The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
Karen O’s fashions follies and the single “Maps” could coin the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, by a more general eye. Beneath the surface is a certified gold debut album under their belt and the New York Times chose Fever to Tell as the best album of the year (2003). From listening to their debut they could described as stylized rock, maybe with a bit of a punk-ish feel if one would dare to go that far.

Interscope records homes the YYY. I’m sure everyone knows of the major label, or at least rings a bell. Other artists who share this record probably also share a hit on MTV like the YYYs with “Maps”. T.a.t.u., All-American Rejects, Beck, The Hives, and Nine Inch Nails, just to name a few of the numerous listed.

IN previous events Karen’s voice was heavy, bold, and unpredictable, quite the contrary to her semi-melodic tone with a ghostly appeal to it. No pumping bass is found, no excitement, no hard pressing 5-note phrases. This really was a total let down, in all truth. I didn’t want the same thing over and over again, but this isn’t to my liking. Before I could compare them to a Death From Above 1979 sound, now I can say they resemble a smudged and water marked version of Tegan and Sara. The single “Gold Lion” is the first track, and I believe it’s probably the catchiest of them all, hard to judge, but I’ll make due. “Dudley” has a tune that faintly resembles that of the nursery rhyme “hush little baby”. “Cheated Hearts” probably could be confused with a Tegan and Sara song, until the break with a small few seconds of guitar. This is a version of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs that is suited for my grandma: soft, not to aggressive, and not really that out going.

I heard of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs just like the rest of the world, through MTV or Fuse, but I didn’t really care for them until my friend Jeramy started singing their praises and so I gave them a shot.

They are coming to the Pageant Wednesday April 19th for around 25 dollarbux. I was thinking about maybe seeing them, but now I’ve decided I’m not going to waste my money.

“Shit is runnin’
And it runs deep”
-Way Out

I didn’t like the last one. I do like this one, very much. I’m not sure what the difference is. Favorite songs are “Turn Into” and “Dudley.”