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Monday, February 23, 2009
 

 

Today's Quick Mention:  Guess what!?  I'm teaming up with local act La Snacks for a couple of day parties at SXSW.  I don't want to divulge all the details now (they'll be posted up in all of their glory in about a week), but know that it will be an awesome time.  I hope you all can attend.

This weekend not only included me putting the brand spanking new Yeah Yeah Yeahs single Zero in the podcast, but also the release of another track off of the upcoming It's Blitz.  Honestly, I almost kept with the podcast idea and waited until next weekend to share it, but the song's sound is so different than what I was expecting I decided to ramble about it now.  Enjoy.

:Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll:  If you thought that Zero merely hinted at another direction for the band then this super catchy song will leave you feeling very certain that the sounds of Date With The Night and/or Phenomena are cemented firmly in the past.  I wouldn't say that's necessarily a bad thing, as this song does still feature the trademark YYY confidence, but I will say that I'll miss their sloppy rock days.  Who knows?  Maybe the rest of the album will rock - and not dance - my face off.


Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Down Boy
(Live On Letterman)

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