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If Fela Kuti was a child of James Brown, fellow Nigerian William Onyeabor is something like the next-generation musical offspring of Parliament-Funkadelic…

CYHSY at Bowery Ballroom in 2011 (more by Anna Webber) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, who now have a radically different line-up, will kick off a tour with Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros today, which runs through early Octo…

words & Rumors that Sean Agnew of R5 Productions was planning to open his own venue had been swirling around for a couple years now but were always denied by Mr…

As discussed, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are gearing up for their return (a comeback?) with a new album and live shows. More dates have been added to their tour and that includes September 20th at Bowery Ballroom…

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ BAM in 2009 (more by Natasha Ryan)”We have a new album coming out! It’s called, and it will be available on September 20th in the US, and September 12th in the UK, Europe, Japan, and Australia…

Thursday, 10/22 – CMJ showcase @ Mercury Lounge in NYCSean Bones 1:00 Local Natives 12:00 Hockey 11:00 Ambulance LTD 10:00 Alec Ounsworth (of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) 9:00 Patrick Watson 8:00 JBM 7:00Alec Ounsworth and/or his alias Flashy Python have three shows coming up…

DOWNLOAD: Julian Plenti – Fun That We Have (MP3) Since we just mentioned one new solo project from a band on hiatus (Julian from The Strokes), it’d be good to mention two other similar albums in the works…

Here We Go Magic @ Bowery Ballroom (more by Jonny Leather) today in NYC * Real Estate @ Glasslands * Dead Prez @ Santos Party House * The Bird and the Bee in Fairfield, CT * Justin Townes Earle & Pela @ Mercury Lounge * Eric Copeland & others @ Santos Party House * Here We Go Magic, Glass Ghost & Callers @ LPR * Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra @ Jazz Standard (early and late) * Dan Auerbach, Hacienda & Those Darlins @ Bowery Ballroom * Van Morrison (performing “Astral Weeks”) @ Beacon Theatre * The Music Tapes, Nana Grizol & Brian Dewan @ the Bell House * Maps and Atlases, Pattern is Movement & So Many Dynamos @ Southpaw * Rufus Wainwright & Dee Snider & NYU scientists @ Highline Ballroom Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra is playing at the Jazz Standard on March 3rd (tonight) & 4th, with sets at 7:30pm and 9:30pm (4 shows total)…

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah did not seem like a band thinking about calling it quits on Friday night, the 13th, at BAM. If anything, they seemed like a band on the top of their game – well rehearsed and with a strong enough catalog to keep people’s attention for the 90+ minute show…

CYHSY @ Fun Fun Fun Fest (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are apparently taking a (possibly permanent?) “break” after the previously-announced February 13th show at BAM…