Yeah Yeah Yeahs hitting up SXSW! Playing NPR Music showcase March 13th

[Jennie Boddy]

For Immediate Release
February 13, 2013
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YEAH YEAH YEAHS TO PLAY NPR MUSIC's SXSW SHOWCASE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH AT STUBB'S

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Photo credit: Dan Martensen / KK Barrett


New York, NY - February 13, 2013 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs will play the NPR Music's SXSW Showcase at Stubbs on March 13th, 2013. The official showcase will be available to audiences worldwide through live broadcasts on NPR member stations across the country and a video stream at NPR Music. Joining Yeah Yeah Yeahs on the bill is Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, who will open the evening with a special set. More artists and information about the performance to be announced soon at www.npr.org/music<https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=11927c8a4fa344d8a0fe275dc78d13de&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.npr.org%2fmusic>

The band's new album, Mosquito, 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. PRESS HERE<http://youtu.be/9ZwFrbXnKX4> to watch the teaser.

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Mosquito is produced by Dave Sitek and Nick Launay (working separately), with one track produced by James Murphy. The bulk of it was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Tornilla, TX.  Dr. Octagon (Kool Keith) appears on one track.
"We took a more playful, LO-FI approach to songwriting," says singer Karen O. "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.
"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."
The band, whose members were once lovingly labeled by Rolling Stone 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, Fever to Tell, was named as the best album of the year by The New York Times. The Patrick Daughters-directed video "Maps" was nominated for four MTV Video Music Awards. The certified-Gold album was named by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork Media, and NME as one of the best albums of the decade. The second, Show Your Bones, was named the second best album of the year by NME. Rolling Stone magazine named it the one of the best album of the year, while Spin Magazine ranked it in their 40 best albums of 2006. Their third studio album, It's Blitz!, was named the second best album of the year by NME magazine, It's Blitz! was named as the second best album of 2009 by Spin Magazine and third best of 2009 by NME along with the single "Zero" from the album listed as the best track of the year by both. And onto Mosquito!
"This is a feel good, food for the soul, chicken soup for the ears Yeah Yeah Yeahs record  - which doesn't mean easy listening - it means kind of raw, kind of chaotic, kind of dreamy," says O. " Very us."
About NPR Music:
NPR Music celebrates great music in every genre and is an industry leader in music discovery. The Emmy Award-winning free, multimedia website at www.npr.org/music<http://www.npr.org/music> offers new features daily and an extensive archive, in collaboration with NPR's newsmagazines, public radio Member Stations and the passionate NPR community. NPR Music 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.

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For more information on Yeah Yeah Yeahs, please contact:
Jennie Boddy
Press Here Publicity
jennie at pressherepublicity.com<mailto:jennie at pressherepublicity.com>
Dennis Dennehy
Interscope Records
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