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  YACHT Fans Offer to Lawyer Up in Possible Kohl's T-Shirt Copyright Case

  March 8, 2013 – UPDATE: Kohl's has removed the offending T-shirt from their website. We've received no further comments from Freeze CMI, the company that designed the questionable apparel, but this is certainly a victory for the artist. …
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  Watch YACHT's Insane ADHD-Addled 'Second Summer' Animated Video

  December 6, 2012 – The DFA disco destroyers in YACHT are celebrating 10 years as a band/utopian ideal on Saturday night at Los Angeles' Echoplex, but for those who can't make the trek, you can download their brand new song "Second Summer" and, better still, watch its highly surreal animation counterpart right now. …
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  Jackpot: The Best Shots From 2011's Treasure Island Music Festival

  October 18, 2011 –  …
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  YACHT, 'Shangri-La' (DFA)

  July 5, 2011 – This mantra-happy Portland dance duo continually stress that they're not posing as a cult. But the duo's new album presents itself as a bid to inspire followers who then will go on to build a better world through the power of "self-actualization" and irresistible grooves. On Shangri-La, YACHT add sinewy live instrumentation to their previously chilly electro, and when frontwoman Claire Evans, possessed of Kim? …
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  Lil Wayne Retiring? Kings Drop New Clip + More

  June 23, 2011 – Is Lil Wayne going to retire? In an interview with XXL, the rapper hints that he'll hang up his mic after his highly anticipated Tha Carter IV drops this summer. The reason? To focus on raising his children. "I'm bowing out still on top," he says. "I'ma make y'all want me when I retire. I'ma make y'all be like, 'Nooo!' I ain't leaving out this bitch when y'all be like, 'Yeah, it's about time, dawg.' Carter IV might be my last one. …
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  How They Became... YACHT

  August 16, 2010 – Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band" inwhich we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some ofour favorite artists. (See past episodes of Name That Band! here.) This week: Portland, OR, dance duo YACHT, who will appear at the Hollywood Bowl with the Chemical Brothers on August 29. Why Yacht: "YACHT is actually an acronym," says keyboardist Jona Bechtolt. …
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• YACHT, 'See Mystery Lights' (DFA)

  July 29, 2009 – Jona Bechtolt (formerly of the Blow) has released a clutch of indie-electro albums under the name YACHT, but on this DFA debut, he's joined by vocalist Claire L. Evans for all manner of Tom Tom Club–foolery. …
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  New Albums from Yacht, Kleerup, and More

  July 28, 2009 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: Yacht, See Mystery LightsA thinking geek's riff on wordy rappinghood. Read Review >> Kleerup, KleerupSweden's ardent master of synth-adorned sadness. Read Review >> Georgia Anne Muldrow, UmsindoMercurial L.A. bandleader showcases erratic genius.Read Review >>  …
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