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News

Feb 16, 2022

Anand Wilder (formerly of Yeasayer) has shared a video for his new single “Fever Seizure.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming debut solo album, I Don’t Know My Words, which will be out on March 25, 2022 via Last Gang. Wilder has also announced a set of U.S. tour dates for spring 2022. More

Anand Wilder Shares New Song “I Don’t Want Our Love To Become Routine”

I Don’t Know My Words Due Out March 25, 2022 via Last Gang

Dec 01, 2021

Anand Wilder (formerly of Yeasayer) has shared a new song, “I Don’t Want Our Love To Become Routine.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming debut solo album, I Don’t Know My Words, which will be out on March 25, 2022 via Last Gang. More

Sep 24, 2021

Anand Wilder (formerly of Yeasayer) has announced the release of his debut solo album, I Don’t Know My Words, which is set to be released some time in 2022 via Last Gang. He has shared its first single, “Delirium Passes,” via a video that stars Ben Sinclair from HBO’s High Maintenance. More

Yeasayer Announce Their Breakup

"We have decided that Yeasayer has reached its end."

Dec 19, 2019

Yeasayer have broken up. The Brooklyn trio (Anand Wilder, Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton) announced the news via an Instagram post. “It is a decision that has not been made lightly or swiftly, but the three of us agree that it is the right one at the right time,” wrote the band. The band formed in 2006 and released five albums: All Hour Cymbals (2007), Odd Blood (2010), Fragrant World (2012), Amen & Goodbye (2016), and Erotic Reruns (2019). More

Album of the Week: The Divine Comedy

Plus Stream New Albums from Palehound, Younghusband, Silversun Pickups, Pixx, Stef Chura, and More

Jun 07, 2019

The Divine Comedy, the orchestral-pop project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter/composer Neil Hannon, has released a new album, Office Politics, today via Hannon’s own Divine Comedy Records and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album below. More

Yeasayer - Stream the New Album

Erotic Reruns Out Now via Yeasayer Records

Jun 07, 2019

Yeasayer have released a new album, Erotic Reruns, today on the band’s own Yeasayer Records. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing below. Also below are their upcoming tour dates. More

Jun 06, 2019

Yeasayer are releasing a new album, Erotic Reruns, tomorrow (June 7) on the band’s own Yeasayer Records. Now the band has shared a video for the album’s “Ecstatic Baby.” PandaPanther directed the crazy video, which features the band riding a giant fly, among other things. More

Yeasayer Share New Song “Ecstatic Baby”

Erotic Reruns Due Out June 7 via Yeasayer Records

May 20, 2019

Yeasayer are releasing a new album, Erotic Reruns, on June 7 on the band’s own Yeasayer Records. Now the band has shared another song from it, “Ecstatic Baby.” More

Yeasayer Announce New Album, Share Two New Songs

Erotic Reruns Due Out June 7 via Yeasayer Records; Listen to “Let Me Listen In On You” and “Fluttering in the Floodlights"

Apr 10, 2019

Yeasayer have announced a new album, Erotic Reruns, and shared two new songs from it, “Let Me Listen In On You” and “Fluttering in the Floodlights.” Erotic Reruns is due out June 7 on the band’s own Yeasayer Records. The album includes “I’ll Kiss You Tonight,” a new song they shared via a video late last week. More

Yeasayer Share Video for New Song “I’ll Kiss You Tonight”

Likely the First Single from Their Next Album

Apr 08, 2019

Yeasayer have shared a brand new song, “I’ll Kiss You Tonight,” via a video for the track. Right now it’s just a standalone single, but it’s a safe bet that it might be the first single from an upcoming new album. More

Premiere: Yeasayer - “Cold Night (Dirge Version)”

Cold Night EP Out This Friday via Mute

Oct 27, 2016

Yeasayer released their new album, Amen & Goodbye, back in April via Mute. This Friday the New York trio (Anand Wilder, Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton) are releasing the Cold Night EP. More

