All posts in: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

15 Jan 2013

In The News…

Fashion

– Rooney is the new February Vogue cover girl. [Source]

– Beyonce is rumored to be the new face of H&M. [Source]

– Adam Levine and Nicki Minaj will be collaborating with Kmart to put out clothing and accessory lines. [Source]

– The Coveteur will be hosting a children’s theme all week and is currently featuring Suri Cruise. [Source]

– Alber Elbaz will be launching a makeup collection with Lancome [Source]

Music

– Yeah Yeah Yeahs announce new album “Mosquito.” [Source]

– Ryan Gosling could have been a Backstreet Boy. [Source]

Television

– Denzel Washington took his 21-year old daughter Olivia to the Golden Globe Awards Sunday evening as his date, but the media thought she was actually his wife Pauletta who is 62. #awkward [Source]

– Netflix has signed a deal to stream a new batch of shows including: Adventure Time, The West Wing, Fringe, Chuck and many more. [Source]

Tommy Lee Jones’s grump face at the Golden Globes is now an internet meme. Naturally. [Source]

Seattle

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– Pickwick will release their debut album “Can’t Talk Medicine” on March 12. For now, here is a cover of “Lady Luck” with Sharon Van Etten [Source]

– Top Pot will open its first drive-thru in Issaquah. [Source]

– Seattle’s new Bullitt Center may be the greenest building ever. That’s Seattle for ya! [Source]

Other

– Lindsay Lohan made yet another huge life mistake by firing her lawyer Shawn Holley and also owing her $300K in unpaid fees [Source]

– Microsoft will shut down MSN Messenger on March 15, 2013 after 13 years. [Source]

– Kate Middleton is due in July. [Source] And so is Kimye’s baby.

– Actress Lena Dunham has pledged that she won’t get married until all gay people can get married. [Source]

– Miss America Contestant Allyn Rose says the she will get a double mastectomy after she has completed a year of service as Miss DC or Miss America since her mother, aunt, and grandmother have all passed away from breast cancer. [Source]

– New Myspace is now open to the public. Meanwhile, I am still very very cautious about it. [Source]

23 Sep 2010

Shows Go Underground

Picture this:

Your favorite musicians and bands are no longer playing large venues and arenas. The only time you will ever see them perform in that type of setting will be at a music festival. What if musicians and bands started playing at smaller venues – the same type of venues that gave them their start? Ticket prices would be much less than the close to $100 you are paying now. Instead, they’ll be $10 or not even. The bands will take requests for songs that you want to hear. A few feet will be all that separates you from them. These shows will be more exclusive of course, but well worth it. In fact, these are what your favorite bands want. They WANT these intimate shows with their fans.

The times are changing people.

This past summer, Rocky Votolato hosted a number of “Living Room Shows” in the homes of his fans. Tickets were limited, but you really can’t get any more intimate than that right there. The Rocket Summer is touring the country at much smaller venues starting this fall and is leaving their full band behind and only taking along a few of Bryce’s instruments. Earlier this week we heard about the secret shows from Deerhunter and Neon Trees. Ben Gibbard is playing a small show in November that is already sold out with proceeds benefiting Teen Feed. Now, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s is next to jump on the band wagon. To celebrate their tenth anniversary, they hosted a surprise show at Secret Project Robot located in Brooklyn.

In their announcement, the band explained their choice of tiny venue, saying “Our birthday wish is to play a show as small- or smaller- than back in the day.”

Unfortunately, the show was sold out and happened two nights ago. If you don’t want to miss out on any of these secret shows, take my advice and sign up for mailing lists of your favorite bands. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, etc because if they’re going to let a gig slip – this is where they will do it.

06 May 2009

Pretty Reckless

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Actress Taylor Momsen who plays Jenny (Little J) on Gossip Girl recently performed with her band Pretty Reckless. She kind of sounds like a mix of Courtney Love and Karen O. from Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I feel like most people wouldn’t expect that kind of voice or rough sound from her but I actually like it. I would probably see her in concert too.

Taylor already looks pretty mature for her age. It’s hard to believe that she is ONLY sixteen.

19 Feb 2009

Sasquatch

I was too caught up in fashion week that I forgot to post this. The lineup was just announced this week! I’ve never really considered going just because 1) the lineup was never something spectacular to me 2) I don’t like making the trek to the Gorge and 3) Camping is not my thing but there is one reason and one reason only for me to go out to the Gorge that Monday. (JUST THAT MONDAY)

GIRL TALK

But here’s the rest of the line up…

Jane’s Addiction (feat. all four original members), Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, Ben Harper & Relentless7, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Erykah Badu, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, TV On The Radio, Animal Collective, Silversun Pickups, Bon Iver, Santigold, Of Montreal, Explosions In The Sky, Devotchka, Peter Bjorn & John, Gogol Bordello, M. Ward, The Avett Brothers, Doves, Calexico, Grizzly Bear, M83, Girl Talk, The Gaslight Anthem, The Walkmen, Chromeo (dj set), Deadmau5, Mugison, Sun Kil Moon, Airborne Toxic Event, Blitzen Trapper, Shearwater, BLK JKS, The Wrens, Tobacco, Monotonix, King Khan & The Shrines, St. Vincent, Passion Pit, John Vanderslice, Bishop Allen, Blind Pilot, AA Bondy, Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Knux, Ra Ra Riot, The Dodos, Beach House, Arthur & Yu, The Submarines, Owl City, Viva Voce, James Pants, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, The Builders & The Butchers, The Dutchess & The Duke, Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head, Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele, Fences, School of Seven Bells, Death Vessel, Horse Feathers, Hockey, Point Juncture, WA, The Pica Beats, Loch Lomond, Vince Mira & more to come.

Source: http://sasquatchmusicfestival.blogspot.com/