Man, I am so torn. Call a track "Hot-N-Fun" and I understand it as an attempt to be a fresh summer jam. Have Nellie Furtado sing a verse and I understand it as an attempt to go straight into my…   Read Story »

Four years into my Coachella career and I've never experienced an Indio spring so mild. It's a gift from the gods meaning Brooklynites like Scott and I can wear jeans all weekend, a blessing with the…   Read Story »

In profiling XXXChange's remix of "O.N.E..," we learned Odd Blood was created with a specific mission: Chris Keating told the NYT the band found "the specific elements, the defining elements, of the…   Read Story »

Directed by Radical Friend, the same duo behind their excellent (and top-rated NSFW) video for "Ambling Alp," Yeasayer's "O.N.E." clip has some seriously cool eye candy. Hard to know what to…   Read Story »

If you look at Vampire Weekend as that endangered species of band that can collapse barriers in a fragmented, niche-driven music economy, then this week is proving "Giving Up The Gun" to be the…   Read Story »

Still not done with these dudes this week: The song Yeasayer brought to Fallon last night gets an injection of some typically ebullient Esau Mwamwaya-isms via this new Very Best remix, which you can…   Read Story »

Had enough Yeasayer this week? There's one more stop on the Odd Blood media-saturated goodwill tour we're checking in with this morning, that being the trio (plus drummer + multi-instrumentalist +…   Read Story »

After getting artsy in L.A. earlier this week, Yeasayer returned to their adopted home in time for a snowstorm, and for two sold-out shows at Bowery Ballroom and the following night at Music Hall Of…   Read Story »

L.A.'s Natural History Museum invited Yeasayer to headline their most recent First Fridays event, because Yeasayer love playing museums. Like that Guggenheim show, the band was paired with some…   Read Story »

The often excellent Odd Blood is a step into new directions for Yeasayer, and vocalist Chris Keating touched upon their process in a recent NY Times profile: It was only natural to find the…   Read Story »