Listen: Yeasayer - “Loan Shark Blues”

Cold Night EP Out This Friday via Mute

Oct 25, 2016

Yeasayer released their new album, Amen & Goodbye, back in April via Mute. This Friday they are releasing the Cold Night EP. It includes two versions of the title track, one found on Amen & Goodbye and one being labeled as a “Dirge Version” of the song. More

Jun 21, 2016

M83 (aka Anthony Gonzalez and collaborators) released their new album, Junk, in April via Mute. Now they have announced some new U.S. tour dates to go down this fall. More

Watch: Yeasayer - “Silly Me” Video

Amen & Goodbye Out Now via Mute

May 18, 2016

Yeasayer released their new album, Amen & Goodbye, last month via Mute. Previously the band had shared the video for “I Am Chemistry.” Today they have shared the second video from the record, for “Silly Me.” Mike Anderson directs the strange and surreal animated clip, which features murderous human-sized cats and a woman who gets transported to a weird world. More

Under the Radar Announces May/June 2016 Issue with M83 on the Cover

Issue 57 Also Includes Interview with Lush, Primal Scream, John Carpenter, Frightened Rabbit, Underworld, Yeasayer, Frankie Cosmos, Julien Baker, Cat's Eyes, School of Seven Bells, Parquet Courts, Fear of Men, Minor Victories, Kevin Morby, and More

May 06, 2016

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our May/June 2016 issue (out May, June, and into July), which has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It will also soon be available digitally via Under the Radar‘s app, and the magazine apps Zinio, Readly, and Readbug. The issue features M83 on the cover. More

Listen: Yeasayer - “Silly Me”

Amen & Goodbye Due Out April 1 via Mute, Tour Dates Announced

Mar 02, 2016

Yeasayer are releasing their new album, Amen & Goodbye, on April 1 via Mute. Previously the band has shared the video for “I Am Chemistry.” Today they have shared another song from the record, “Silly Me.” They have also announced some more tour dates. The song and dates are below. More

Feb 10, 2016

Yeasayer are releasing their new album, Amen & Goodbye, on April 1 via Mute. Today they have shared a new video in a series of teasers for the record. This one is titled “Amen and Goodbye 6” and it takes you inside the full gatefold album cover, which was created in collaboration with sculptor David Altmejd. More

Sasquatch! 2016 Line-up: The Cure, M83, Florence and the Machine, Sufjan Stevens, and More

Grimes, Wolf Alice, Julia Holter, and others on Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 - 30) in Quincy, Washington

Jan 12, 2016

The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2016 festival, their 15th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 - 30) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. It’s a stacked lineup, including The Cure, M83, Sufjan Stevens, Grimes, Florence and the Machine, Wolf Alice, Julia Holter, Jamie xx, Caribou, Yeasayer, Savages, Kurt Vile, Mac DeMarco, and others.

Jan 07, 2016

Earlier today Yeasayer posted a new song to Spotify, “I Am Chemistry.” Just before Christmas the Brooklyn-based trio posted a mysterious new 23-second teaser video titled “Amen & Goodbye.” Now the band have announced their new album and shared a striking animated video for “I Am Chemistry,” which you can watch below. More

Listen: Yeasayer - “I Am Chemistry”

Is a New Album on the Way?

