William_the_Bloody

I thought I would compare my two favourite female fronted indie bands of the 00's, to see in the end, which one I like better, so first up...

Yeah Yeah Yeah's


Yeah Yeah Yeah's ep (2001)

I find that early ep's are often wastebasket material, and sadly this is the case with this release, its a good effort, but you can tell that their still learning their craft. Art Star is the stand out song for me, but it's not really worth posting.

** Stars

Machine single (2002)

This single is where things start to get interesting, at this point you can hear their musical potential bubbling to the surface.

*** stars

Machine





***

William_the_Bloody

Date with Night ep 2003

One more ep, but as the best song is also on their first full album I'll skip over this one. ** 1/2stars

Fever to Tell 2003

I seem to be at odds with many of the professional music reviewers on this album. Not to sound arrogant, but this may be because I use to work in the music industry to an extent, so I know my music theory, whereas I find that a lot of folks in the media, are simply music appreciators on the lookout for something risque.

Thus the reviews on this album usually go something like this, "Fever to Tell is their best album because it captures the raw primal energy of the band, while their latter stuff is overproduced."

So let me get this right, 27 years after the Sex Pistols, and over a decade of gangster rap & death metal, we were somehow supposed to get excited about the raw primal rebellion of an indie rock band?!? Can someone please explain to me how the Yeah Yeah Yeah's or any alternative rock band in the 21st century constitutes a threat to modern society?

The truth is that there is one absolute killer song on this album, and it is because it appears that the record company threw a lot of money into its production. There are some other notable songs, but overall the album is plagued by repetitive chord change overs, and annoying cracks and squeals by a singer who almost appears to be struggling to remain on key.

**1/2 stars

Rich

bob.

fuck man....and this is one of your favorite female fronted bands?

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William_the_Bloody

No, this one of my favourite female fronted indie bands of the 00's. (The whole Artic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand category) the other is Metric...which I like quite a bit more.

I just think this album is really choppy.

William_the_Bloody

Show Your Bones 2006

This album in my mind is one of the best indie releases of the 00's. It is where everything for this band gelled together perfectly.

Unlike the previous release, the songwriting is focused with a lot of thought put into the compositions. Great choruses, bridges, and melodies being played over top of the rhythms. Yes it is more subdued than Fever to Tell, but Karen O's vocals are also a lot more on the mark with this album.

Thus if your reading this Bob, you need to fling your Gorilla Biscuits Cd out the car window and put this on repeat. JK, I like the Biscuits so long as their not the Limp ones.

Its also nice to hear a rock band sample a hip hop song for once, instead of the other way around (Phenomena). It may not be as good as the LL cool J's version, but its still pretty cool. Although the album tends to nod off a bit at the end, I give it,

**** stars.

Gold lion



Way Out



Phenomena

hate paper doll

It took me a long time to be able to appreciate Show Your Bones but I'm glad I stuck with it. I still enjoy Fever To Tell too though, Black Tongue is too infectious for me to ignore.

William_the_Bloody

Black tongue is a good song, cheers

William_the_Bloody

It's Blitz 2009

I'm probably not the right person to be reviewing this album, as for me it just sounds like one of those 80's electronic post punk ventures that got buried in the annuals of time. Like a bad B version of the Eurythmics with synth chords being played in substitution for a strumming guitar.

In short, it seems like every post punk/ or post punk revivalist band has this bizarre tendency to turn electronic after making a killer rock album. I say leave the electronic music to the pros like Underworld & Portishead.

No real songs worth posting, ** stars

William_the_Bloody

Mosquito 2013

The Yeah Yeah Yeah's latest album is a trip, some pretty good stuff on here.

Very mellow and subdued and more organic than the last one. They're still making use of the synth affects, but for most of the album it plays more of a subordinating role, and is used much more effectively than in the It's Blitz! release. The album almost has a bit of a down tempo trip hop feel to it, especially with songs like Subway and the dub based track Under the Earth. The opening song sacrilege of course is the banner song on this release, and from there it nudges on fairly well until it hits a slow decline near the end.

*** stars

Sacrilege




Subway



Under the earth



Well that wraps it up for the Yeah Yeah Yeah's.

bob.

SOLD!

I never really gave much thought about looking deeper into Yeah Yeah Yeahs.....I loved what Karen O did for the "Where the Wild Things Are" soundtrack and her vocal track on The Seer by Swans is by far the best song under 12 minutes on that album

so while I will be throwing NO great New York hardcore out the window.....I will purchase Show Your Bones and put it on repeat

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