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Read our review of Yeasayer @ NYC’s Webster Hall here.
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Read our review of Yeasayer @ NYC’s Webster Hall here.
Catch ‘em at:
Cardiff: Millenium Music Hall (October 19)
Manchester: Academy (October 20)
London: Roundhouse (October 21)
Newcastle: Academy (October 23)
Glasgow: ABC (October 24)
Our brilliant guest blogger, Britt Lundborg, attended yesterday’s gig and offers a full report! Sleigh Bells opened for Yeasayer last night at Webster Hall. Crowned with festival and blog buzz, the loudmouth duo stormed the stage and ripped through their catalog in under half an hour. As she bounced and flew across the stage, lead singer Alexis Krauss gradually stripped off. First the leather coat, then the over-sized t-shirt, until finally she was down to basically a bra, leggings and tattoos. And yet, all the while, her page-boy bangs stayed sleek and unharmed. She’s a good-natured terror on-stage and is the perfect embodiment of the blown-out squall produced by her partner in crime, Derek Miller. They opened with their new single, ‘Tell ‘Em’, and by the time they reached their closer, ‘Crown On The Ground’, the crowd was sweaty and stunned. I caught Yeasayer at Music Hall Of Williamsburg earlier in the year when Odd Blood had just dropped. From the sound of last night’s show, Yeasayer has settled into a solid euphoria-inducing groove. Whatever hesitance held them back in February has burnt off, since they swaggered with muscle and style – Chris Keating, campy though he is, has an athletic voice and knows how to charm an audience. He bantered with us, seeming genuinely glad to be on-stage. He even tossed the black-and-white striped drum stick he been tapping against the cymbals high in the air and caught with his eyes and smile on us. No looking back. The rest of the band reflects this self-assurance, though Anand Wilder could look a little less glum. Last night was his birthday too! (On second thought, that could be the cause of his dour mood. Or maybe it was the silly camo jumpsuit he was wearing – it was hot up in there and a jumpsuit is the last thing I would be caught in.) When they closed their one encore with ‘Sunrise’ (off of 2007′s All Hour Cymbals), they projected the power and heat of a band cutting the sky on their way up.
View more photos & download two tunes AFTER THE JUMP…
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Catch Yeasayer on their NA trek.
Download the stellar reinterpretation at bottom.
Catch Yeasayer on their NA tour.
Download the stellar reinterpretation at bottom.
Catch Yeasayer on their NA tour.
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Catch Yeasayer on their NA tour.
Download the stellar reinterpretation at bottom.
Enjoy ‘O.N.E.’ below. Be sure to catch Yeasayer on their North American tour.
MP3: Yeasayer – O.N.E.
