripes. The loss of Jack 'n' Meg just exacerbated the fact that... CONTINUE READING AUSTIN CITY LIMITS '07: ARCTIC MONKEYS, CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH, MUSE»
Posted on September 16, 2007 in (17 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Austin City Limits | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Muse
Saturday was full of tougher decisions than day one, not the least of which was Interpol vs. Muse vs. staying dry. Grant Park got its drizzle on during The Hold Steady; by the time Spoon took the MySpace stage,... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 5, 2007 in (38 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Cold War Kids | I'm From Barcelona | Lollapalooza | Muse | Regina Spektor | Roky Erickson | Silverchair | The Hold Steady | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
As mentioned a couple of months ago, filming for the forthcoming Hanks/Malkovich flick The Great Buck Howard, in which Clap Your Hands Say Yeah play an indie rock band called Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, is well under way. And... CONTINUE READING CLAP YOUR HANDS, ON THE SET: WHAT WAS TOM THINKING?»
Posted on July 5, 2007 (31 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Colin Hanks | John Malkovich | Paul Rudd | Tom Hanks
If Friday's 'Roo music trolling left something to be desired, Saturday's lineup was more than just compensation. Of course it was all about the Police, but seeing the Lips' laser-pointered psych carnival and a triumphant, hippie-conquering blowout from the... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO: SATURDAY 6/16/07»
Posted on June 17, 2007 in (21 comments)
Tags: Annuals | Bonnaroo | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Cold War Kids | Dr. Dog | Elvis Perkins | Fountains Of Wayne | Franz Ferdinand | Girl Talk | Gogol Bordello | Grizzly Bear | Spoon | The Flaming Lips | The Hold Steady | Ween
LES lovers, your Clap Your Hands Say Yeah sightings will hit a little lull this weekend 'cause CYHSY are going to LA and are totally gonna be movie stars! See gang, along with rampant backlash, blog buzz buys you the... CONTINUE READING CLAP YOUR HANDS GO TO HOLLYWOOD, STARRING JOHN MALKOVICH & TOM HANKS»
Posted on May 9, 2007 (6 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Emily Blunt | John Malkovich | Tom Hanks
When industry crank Bob Lefsetz fired off his last chart-blasting missive, he rankled Camp Clap into action. CYHSY manager Nick Stern quickly hit back with the following letter, which FairPlay fan Bob promptly forwarded to his minions.Hi Bob, As usual,... CONTINUE READING CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY "REBUTTAL"»
Posted on February 12, 2007 (31 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Lefsetz
Industry analyst Bob Lefsetz, the hater you love to hate. Yesterday's Letter targeted everyone with a new album on the charts. We know his "thing" is to be the cranky, old-school critic...#47. Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah "Some Loud... CONTINUE READING LEFSETZ ON INDIE ROCK, ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION»
Posted on February 9, 2007 (13 comments)
Tags: 30 Rock | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Lefsetz | Leonard Cohen
The Clap's 1AM show at Mercury was officially the worst kept "secret" in NYC yesterday (err, today?). A long line of ticket holders and list dwellers froze while the door was sorted, and we (like good little concert whores) stayed... CONTINUE READING CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH @ MERCURY LOUNGE, NYC 1/25/07»
Posted on January 25, 2007 in (16 comments)
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The time has come for you to confirm your love (or hate) for the new Clap record -- for free! Head to MySpace to stream the whole album (aside from the free MP3s). Yes, the first song is supposed to... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - SOME LOUD THUNDER»
Posted on January 16, 2007 in (47 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Happy New Year, y'all! Glad to see you guys made it into 2007, like us, at our computers and in need of war-story swapping and diversion from post-holiday pain. And like us you probably only exacerbated that pain with a... CONTINUE READING CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH/BOB MOULD/FINAL FANTASY @ HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM, NYC 12/31/06»
Posted on January 2, 2007 in (5 comments)
Tags: Bob Mould | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Final Fantasy
We promise that's the last CYHSY pun you'll see on Stereogum in '06 -- but we do mean it! Big congratulations to Tanya, Adam, Zinnia, Peter, and Tara -- you guys are ringing in the New Year with Bob, Owen,... CONTINUE READING CLAP YOUR HANDS FOR THE WINNERS»
Posted on December 27, 2006 (6 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
As if you needed another reason to break your ban on all things above 14th St this New Year's Eve, the Clap Your Hands party at Hammerstein just got a little sweeter: The Clap kids will receive opening support from... CONTINUE READING CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY FINAL FANTASY»
Posted on December 26, 2006 (13 comments)
Tags: Bob Mould | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Final Fantasy
Navigating NYC during the last hours of the year is always a nightmare, but this year we've got just the fix: Go see Clap Your Hands' 12/31 show at Hammerstein Ballroom! Stereogum's proud to co-present the show with Alec and... CONTINUE READING WIN TICKETS TO SEE CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH ON NYE!»
Posted on December 20, 2006 in (491 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
"Blog buzz band" wasn't coined for Clap Your Hands, but the Philly/Brooklyn band's sudden, web-fueled surge last year gave the term its legs -- and made the group its poster boys. And the extent to which they became synonymous with... CONTINUE READING NEW CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH»
Posted on December 5, 2006 in (50 comments)
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