The music of Contre Jour

Imagine Cut The Rope meeting Angry Birds Space somewhere in French children's literature, and you're getting close. If you've got a smart phone, you owe yourself a copy of Contre Jour for several reasons,...

^{free download:} Symptomatic EP, by La Machine

In March we met La Machine, concluding, "Sung through a pulse jet and stripped down to the sub-bass." Their dark-as-a-cave, quick-as-a-Zoloft releases continue with the Symptomatic EP. The title track sets paint-can percussion...

^video: “Same Old,” by Audioley

TMIM regulars are already familiar with Francois Peglau, who has been releasing a track-by-track follow up to The Imminent Failure of since December 2010. His singalong verse, campy wit and upbeat revolutionary politics are...

^{video vault:} “Snow,” by Pooma

How is this for degrees of separation? Desiree's new Finnish obsession leads us to a month-thence Soundcloud upload of a toddler-aged remix of a five-year old track. It's "Snow," by Pooma, from their...

^profile: John Harrison of Cedar Lines

Sunday, January 29, 2012, 11:45am John Harrison can’t find a kit that he likes. The drum line is already written: a smudged, industrial arrangement that summons Cleveland, not Cincinnati. It would work just fine on its own,...

Posts Tagged ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’s’

“The Feel Bad Movie of Christmas”

December 2, 2011 | by Fred

The missus has been reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo for what seems like months. She's a fast...

Tags: Atticus Ross, Bryan Ferry, Immigrant Song, Karen O, Led Zeppelin, OST, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, trailer, Trent Reznor, Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Categories: Upcoming Releases, Video

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Arcade Fire – Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover)

November 22, 2009 | by Patrick

Like trying to make a gourmet PB&J Arcade Fire has taken one of the simplest songs (yet one of the...

Tags: Arcade Fire, Maps, Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Categories: Tracks and Clips

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The Indie Music Bloggers Alphabet Book

June 1, 2009 | by Staff

Indie music has one, which is all fine and good, congratulations, thanks for asking. But we, the staff members...

Tags: animal collective, Baltimore MD, Ben Gibbard, Dead Weather Men, Deakin, Elbow, Franz Ferdinand, Grizzly Bear, Indie Snobbery, Jane, Kings of Leon, Meg White, Regina Spektor, ryan-adams, Scottish rock, Trent Reznor, Vampire Weekend, XL Records, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Zero

Categories: Music Culture

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Are The Billboard Charts Accurate?

April 24, 2009 | by Patrick

Currently the Billboard Top 200 shows Hannah Montana Soundtrack, Day 26, Rascal Flatts and the Twilight Soundtrack rounding out the...

Tags: Bat for Lashes, Billboard Hot 100, Kanye West, Ricky Nelson, Silversun Pickups, We Are Hunted, Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Categories: Music News

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SNL – Phoenix/YYY's

April 13, 2009 | by Patrick

SNL has had two great musical guests on over the past two weeks, that's rare for them. Phoenix played on...

Tags: It's Blitz!, Phoenix, SNL, Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Categories: Tracks and Clips

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Great bloggers are great music bloggers

April 1, 2009 | by Fred

Exhibit B: when Ta-Nehisi Coates (yes, I typed it straight through without checking) refers to Yeah Yeah Yeahs as "White...

Tags: Bomb Squad, Marle Marl, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Categories: Great Bloggers Make Great Music Bloggers, Music Culture

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Yeah Yeah Yeah's It's Blitz Review

March 11, 2009 | by Patrick

Due to leaks and other problems the YYY's were forced to digitally release It's Blitz! a month earlier then originally...

Tags: Fever To Tell, It's Blitz!, Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Categories: New Releases

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Divablogging, Vol. 1, No. 1, first in a series?

February 24, 2009 | by Fred

Which recording artist has the finest web log? Piece of cake: that's Amanda Palmer, of the Dresden Dolls. ...

Tags: Amanda Palmer, Amy Winehouse, Antony and the Johnsons, Australia, Beirut, Brian Setzer, Coachella, Conor Oberst, Dresden Dolls, Drive-By Truckers, Leonard Cohen, Melbourne, Morrissey, My Bloody Valentine, Public Enemy, Robert Smith, Stray Cats, The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Categories: Music Culture

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Yeah Yeah Yeah's Score "Zero"

February 20, 2009 | by Patrick

The Yeah Yeah Yeah's have spent the last 6 years pushing the envelope of simplicity and doing it quite...

Tags: It's Blitz!, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Zero

Categories: Music News, New Releases, Tracks and Clips

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