9.0 on Pitchfork! Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has stockpiled a mass of oft-trampled influences, including what amounts to a 12-course meal of in-vogue '80s acts. What's interesting is the manner in which the players assemble this source material. The Cure and The Smiths, for instance, are probed for neither nostalgic angst nor fashion cues. The Reagan-era creepiness that often surfaces when contemporary acts dabble in such sounds in curtailed by Clap Your Hands' apparent affinity for the Clean and other indie...   [ read more ]

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Some Loud Thunder, the sophomore effort from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, demonstrates just how far this band has come since the release of their debut. It's a record that will stand the test of time and critics alike.

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The EP that kicked off the whole YYY phenomenon. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs formed in the late summer of 2000. Coming from bands like The Seconds (5 Rue Christine), Challenge of the Future (Dieytribe Records), and Flux Information Sciences (Young God Records), the YYYs create sexually charged songs that address sensory extremes. Karen O, one half Siouxsie Sioux, the other Holly Golightly, sings in a sultry voice: 'My skin tonight is a-blazing/But I don't think you're my type/What I need tonight is the real thing...   [ read more ]

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