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"After all is said and done, of course you should be mad at us. We're mad at us too."
May 11, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
We were hoping that this whole YACHT fake sex tape fiasco was over, but now the band has issued a new apology in which they apologize for yesterday’s non-apology. More
"It's a project that allowed us to play with science fiction, the attention economy, clickbait journalism, and celebrity sex tapes all at once."
May 10, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Yesterday we posted the strange story that YACHT were selling their own sex tape after it at leaked. Well it turns out the whole thing was fake, a publicity stunt that has not been well received now that the truth has been revealed. The band has issued a statement about the whole thing after various websites debunked the story and called the band out.
"We don't have any illusion that this tape is ever going to vanish completely from the Internet."
May 09, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Here’s a strange story. YACHT are now selling their sex tape. The electro-pop duo of Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans have been romantic partners since 2006, as well as bandmates. They filmed a sex tape purely for their personal pleasure and use, but it was leaked to the Internet “due to a series of technological missteps and one morally abject person,” as they have explained in a Facebook post. More
Apr 25, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Prince passed away at his home last Thursday and the Prince tributes and covers have been fittingly constant ever since. YACHT have shared a cover of Prince’s “Annie Christian” (originally found on his 1981 album Controversy). More
I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler Due This Fall on Downtown
Jul 29, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
YACHT announced their new album today, the follow-up to 2011’s Shangri-La and 2014’s Where Does This Disco? EP, via a billboard in Los Angeles, on the corner of Santa Monica Blvd. and La Brea Ave. More
Encyclopedia is Out Now on Minor
Nov 06, 2014
By Laura Studarus
YACHT has taken their twisted synth inclinations to The Drums’ single “I Can’t Pretend.” More
Aug 15, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Portland electro-pop duo YACHT have unveiled a brand new single, “Party at the NSA.” More
Nov 30, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Check out the video for YACHT’s “I Walked Alone,” (A cut from this year’s album, Shangri-La) in which the band walks alone—together. More
Performers Also Include Cut Copy, Beach House, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Friendly Fires, Empire of the Sun, Battles, and others
Jul 26, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Today, Treasure Island Music Festival announced their 2011 lineup. More
Remixes by The Miracles Club, White Rainbow, and Jeffrey Jerusalem
Jul 13, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
YACHT have released three remixes of their single “Utopia,” from Shangri-La, released June 21. More
Second Song Taken from Shangri-La
Jun 07, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
YACHT has released the second single from their upcoming album Shangri-La. The followup to 2009’s See Mystery Lights is due June 21st. More
Duo to Debut New Material on Tour
Jan 25, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Art-rock duo YACHT is heading out on an extensive North American tour. Along the way, they’ll be road testing new material. We have the details. More
Preview "Drunk Girls" Music Video
Apr 05, 2010
By Kyle Lemmon
LCD Soundsystem put on an insane dance party for their shows and fans that haven’t already experienced the craziness will soon get their chance. James Murphy’s crew of party-starters announced a bunch of North American concerts today. More
“Secret” Show Tomorrow Night in Brooklyn
Sep 03, 2009
By Laura Studarus
YACHT announces tour with Yeah Yeah Yeahs. We have dates and info on tomorrow night’s secret show. More
Reviews
Nov 30, 2015
By Alee Karim
Thought the Future Would Be Cooler somehow crosses the levity of Ric Ocasek with the gravity of Annie Lennox to give us a pretty freaking spot-on document of a life spent online set to a robotic New Wave beat. This immaculate nugget of poppy perfection is almost too clinical for its own good and aesthetically, that’s not inappropriate. More
Nov 07, 2014
By Austin Trunick
Why aren’t these called singles anymore? Three songs—one of them previously released—and a remix only make an EP in the most minimalist sense, but we’ll take it. More
Jul 28, 2011
By J. Pace
Here’s YACHT, surfacing for another round on DFA, continuing roughly where they left off on 2009’s See Mystery Lights, with the kind of stripped-down, danceable fare that made their move to DFA appropriate, and a continued/expanding salvo of cheeky, pseudo-cultish conceptualism. More