Jan 07, 2016

Just before Christmas Yeasayer posted a mysterious new 23-second teaser video titled “Amen & Goodbye.” Now a brand new Yeasayer song, “I Am Chemistry,” has shown up on Spotify. As per usual from the New York-based trio, the production is both fantastic and modern. More

Dec 22, 2015

Yeasayer have posted a mysterious new teaser video. It’s only 23-seconds and features a hollowed out dummy holding a statue. Some new instrumental music plays over top of the clip, which is entitled “Amen & Goodbye.” More

Jul 01, 2014

As previously reported Yeasayer guitarist Anand Wilder will soon be releasing Break Line, a musical developed alongside friend and composer Maxwell Kardon on July 15. More

Yeasayer’s Anand Wilder to Release Musical, “Break Line”

Featuring Members of Dirty Projectors, Man Man

May 30, 2014

Years before helping found Yeasayer, guitarist Anand Wilder was working on a musical with his friend and composer Maxwell Kardon. More

Oct 18, 2013

After delivering one of last year’s top albums with Fragrant World, Yeasayer have premiered a music video for their latest single “Glass of the Microscope.” More

Yeasayer Announce Tour Dates

New Shows Set for Summer

Apr 10, 2013

After a small break from the road supporting last year’s Fragrant World, Yeasayer have announced plans for a brief summer tour. More

Feb 13, 2013

“Closer,” the lead single off Tegan and Sara‘s excellent über pop album Heartthrob has already staked a claim at being one of the most infectious songs of the year. More

Nov 12, 2012

Earlier this year, former Under the Radar cover artists Yeasayer released their jittery, dystopian-themed third album, Fragrant World. The politically driven centerpiece “Reagan’s Skeleton” was recently given a rerub by Chicago house producer, Fast Eddie. More

Yeasayer Announce Additional Fall Tour Dates

Share Live Video of “Reagan’s Skeleton”

Oct 10, 2012

Yeasayer have announced the addition of several new shows for their upcoming fall tour. More

Sep 25, 2012

Fresh off the release of their excellent new album Fragrant World Yeasayer has announced an expansion of the band’s fall tour. More

Check Out Photos of FYF Fest 2012 - Day Two -Beirut, Yeasayer, Wild Nothing

Plus Atlas Sound, Liars, Father John Misty, Dinosaur Jr. and more!

Sep 04, 2012

On Sunday September 2, the nineth annual FYF Fest went down at Los Angeles’ State Historic Park in Downtown L.A. We sent photographer Robert Redfield down to cover the action. Check out his shots of Atlas Sound,Beirut, Cursive, Desparecidos, Dinosaur Jr., Father John Misty, Glass Candy, Liars, Wild Nothing, and Yeasayer here. More

Aug 29, 2012

Recently releasing their much-anticipated new album Fragrant World earlier this month, Yeasayer have premiered their official music video for its lead single “Longevity.” More

Watch: Yeasayer Play “Fallon”

Perform "Longevity"

Aug 21, 2012

Supporting the recent release of their new album Fragrant World, Brooklyn trio and current Under the Radar cover stars Yeasayer stopped by 30 Rock to play on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. More

Aug 15, 2012

Yeasayer will be performing at the Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight at 10 PM EST. Catch the show on Youtube. More

Aug 13, 2012

After sending fans on an online scavenger hunt earlier this month Yeasayer have now offered up a full and puzzle-free version of their new album Fragrant World. More

Aug 01, 2012

Current Under the Radar cover stars Yeasayer have just a few weeks left before releasing their latest album Fragrant World on Aug. 21. More

Listen: Yeasayer – “Longevity”

Fragrant World out August 21 Secretly Canadian

Jun 22, 2012

On August 21, our cover artists Yeasayer will release their third studio album, Fragrant World. More

Watch: Yeasayer – Henrietta

Fragrant World Out 8/21 Via Secretly Canadian

Jun 14, 2012

Yeasayer just got a bit more trippy. The lead single “Henrietta” from the band’s forthcoming album Fragrant World (due out August 21 via Secretly Candian) was given the lava lamp treatment by Yoshi Sodeoka. More

Listen: Under the Radar Issue #41 Spotify Playlist

Featuring: Yeasayer, Hot Chip, Sigur Ros, Father John Misty, Liars, and More

Jun 07, 2012

Need a little auditory accompaniment while reading Under the Radar’s June/July issue featuring Yeasayer? Check out our Spotifty playlist. More

