You've all seen (and cried about) the trailer. Now it's time to hear (and cry about?) Karen O & the Kids' Where The Wild Things Are soundtrack. Like the first single "All Is Love" suggested, the collection has a dreamy... CONTINUE READING STREAM THE WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE SOUNDTRACK»
Posted on September 28, 2009 (43 comments)
Tags: Bradford Cox | Brian Chase | Jack Lawrence | Karen O | Nick Zinner | Nigel Godrich | Where The Wild Things Are | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Now that the appearances at ATP and Colbert are out of the way, the Lips can shift to more typically internattable pursuits, like releasing music videos for their forthcoming, 12th album Embryonic. "I Can Be A Frog" features Karen O... CONTINUE READING NEW FLAMING LIPS VIDEO - "I CAN BE A FROG"»
Posted on September 22, 2009 in (15 comments)
Tags: Karen O | The Flaming Lips | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Last week we revealed that Karen O's Where The Wild Things Are backup band "the Kids" includes YYYs' Brian Chase and Nick Zinner, Bradford Cox, and two Raconteurs, among others. One of those "others" is the "untrained children's choir" taking... CONTINUE READING NEW KAREN O AND THE KIDS - "ALL IS LOVE" »
Posted on August 24, 2009 (33 comments)
Tags: Karen O | Where The Wild Things Are | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
She's billed her Where The Wild Things Are soundtrack collaborators "the Kids." Turns out the group of helpers includes YYYs' Brian Chase and Nick Zinner, Bradford Cox, two Raconteurs, and more. Look for the collection 9/29. The first single "All... CONTINUE READING KAREN O'S KIDS REVEALED»
Posted on August 20, 2009 (5 comments)
Tags: Karen O | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Stereogum reader Rafaël Zeier recently interviewed Wayne Coyne at the Open Air St Gallen Festival in Switzerland, and got the scoop that McCartney-approved, nightmarish pop bros MGMT and Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O will appear on the Flaming Lips'... CONTINUE READING MGMT, KAREN O, WEIRD GERMAN MATHEMATICIAN ON NEW FLAMING LIPS LP»
Posted on June 29, 2009 in (6 comments)
Tags: Karen O | MGMT | The Flaming Lips | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
This performance of It's Blitz's prime mover comes at just the right time: teasing YYYs upcoming performance on Saturday Night Live, restoring faith in the sound after the inevitable flood of unnecessary remixes. (I asked Brandon which hit the mixes... CONTINUE READING YEAH YEAH YEAHS BRING "ZERO" TO JOOLS HOLLAND»
Posted on April 9, 2009 in (18 comments)
Tags: Erol Alkan | Karen O | Nick Zinner | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Spike Jonze + Arcade Fire + Nostalgia + Magic + Monsters + Snowballs + Scribble Font + Shouting Off A Cliff = this thing looks scientifically designed to fuck up hipsters' shit. (Bonus: Karen O is composing the score!) Get... CONTINUE READING ARCADE FIRE SOUNDTRACK AWESOME WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE TRAILER»
Posted on March 25, 2009 in (0 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Cryptacize | Karen O | Spike Jonze | Where The Wild Things Are
This next YYYs LP was bound to be one of the year's most anticipated, regardless. Because the trio are true rock stars in a time where the "rock star" is a relic, because they are serious players, because Show Your... CONTINUE READING NEW YEAH YEAH YEAHS - "ZERO"»
Posted on February 17, 2009 (73 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | DOOM | Karen O | Nick Zinner | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Get Mariah Carey far from your mind as you head over to YeahSpace for a listen of this charming little new seasonal stopgap tune. "My only Christmas wish is for you to be here," Karen coos through the hook, punctuating... CONTINUE READING NEW YEAH YEAH YEAHS - "ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS" »
Posted on December 16, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Camera Obscura | Karen O | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Things move fast like too fast on the Internet, and OK, we sometimes (always) have a hand in that. This time, though, an artist pushed things along at a pace all her own, and there was no way we could... CONTINUE READING VIDEO FROM KAREN O'S NATIVE KOREAN ROCK SHOW»
Posted on July 23, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Karen O | Native Korean Rock
In a move that echoes Jim James's Asian country star Sec Walkin, Karen O has an Asian-themed project of her own, Native Korean Rock & The Fishnets. She explains the spare, lo-fi love songs at the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' blog:... CONTINUE READING KAREN O MAKES NATIVE KOREAN ROCK»
Posted on July 18, 2008 (9 comments)
Tags: Karen O | North Korean Rock | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Everything's coming up Dylan. As mentioned, a lot of folks we like got together to cover the car salesman Mr. Zimmerman as part of the I'm Not There soundtrack. We pointed out streams for Dylan takes by Sufjan, Calexico with... CONTINUE READING NEW KAREN O - "HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on October 25, 2007 (18 comments)
Tags: Bob Dylan | Karen O | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Between the apologies and the accusations, Karen O's demo leak became a certifiable shit storm, and the illustrious Ms. O has acknowledged that, sometimes, that "happens." She offered her thoughts on the situation in this post to the YYYs message... CONTINUE READING KAREN TALKS DEMO»
Posted on December 13, 2006 (17 comments)
Tags: Dave Sitek | Karen O | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Whenever rare, heretofore unheard recordings from our favorite artists "leak" to the internet, we always wonder how the tracks got out there, and it was no different with Karen O's bedroom demos. Well we may have some answers -- from... CONTINUE READING THE STORY BEHIND THE KAREN O DEMO»
Posted on December 11, 2006 (117 comments)
Tags: Dave Sitek | Karen O | TV On The Radio | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Reader Mark piques our interest with this query:Hey-- there was a 16-track album floating around last night of a lot of Karen O's home recordings. You guys hear anything or manage to snag it? It got pulled off before I... CONTINUE READING KAREN (DEM)O»
Posted on December 11, 2006 in (17 comments)
Tags: Dave Sitek | Karen O | TV On The Radio | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
