Yeasayer Announce Fall Tour
The experimental psych-rockers will embark on a North American jaunt before returning to the studio to record the follow-up to All Hour Cymbals.
By Larry Fitzmaurice 08.12.08 2:27 PM
Who?: Brooklyn's freaky, electronically-treated Yeasayer, punctuated by the eerie vocals of frontman Chris Keating. The quartet released their heady debut, All Hour Cymbals, in October of 2007 to widespread acclaim; recently, the band wrapped up a stint supporting Beck on the European leg of his Modern Guilt outing.
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Join SPIN.com at Lollapalooza '08!
Watch video interviews and acoustic performances from the Hard Rock Hotel, plus live video blogs from backstage.
By Peter Gaston 07.30.08 3:53 PM
SPIN.com is packing up its festival bags once again this weekend for one of summer's biggest weekends: Lollapalooza, in Chicago's gorgeous Grant Park. With headline sets from the likes of Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, and Kanye West, Lolla lacks little in star power, and we're unleashing our hounds accordingly.
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Behind the Scenes at Download 2008 Los Angeles: Yeasayer
VIDEO! Watch SPIN.com's Peter Gaston chat with Yeasayer about battling the heat -- and Q-Tip.
By Kenny Herzog 07.23.08 6:43 PM
This past Sunday, July 20, throngs of music-hungry fans converged on Los Angeles' Gibson Ampitheatre for Download 2008 to have their craving satiated by sets from Tapes N' Tapes, Datarock, Ghostland Observatory, Gang of Four, and the Jesus and Mary Chain, among others.
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Gang of Four Cap Off Splendid Saturday at Download 2008
The post-punk legends topped off a remarkable day -- and night -- that featured performances from the Jesus and Mary Chain, Yeasayer, M83, and many more.
By GARY MOSKOWITZ 07.21.08 5:32 PM
For about 10 hours last Saturday (July 19), more than 20 bands and a handful of stand-up comics performed for several thousand Bay Area music fans at Download 2008's San Francisco stopover. The result was a telling mash-up of what music fans are listening to as 2008 hits its mid-point.
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Download 2008: In Pictures
Everyone from Gang of Four to Yeasayer wowed the crowd at San Francisco's Shoreline Ampitheatre last Saturday night for the first stop of Download 2008, and SPIN.com was backstage snapping some intimate portraits of all the artists.
By Kenny Herzog 07.21.08 1:38 PM
To whet your appetite for our extended coverage of this past weekend's (July 19-20) Download 2008, which we will be posting throughout the day, SPIN.com has put together this gallery of exclusive behind-the-scenes images of Datarock, M83, Yeasayer, and several other acts that supported headliners the Jesus and Mary Chain and Gang of Four.
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Jesus and Mary Chain, Gang of Four, Yeasayer and More Hit Download 2008 This Weekend
The three-city, three-day event kicks off Saturday in San Francisco before winding through L.A. and wrapping up in Philly with the Killers and Iggy Pop.
By Joe Coscarelli 07.17.08 4:11 PM
Tech fiends and music nerds unite, as the U.K.-based Download 2008 event arrives stateside for the fourth year in a row, boasting the best of the old and new, led by performances from reunited legends like shoegaze trailblazers the Jesus and Mary Chain and dance-punk godfa
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