Yeasayer Announce Summer Tour

Fragrant World is Out August 21

May 29, 2012

In support of their forthcoming third album Fragrant World (announced via Under the Radar’s June/July cover story and out August 21) Yeasayer is hitting the road. More

Under the Radar Announces Full Details for June/July Issue Featuring Yeasayer on the Cover

Issue also Includes Beach House, Liars, Hot Chip, Sigur Rós, Hot Chip, Father John Misty, Aubrey Plaza, and more

May 26, 2012

Under the Radar’s June/July 2012 Issue features Yeasayer on the cover as well as interviews with Beach House, Chromatics, Peaking Lights, M. Ward, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Lower Dens, Soulsavers featuring Dave Gahan, Father John Misty vs. Aubrey Plaza, Sigur Rós, Hot Chip, and others. More

Yeasayer Announce New Album Via Cover Story in Under the Radar’s New Issue

Fragrant World out August 21 via Secretly Canadian

May 22, 2012

As revealed in Under the Radar‘s new cover story, Yeasayer will be releasing their new album, Fragrant World, on August 21 via Secretly Canadian. It’s the band’s third album, the followup to 2010’s Odd Blood. You can read all about the album via an in-depth 10-page cover story in Under the Radar‘s new June/July issue. We have details of both the album and the issue. More

Listen: Yeasayer - “Henrietta”

CD Copies Sent Out on Band Mailing List

May 16, 2012

Recently announcing a select number of summer tour dates, Yeasayer have debuted a new song entitled “Henrietta.” More

May 02, 2012

Yeasayer is embarking on a brief tour in support of what appears to be a new album. More

Apr 03, 2012

Moby has announced the release of Destroyed Remixed, a 2-CD collection of remixes taken from his 2011 album Destroyed. More

Nov 07, 2011

Take a listen to Yeasayer’s reworking of Death Cab For Cutie track, “Codes and Keys”—the title cut from their album released earlier this year. More

The Flaming Lips Announce More Shows

Set to Play Side by Side at Dates with Weezer

Jul 12, 2011

The Flaming Lips have added more tour dates, including some with Weezer at which they will be set up on the same stage at the same time, trading off songs and literally co-headlining. More

Feb 14, 2011

Just in time for Valentines, Yeasayer released a video for “I Remember.” They also announced new tour dates. More

Feb 03, 2011

Cold War Kids take the spirit altruism seriously. We have their new share and share alike remix. More

Red Hot Donates 1 million to AIDS Related Charities

From Last Year's Dark Was The Night

Dec 01, 2010

Last year, Dark Was the Night compilation grouped together high profile indie artists (including Sufjan Stevens, Dirty Projectors, The National, Arcade Fire and Yeasayer among others) to raise money for AIDS research. Today, on World AIDS Day, the project was declared a success, as over one million dollars was donated to AIDS charities. More

Yeasayer Release Weird New Video Starring Kristen Bell

“Madder Red” Features Veronica Mars and Her Strange Pet

Aug 14, 2010

Yeasyer have released a new video for “Madder Red” and it stars Veronica Mars and Sarah Marshall herself, actress Kristen Bell. In the vaguely disturbing and slightly off-putting clip, Bell plays an actress who owns a strange dying puss-dribbling pet that resembles a large tumor and sings along to the Brooklyn trio’s song. We have the video. More

Virgin Mobile Fest Announces Line-up

Free Festival September 25th

Jul 20, 2010

Indie shmindie. Sometimes it’s hard to argue with cooperate sponsorship. Today, Virgin Mobile announced its free festival (September 25th at Merriweather Post Pavilion) and it is a dozy. The daylong genre-hopping festival will play host to buzz bands such as Sleigh Bells and Neon Indian, scene stalwarts LCD Soundsystem and M.I.A. and legends such as Pavement and Joan Jett. We have the full lineup. More

Yeasayer Debut New Website Feature, “Code Organ”

Because Facebook And YouTube Don’t Waste Enough Time

Jul 01, 2010

Have you ever visited your favorite website and thought, “Damn this experience would be so much better if accompanied by odd bursts of Yeasayer!” If you’re being honest with yourself, who hasn’t? Well, thank goodness the Brooklyn boys have heard our plea.

