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Reissue of Their Collaborative Album Lux Prima Due Out September 20
Jul 24, 2024
By Marina Malin
Karen O and Danger Mouse have shared their new song “Super Breath.” “Super Breath” is Karen O and Danger Mouse’s first new music since their Grammy-nominated 2019 collaborative album Lux Prima, which will be reissued and available on September 20. More
Lux Prima Out Now via BMG
Mar 19, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O and Danger Mouse released a collaborative album, Lux Prima, last Friday via BMG. Last night the duo stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform the album’s “Woman,” but it wasn’t a typical late night performance. Instead noted film and music video director Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Her) directed the heavily choreographed black & white performance, which featured several dancers and even incorporated Colbert and the audience of The Late Show. More
Plus Ryley Walker; The Good, The Bad, & The Queen; The Twilight Sad; and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Nov 16, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
This the closest we’ve come in awhile to skipping Songs of the Week due to a lack of truly worthy songs. But we were able to at least come up with a Top 7 (as opposed to our usual Top 10), even if it includes two covers and two album tracks. One thing that saved it was our #1 song, which was released this morning. More
Single Due Out on Limited Edition White Vinyl on December 14
Nov 16, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O and Danger Mouse have teamed up for a new song, “Lux Prima.” The string-backed lush epic is nine minutes long, features vocals from Karen O, and embraces a funkier vibe at around three-minute mark. The duo promises that it’s the first taste of a new collaborative album, although no details of the album have been given. More
Feb 14, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Yeah Yeah Yeahs released a deluxe reissue of their 2003-released debut album, Fever to Tell, last October via Interscope/Ume. It includes various bonus tracks, but apart from that the band haven’t released any new music since 2013’s Mosquito. Now they have done a session for Spotify where they have covered the Big Star classic “Thirteen,” as well as performing their own classic song “Maps.” More
Plus Field Music, Gaz Coombes, Belle and Sebastian, The Radio Dept., Hookworms, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 12, 2018
By Mark Redfern
We haven’t posted a Songs of the Week post in quite awhile, as there weren’t that many new songs of note over the holidays or at the start of the year, but this week there was an tidal wave of new tracks worth considering for this list. It was definitely a challenge to narrow it down to only 10 (Franz Ferdinand and Marlon Williams almost made the Top 10). More
Part of KENZO’s New Spring/Summer Fashion Campaign
Jan 11, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O has shared a new song, “YO! MY SAINT.” It features the guest vocals of Michael Kiwanuka and the song is part of the new Spring/Summer fashion campaign for clothing company KENZO and is featured in a short film for the company. More
MILANO Due Out October 27 via 30th Century
Sep 06, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Parquet Courts have teamed up with Daniele Luppi for a new collaborative concept album, MILANO, due out October 27 via 30th Century. Previously they shared the song “Soul and Cigarette.” Now they have shared another song from the album, “Talisa,” which features the vocals of Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O. More
Taken from the Video Game Rise of the Tomb Raider
Oct 30, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O has shared a new song, “I Shall Rise.” It was commissioned to be featured in the video Rise of the Tomb Raider, which is out November 10. More
Crush Songs Out Now via Cult Records
Aug 19, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O has shared a video for “Singalong.” The track was featured last year’s acoustic solo album, Crush Songs. More
Maximum Balloon is TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek
Jul 10, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek has a side-project named Maximum Balloon. It’s been five years since we’ve heard from Maximum Balloon, back when their self-titled debut album was released. More
Celebrating the Life of Nellie Bly
May 06, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
Yesterday Google’s homepage doodle featured a very special video tribute to Nellie Bly, celebrating her 151 birthday. More
Crush Songs is Out Now on Cult Records
Jan 21, 2015
By Laura Studarus
Karen O’s video for Crush Songs cut “Day Go By” is a simple affair. More
Sep 05, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
Next week, Karen O will release her proper solo debut, Crush Songs. More
New Album Crush Songs Due Out Sept. 9
Sep 03, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O has released “Day Go By,” another new track from her upcoming solo debut, Crush Songs. More
Aug 13, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Karen O is hitting the road in support of her solo album Crush Songs. More
Jul 28, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
This September Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O will release her debut solo album Crush Songs. More
Due Out September 9 On Cult
Jun 25, 2014
By Laura Studarus
We all knew it had to happen, right? Yeah Yeah Yeahs Karen O has announced her solo debut. More
Reviews
Sep 04, 2014
By Alee Karim
Most of us presumed that Karen O could do quite well solo. Even without the heroic backing of her poppy neo-no-wave cohorts in Yeah Yeah Yeahs, she’s always been a figure unto herself with her magnetic stage presence and insouciant personality. More