New Yeah Yeah Yeahs Album Reviewed in the New Yorker

The ever-reliable music journalist Sasha Frere-Jones positively reviews "Show Your Bones," the new disc by the Brooklyn-based indie sensation the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, in this week's issue of the New Yorker magazine. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and their iconic frontperson Karen O. broke onto the scene with an forceful, original indie-pop album two years ago. The band's 2004 gold-certified-selling album "Fever to Tell" and powerful live shows revealed that the group was as great as the hype had promised. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were the real deal. What sealed the deal for us was the song "Art Star," which was released in the body of Yeah Yeah Yeahs music a year or two prior to "Fever to Tell." The song blew us away. We found the track on an obscure Japanese pop CD compilation called "U.S. Pop Life Volume 15," which was produced by a friend of ours who runs a small label called Contact Records. Our friend was on to something. Yeah Yeah Yeahs will have a show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City later this month as part of a concert tour in support of "Show Your Bones," so you'll be able see them in the flesh and see what the talk is really all about.

Essential Links

POSITIVE ATTITUDE: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs new album [New Yorker]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Website
Bowery Ballroom Website

Posted by Thurston Ali at February 7, 2006 12:31 AM