Yeah Yeah Yeahs (music group)

My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs headline FYF Fest 2013

2013-05-13 11:01:00

The announcement came only as four snare drum hits, but fans knew instantly who was headlining FYF Fest this year. The decade-old punk and indie blowout (which is now in collaboration with Coachella producer Goldenvoice) debuted its lineup this...

Review: Paramore, Kitten at the Wiltern

2013-05-02 14:49:00

“If there is one song to sum up the soap opera that Paramore has been, it’s this one,” singer Hayley Williams said toward the end of her poppy punk band’s sold-out Wiltern show Wednesday. The band then band dove into a fanged...

Coachella 2013: Savages, Guards heat up the afternoon

2013-04-20 18:07:00

English quartet Savages didn’t need much time to make an impression at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The band, in fact, still had more than 15 minutes left on the clock when it strummed its last menacing guitar note during its...

Coachella 2013: Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs reaffirm indie rock

2013-04-20 08:15:00

With its wild, discordant sound and bizarre song structure, Modest Mouse is one of the most unlikely superstar rock bands of modern times. Similarly, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the grungy pop rock band helmed by the unstoppable Karen O, seems like a band you...

Album review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs' biting 'Mosquito'

2013-04-19 06:00:00

When the Yeah Yeah Yeahs began making records in 2001, it would've been difficult to imagine the band someday doing a song as "Like a Prayer"-ish as "Sacrilege," the first track on its new album. "Falling for a guy, fell down from the sky," frontwoman...

Coachella 2013: Big guitars with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Stone Roses

2013-04-13 09:46:00

INDIO -- The primary story out of Coachella in 2012 was dance music, the handiwork of oxygen-gobbling sets by superstar DJs such as David Guetta and Swedish House Mafia. And electronic beats are definitely a part of the mix at this year's festival....

Coachella awaits the next artful spectacle of sight, sound

2013-04-13 08:00:00

The recent history of the outdoor concert, from a performance perspective, begins with a pyramid. Two Frenchmen known as Daft Punk constructed a massive video-and-computer-enhanced object that blew minds at Coachella 2006 with its gradually unfolding...

Coachella 2013: Eight outrageous Day 1 sightings

2013-04-13 11:30:00

It doesn’t take long for debauchery to unfold on the fields of Coachella, especially with more than 80,000 music lovers packed in one place. Somewhere between the dripping synths from Passion Pit and the (delayed) woozy electronics of Purity Ring,...

Coachella 2013: Festival fashion rocks!

2013-04-13 10:45:00

INDIO -- Self-described “model-sociallite” Silka (no last name given) drifted across the densely populated Coachella VIP section during the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ evening set attired in a crocheted shawl, a $400 Malia Mills bikini and a pair...

Coachella 2013: Longing for Daft Punk and band teases new album

2013-04-13 14:00:00

Leave it to Daft Punk to bring excitement to Day One of Coachella – without even being present. The rumors were flowing fast and furious that the highly regarded (and amazingly mysterious) EDM duo would play a secret gig at Coachella, and it was...

Coachella 2013: Follow the action on Twitter; send us your photos

2013-04-12 12:18:00

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival starts Friday afternoon at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, and you can follow the action on Twitter below with tweets from L.A. Times staffers on the scene. The three-day festival will bring major pop and rock...

Coachella 2013: Essential tracks

2013-04-07 05:00:00

This Coachella edition gathers new music by lesser-known artists gigging this weekend's music festival as well as one epic reissue by a recently reunited group. If you haven't the desire, money or constitution to spend three days surrounded by so many...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released a new single, "Sacrilege." The band's new album is due out in April.

2013-02-25 14:05:28

It's been four years since Tilly and the Wall put out an album, but they're back, louder and more chaotic than ever if the single "Love Riot" is any indication.

2012-09-11 09:52:00

I really like dance music that sounds like there?s a live band energy to it. There?s not that many funky disco and house kind of DJs on the bill this year, so I guess that in a way can separate me.? Advice: ?Stay hydrated and wear good dancing shoes.

2012-07-30 08:26:00