Yeasayer

Brooklyn's Yeasayer line up UK tour dates

Psych-pop-experimentalists hit road in support of Madder Red single and bonkers video

27 Oct 2010

The Brooklynite psych-pop-experimentalists probably weren’t thinking about the rebranding of Edinburgh’s Lothian Buses when they named their latest single ‘Madder Red’ (LRT proudly announced ‘madder red’ as the shade of their newly revamped livery), but…

T in the Park 2010: Silver Columns, Yeasayer and Empire of the Sun

T in the Park blog

12 Jul 2010

Why the long face, T in the Park goer? Trench foot and tent sores getting you down? That growing campsite/cat litter smell of ammonia making your eyes water? Still not quite recovered from the concussion of that flying bottle? (One of Team List got…

T in the Park 2010: Running order

7 Jul 2010

If you're heading to Balado this weekend you'll want to see this - the full running order for Scotland's mightiest music festival. Please note that the running order is subject to change, so we'll try to keep it as up to date as possible.

Music festivals 2010: Ones to watch

28 May 2010

Unicorn Kid Aka Oliver Sabin – Edinburgh-based electronic wunderkind, this year playing festivals including T in the Park, Wickerman, Belladrum and Bestival Hudson Mohawke He makes super sweet futuristic jams. I loved last year’s album Butter. I…

Odd Squad - Yeasayer interview

28 May 2010

‘Everything we do is a conscious decision,’ states Yeasayer’s Anand Wilder, smiling. ‘I mean, it’s not like we just stumbled upon the greatest pop songs of all time.’ He’s referring, of course, to their current album, Odd Blood – which has seen the…

Yeasayer

2 Mar 2010

The New York oddballs were greeted with some exceptional Weegie banter at Oran Mor. ‘Ira, Ira, where’s your ‘tache?’ the crowd chanted at bassist Ira Wolf Tuton, referring to the long black hair and Gaucho moustache he recently ditched in favour of a…

Yeasayer set for date at Oran Mor, Glasgow

29 Jan 2010

Difficult second album? Pshah. These Brooklynites make it look like a piece of cake. Their second, or ‘sophomore’ record if you speak Pitchfork, is a confident, energetic burst of colour and beats – the felt-tip highlighter flip-side to their floaty…

Yeasayer - Odd Blood

27 Jan 2010

(Mute) Now we’ve come to acquiesce – nay, love – the fact that the future sounds like the 80s, then let us embrace three vanguard globetrotters who ride a psychedelic tide of ultra-modern synth-pop nostalgia. Their name is Yeasayer. Emerging from…

Bat For Lashes and Yeasayer

HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, Tue 20 Oct 2009

23 Oct 2009

For fans who came to Bat for Lashes' music by way of her mainstream success, Yeasayer are probably a fairly bewildering prospect. Their special brand of gospel-psych-electro-ethno-folk-rock, accessorised with a few falsetto flourishes, seems initially…

Also Released - Music

13 Mar 2008

Grand Archives - The Grand Archives (Sub Pop) The debut album for this band of sunshiny Seattle-ites who celebrate the non-ironic joys of The Beach Boys, Bee Gees and the Mamas and the Papas and come out somewhere between Belle and Sebastian and The…

Yeasayer

28 Feb 2008

After riding a wave of hype stateside and playing to sold-out audience on their first full US tour, Yeasayer are bringing their unique brand of world music-tinged rock to Glasgow. The four-piece combine sprawling, experimental soundscapes with African…