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Austin City Limits Lineup Announced

Yeasayer, Spoon, Vampire Weekend, and Monsters of Folk, Among Others, Set to Play

May 18, 2010

Festival fans rejoice, the lineup for 2010’s Austin City Limits has been announced. Lineup includes Muse, Flaming Lips, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, and Vampire Weekend, among others. We have the full details. More

Yeasayer Announces Remix Contest

Will you be the “O.N.E.?”

Apr 22, 2010

Producers, start your engines. Mad Decent music blog is hosting a remix contest for Yeasayer‘s newest single “O.N.E.” We have the details. More

Apr 17, 2010

Mar 10, 2010

After the mind-bending, NSFW video for “Ambling Alp,” Yeasayer is back again with the video for single “O.N.E.” Another round of trippy imagery, the clip features a gameboard that the press release describes as “based on actual charts and diagrams that represent the psychological warfare in which these otherworldly club kids engage.” We just think it’s cool. More

Feb 11, 2010

Last night, Brooklyn-based Yeasayer brought “Ambling Alp” to Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. We have the video More

Feb 08, 2010

This past Friday Brooklyn’s Yeasayer performed at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County as part of their First Fridays series, in which on the first Friday night of each month the museum hosts performances from bands and DJs. We have the photos. More

Coachella 2010 Line-Up Announced

Jay-Z, Muse, and Gorillaz to Headline Three-Day Festival

Jan 19, 2010

One of North America’s most anticipated music festivals, Coachella, has announced its 2010 line-up. The three-day festival, which takes place in the California desert near Palm Springs April 16 - 18, will feature Jay-Z, Muse, and Gorillaz as the headliners. Other highlights include: Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grace Jones, Echo and the Bunnymen, Pavement, Sly and the Family Stone, Devo, LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, Fever Ray, She & Him, Yeasayer, MGMT, Hot Chip, Dirty Projectors, Mew, Camera Obscura, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Thom Yorke????, Phoenix, Spoon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yo La Tengo, Deerhunter, The Big Pink, Florence and the Machine, Owen Pallett, and Local Natives.

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Yeasayer Plan Globetrotting Tour

Odd Blood out February 9th

Dec 15, 2009

Yeasayer‘s Odd Blood, is out February 9th. It’s the long-awaited second offering from the Brooklyn-via-Baltimore psych rockers. Near the release date, Yeasayer will do some one-off gigs in L.A. and New York. After that, they hop on a plane for Europe. In April, the band will share their new mind-altering tunes in venues all across North America. More

Nov 25, 2009

The year of naked rock soldiers on with the premiere of Yeasayer’s “Ambling Alp” video. Featuring goo, masks and nudes, it’s a celebration of the weird that’s decidedly not safe for work. More

Listen to Yeasayer’s “Ambling Alp” Single

Also Play Guggenheim Museum Tonight

Oct 30, 2009

As previously reported, Brooklyn psych-rockers Yeasayer are releasing their sophomore full-length, entitled Odd Blood, February 19th. In North America, it drops via Secretly Canadian, and Mute will distribute in other parts of the globe. You can peep their debut single, “Ambling Alp” here On November 3rd, Secretly Canadian will release “Ambling Alp” digitally and on limited edition 12” vinyl. More

Yeasayer Announce Sophomore LP

Odd Blood due out February 9th on Secretly Canadian

Oct 21, 2009

Brooklyn psych-soul rockers Yeasayer have signed to Secretly Canadian for the North American release of their much-anticipated sophomore LP. Odd Blood is the follow-up to 2007’s All Hour Cymbals (which was released on We Are Free), and it will hopefully blow your mind wide open on February 9, 2010. More

