NY'ers -
FYI, tomorrow tickets for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Sonic Youth (yes, that's right, they're still together and touring) on 8/11 at McCarren Park in Brooklyn go on sale.
Besides the fact that their sophomore album, Show Your Bones, is chock full of great tunes (including a remix of "something like a phenomenon") everyone should get a chance to see Karen O in concert at least once. She's the kind of rock icon who thrashes around on stage, uses her throat as a volatile instrument and loves connecting with her fans. The last time I saw her everyone was talking about how she inserted the entire microphone into her mouth when singing Art Star - pretty f*cking $$$.
The band itself has undergone a lot of troublesome times - Karen and her guitarist have been on the outs for a while, and it's possible that this could be their last album together. (For all interested in more on "Behind the Music - Yeah Yeah Yeahs" there was a good article about it in Spin last month) So all the more reason to go out of your way to see them in August.
Above photo of Karen courtesy of Bridget (my expert - and tall - concert photographer friend).
Yeah Yeah Yeahs tickets on sale through ticketmaster tomorrow.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs website here.
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