Yeah Yeah Yeahs - third album era (TBA)

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New Yeah Yeah Yeah’s album in the works

The following message was posted on the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s website yesterday by Karen O. Seems pretty obvious they’re about to enter the studio to begin work on their third studio album, and follow-up to last year’s Show Your Bones. It’ll be interesting to see what direction they go in this time. Given Karen’s stated admiration for Love Is All, maybe she’ll be inspired to pick up the sax. Maybe not. Here’s the message reprinted in full.

“We are about to be reunited in NYC for the rest of March, working on a savory project that we hope all of you will dig into eventually, second helpings advised- you’ll hear more from us very very soon in regards to this…Brian has been drumming up multiple performances in Brooklyn he has no performance anxiety, he go all night, he go boom. Nick is bouncing around the globe and when I say “globe” I mean the 5 boroughs! Last I heard from him he was eating something really crunchy on the other side of the phone. I’m getting over a cold that has taken my voice away, such a relief, I use that thing too much. Just wanted to tip y’all off on my favorite new records, “Nine Time That Same Song” by Love is All, I know it’s said often but I can’t remember the last time I’ve listened to a Record over again and then over again and then again again. Check them out if you’re a curious person with “needs”. The other is “Cryptograms” by Deerhunter, mine ears have heard the glory of Bradford COX, not too badlookin’ these guys either. In fact they are good lookin, yeah, go look’em up!”

www.prefixmag.com/blog/prefix/2007/03/08/new-yeah-yeah-yeahs-album/

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They better wise up their act after that subpar thing called Show Your Bones (don't hit me, Colleen!... )

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YYY has a song featured on the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack.

The song is "Sealings", which can be heard below. Apparently, it was included as a bonus track on their 2004 Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow DVD.

I hadn't heard of it until yesterday, here's a link:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Sealings"

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs Do Pair of Free NYC Shows, Hint at EP

Suspense! Intrigue! Charity! Those wily Yeah Yeah Yeahs conceal plenty behind all that eyeliner. Karen and the fellas just sent out an e-mail/MySpace blog/skywriting plane announcing an impending shot for two sets of 250 fans to get all up in the band's grill.

The e-mail we received was awfully cryptic, but here's what we've been able to glean: Yeah Yeah Yeahs are playing two shows at Brooklyn's Glasslands Gallery May 7, one at 7 PM and one three hours later. Admission is free, but-- seeing as they're in a gallery, after all-- capacity is capped at 250 per show. The 10 PM show comes with this stipulation: no boys allowed. (Yes, it's a girls-only show.) Attendees are required to wear unadorned dark/black clothing. And the proceedings, it clearly states, are to be filmed.

Could a video be in the works? Almost certainly. Perhaps it'll accompany one of the tracks from the "brand new EP" hinted at in the e-mail.

In other Yeah Yeah Yeahs news, movie buffs aplenty have already caught however many seconds "Sealings" shows up in Spider-man III, while fest fanatics can catch the Yeahs in dates at two of the biggies this summer.

Triple yeah:

05-07 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands Gallery (two shows)
08-04 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-05 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Track (Virgin Festival)

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Yeah Yeah Yeah Fan Video Shoot Pisses Off Fans

Flickr reports trickle in from the YYYs MySpace getdown in Brooklyn Monday night, where Karen ostensibly opened the doors to the first hundred fans dressed in black and arriving at the Grasslands Gallery, set to enjoy a pair of shows and, obviously, a video shoot. Miss Modern Age selected a few photo highlights to capture the scene... (pics @ link)

Jealous? Don't be! You probably wouldn't have got in.

Over at the Yeah Yeah Yeahs message board, posters reveal the skewed and decidedly un-fan-friendly door admission policy. While 100 wristbands were promised via MySpace message, in reality less than 40 were given. User rsbklyn had recounts his evening (via PSNYC):

Re: 100 wristbands to the 7pm Glasslands show? Not Even Close

Living in Williamsburg, I was psyched as hell to go to this show. I got in line around 4. There were about 40-50 people in line in front of me, so I thought "Alright! I'm getting in for sure!". Guess what? I didn't get in. Hardly anybody did. The line barely moved. I will be extremely generous and estimate that the first 20 people in line got wristbands to the 7pm show. Honestly, I think it was closer to 10. I am male, so the 10pm show was not an option.

So: first it's "250 capacity", then it's "100 wristbands to the first in line", then the reality is 10-20 wristbands. I mean, WTF? I expect this kind of crap from a corporate rock band, not YYY. What should I conclude?

I guess the guest list just kept growing and growing. If you want to do a video shoot in a tiny venue with an audience of friends, family, and Interscope employees, fine. But don't post an announcement on your website that says "100 wristbands!" unless you are actually going to give out 100 wristbands. What a total crock.

If a band wants their most loyal fans--i.e those 100 people in the front of the line, all dressed according to the dress code, all excited as hell to see their fave band--to actually STAY LOYAL, that band should keep their damn word. YYY let me down tonight. So I went to the city and bought a ticket to see deerhoof next week.

YYY poster kaw325 backed him up:

Yeah I was a bit disappointed, too. I got there at about 3:50 pm and there was only about 40 people in front of me. I thought me and my sister would get in for sure. But as you said only about 15-20 people got wristbands for the 7 pm show. What a bummer! What was really bad was the dudes in charge leading us on that we were going to get in. They told us to make sure you tell the people giving out the wristbands which show you want to go to, they made us line up in a single file, and they told us that when you get your wristband you have to leave and come back a half hour before the show and wait in the waiting room. They got me psyched up thinking that we would get in only to be told at about 5:40 pm "go home we are sold out."

So, you guys playing at home go from being jealous to being sympathetic. Though that situation is much more likely an Interscope gaffe than a Yeah Yeah Yeahs no-no, we feel sorry for the superfans that made the effort. Let's all just blame MySpace.

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Billboard.biz:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Is Is (EP)" debuts at No. 72 with 10,000 sold.

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8/25 chart

161 YEAH YEAH IS IS-EP 4,530 -28% 21,100

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I'm just happy the EP even charted.

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Holy shit, Is Is is SO good.

I'm shocked, I loved Show Your Bones but I just lost interest a bit in the band after a while.

This is great stuff, it like bridges the gap between their LPs in a way. Great balance of their different sounds/sides.


I love it.