CYHSY

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...

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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 &am…

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...