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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">For Immediate Release<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">February 13, 2013<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">YEAH YEAH YEAHS TO PLAY NPR MUSIC’s SXSW SHOWCASE<span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
</span>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13<sup>TH</sup> AT STUBB’S<br>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:26.0pt"><img width="498" height="332" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE09D9.6CA61520" alt="YYYs dan martensen"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Photo credit: Dan Martensen / KK Barrett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">New York, NY – February 13, 2013 –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Yeah Yeah Yeahs</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will play the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>NPR
Music’s<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>SXSW Showcase at Stubbs on March 13<sup>th</sup>, 2013. The official showcase will be available to audiences worldwide through live broadcasts on NPR member
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">stations across the country and a video stream at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>NPR Music</b>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Joining<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Yeah
Yeah Yeahs</b> on the bill is Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, who will open the evening with a special set.<span style="color:blue">
</span>More artists and information<span style="color:black"> about the performance to be announced soon at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=11927c8a4fa344d8a0fe275dc78d13de&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.npr.org%2fmusic" target="_blank" title="http://www.npr.org/music">www.npr.org/music</a></span></b> <span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">The band’s new album,
<b><u>Mosquito</u></b>, is out April 16th on Interscope Records. A new teaser for the album has surfaced online today, featuring a 49 second sneak peak of one of the songs.
<b><a href="http://youtu.be/9ZwFrbXnKX4">PRESS HERE</a> </b>to watch the teaser<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Mosquito</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif""> is produced by
<b>Dave Sitek</b> and <b>Nick Launay</b> (working separately), with one track produced by
<b>James Murphy.</b> The bulk of it was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Tornilla, TX.
<b>Dr. Octagon</b> (Kool Keith) appears on one track. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“We took a more playful, LO-FI approach to songwriting,” says singer
<b>Karen</b> <b>O</b>. “Much of the music was demo-ed in our little basement studio in Manhattan with drum machines, a shitty sample keyboard and tons of delay - which we called the soup.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“I think this record has more moodier and tripped-out songs than you've ever heard from us,” she continues.
“You might catch some roots reggae and minimalist psychedelia influences in there.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">The band, whose members were once lovingly labeled by
<u>Rolling Stone</u> as “the goth, the nerd and the slut” have recorded three studio albums: All 3 albums were nominated for a GRAMMY award for Best Alternative Music Album. The first,
<b><u>Fever to Tell</u></b>, was named as the best album of the year by <u>The New York Times</u>. The Patrick Daughters-directed video “<b>Maps</b>” was nominated for four MTV Video Music Awards. The certified-Gold album was named by
<u>Rolling Stone</u>, <i>Pitchfork Media</i>, and <u>NME</u> as one of the best albums of the decade. The second,
<b><u>Show Your Bones</u></b>, was named the second best album of the year by <u>
NME</u>. <u>Rolling Stone</u> magazine named it the one of the best album of the year, while
<u>Spin Magazine</u> ranked it in their 40 best albums of 2006. Their third studio album,
<b><u>It's Blitz!</u></b>, was named the second best album of the year by <u>NME</u> magazine,
<b><u>It's Blitz!</u></b> was named as the second best album of 2009 by <u>Spin Magazine</u> and third best of 2009 by
<u>NME</u> along with the single "<b>Zero</b>" from the album listed as the best track of the year by both. And onto
<b><u>Mosquito</u></b>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“This is a feel good, food for the soul, chicken soup for the ears
<b>Yeah Yeah Yeahs</b> record - which doesn't mean easy listening - it means kind of raw, kind of chaotic, kind of dreamy,” says
<b>O</b>. “ Very us.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">About NPR Music:<br>
NPR Music</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif""> celebrates great music in every genre and is an industry leader in music discovery. The Emmy Award-winning free, multimedia website at
<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.npr.org/music" title="http://www.npr.org/music">www.npr.org/music</a></span></u> offers new features daily and an extensive archive, in collaboration with NPR's newsmagazines, public radio Member Stations and
the passionate NPR community. <b>NPR Music</b> creates and distributes inventive music coverage across multiple platforms - from web, to radio, to podcast, to mobile, to social media, to live events - with first listens to new albums, live performances, concerts
at the Tiny Desk, interviews, reviews and blogs.<b><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.yeahyeahyeahs.com">http://www.yeahyeahyeahs.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/yeahyeahyeahs">https://www.facebook.com/yeahyeahyeahs</a>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.twitter.com/YYYs">http://www.twitter.com/YYYs</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">For more information on
<b>Yeah Yeah Yeahs</b>, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Jennie Boddy<br>
<b>Press Here Publicity</b><br>
<a href="mailto:jennie@pressherepublicity.com">jennie@pressherepublicity.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Dennis Dennehy<br>
<b>Interscope Records<br>
</b><a href="mailto:d.dennehy@umusic.com">d.dennehy@umusic.com</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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