Broadcast, of Montreal, Atlas Sound to Play Fun Fun Fun Fest

Austin Festival in November Also Features Fuck Buttons, Destroyer, Yeasayer

Aug 26, 2009

The fourth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest (that’s a whole lot of fun, but here at Under the Radar we prefer to have fun fun fun fun) will go down on November 7th and 8th at Waterloo Park in Austin, Texas. The fest’s lineup has just been announced. Highlights include Broadcast, of Montreal, Atlas Sound, Fuck Buttons, Fucked Up, Yeasayer, Les Savy Fav, Crystal Castles, Mission of Burma, Ratatat, Why?, No Age, Destroyer, HEALTH, Jesus Lizard, and Shearwater. More

Check Out Photos of Pitchfork Music Festival Day Two

Photos of Fucked Up, Beirut, Final Fantasy, Plants and Animals, Lindstrøm, Doom, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Yeasayer

Jul 19, 2009

The Pitchfork Music Festival continued yesterday in Chicago and we sent photographer Andrew Reed Weller down to capture the day two action. Check out his photos of Fucked Up, Beirut, Final Fantasy, Plants and Animals, Lindstrøm, Doom, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Yeasayer. More



Interviews

Jun 06, 2019

My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). For this My Firsts we talk to Chris Keating of Yeasayer. More

Yeasayer

Fractured World

Jul 11, 2016

Burnt out after spending the better part a decade on an unending tour cycle, Yeasayer retreated to the rural Catskills to write and record their follow-up to 2012’s Fragrant World. While the rustic setting proved a fruitful place for the band to escape the distractions of city living, they were faced with an unexpected hurdle when a rainstormand a leaky roof over the control roomdestroyed much of their tape. More


Reviews

Jun 11, 2019

Yeasayer have never allowed their sound to go stagnant, approaching each record almost as if it were an unrelated entity rather than a continuation of what’s come before. More

Apr 04, 2016

Critics have always had an uneasy relationship with ambition. It’s not that they don’t want artists to push envelopes, just that there’s an invisible fence within which they like to prescribe the act. Go too far and it’s a sprawl, and for fuck’s sake, don’t let a critic smell the ambition on you or you’ll be deemed too clever for your own good. More

Aug 17, 2012

Yeasayer’s third and arguably best LP Fragrant World kicks off with “Fingers Never Bleed.” The diatribe on the money-mongering and unrepentant greed fueled by manipulating numbers and bilking proletariats out of their pensions by hedge fund managers and Wall Street mavens sets the tone for the rest of this magnificent record. More

Apr 17, 2010

Coachella 2010 began under the cloud of an erupting volcano. Several of the European artists playing this year had to cancel their Coachella appearances due to the Icelandic volcano eruption grounding all flights from the U.K. and other parts of Europe. So day one of Coachella was greeted with the news that we wouldn’t be seeing Frightened Rabbit, Delphic, The Cribs (with Johnny Marr), or Gary Numan after all. And only a few days earlier Mew had already cancelled due to illness. So this year’s festival was already starting with some losses, Mew and Delphic probably being the most unfortunate ones. But while there were few artists playing Coachella 2010 who I both hadn’t seen before and was dying to see (Pavement being one of them), the lineup was still rigged with enough great artists so that I had little time to eat and take breaks between bands. Here’s what I saw during day one. More

Apr 17, 2010

Confession: despite my various musical exploits, this is my first year at Coachella. And in spite of various friends’ threats to paint a “V” on my forehead and subject me to an unspeakable hazing process (that’s standard…right?), I spent the week leading up to the festivities feeling not unlike an over-sugared toddler on Christmas Eve. Day one’s notable loot: Sleigh Bells, Yeasayer, Passion Pit, Grizzly Bear, and Fever Ray. More