LIVE: YEASAYER – 03/12/2012

– ACADEMY 2, MANCHESTER – Waves of hype often place bands at their crest and leave them floundering in the shallows once they die down. Such is the case with the Brooklyn-itis that thrust those such as the Dirty Projectors, MGMT and Das Racist into the spotlight in recent years, the latter having announced their split this week. The propensity for the more […]
The latest single to be taken from the acclaimed Fragrant World, is the gothic and very addictive ‘Reagan’s Skeleton’. “A sure-fire dancefloor killer“ (Time Out), ‘Reagan’s Skeleton’ has already been championed by Zane Lowe and Nick Grimshawon Radio 1 and John Kennedy on Xfm. The new video, featuring a live performance of ‘Reagan’s Skeleton’, is directed by acclaimed artist and film makers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (http://www.iainandjane.com/) who have […]

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LIVE: YEASAYER – 20/10/2010

– ACADEMY 2, MANCHESTER – How can you tell if a band is on the edge of commercial success? Have they been invited back to Later with Jools Holland? Check. Has BBC 6 Music played one or more of their songs to the point of exhaustion? Check. Has Drowned in Sound gone cold on them […]
– ACADEMY 3, MANCHESTER – Javelin’s bizarre intro – which I can only describe as ‘cosmic’ – segues straight into the main body of their set, which is stuck somewhere between very chilled and very dancy – with fat beats, floaty synths and falsetto vocals. The slightly everyday-sounding, yet ambitious lyrics mark this apart from […]

LIVE: YEASAYER/JAVELIN – 21/02/2010