Yeah Yeah Yeahs on SNL 4/11/09

Posted on April 12, 2009 | View Comments
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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs performed two songs on SNL lastnight - “Zero” from their new album, It’s Blitz!, and “Maps” from their amazing 2003 release, Fever to Tell. I have to say it was great to see Karen O performing live on my TV, and it was a pleasant surprise to hear one of their “older” songs rather than two from the new album. “Maps” is such a great song. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again [...]

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    Last Saturday, French band Phoenix was the musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live and performed a few songs from their forthcoming album, the highly anticipated Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (due out May 26th). Check out video of their performances of “Lisztomania” and “1901″ at the end of the post. We’ve featured their song “1901″ in a couple previous posts, including a look at a remix done by UltraChorus. I gotta say, there have been so many remixes done of this song that I can’t keep them all straight anymore… does mass remixing equal a hit song? [...]" title="Phoenix & Yeah Yeah Yeahs on SNL" />

    Phoenix & Yeah Yeah Yeahs on SNL

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    Last Saturday, French band Phoenix was the musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live and performed a few songs from their forthcoming album, the highly anticipated Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (due out May 26th). Check out video of their performances of “Lisztomania” and “1901″ at the end of the post. We’ve featured their song “1901″ in a couple previous posts, including a look at a remix done by UltraChorus. I gotta say, there have been so many remixes done of this song that I can’t keep them all straight anymore… does mass remixing equal a hit song? [...]

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    Today’s the day! After leak after leak, the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, It’s Blitz!, is finally available for download! I know we’ve talked about the YYY and this new album quite a bit over the last month, and hopefully by doing so we’ve gotten you to check out their music (past and present). If you missed any of our articles on the band, you can catch up here. There’s a great bootleg from 2006 here, so if you missed it before, make sure to grab it today! [...]" title="New in March: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kinetic Stereokids, Swan Lake, Leonard Cohen" />

    New in March: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kinetic Stereokids, Swan Lake, Leonard Cohen

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    Today’s the day! After leak after leak, the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, It’s Blitz!, is finally available for download! I know we’ve talked about the YYY and this new album quite a bit over the last month, and hopefully by doing so we’ve gotten you to check out their music (past and present). If you missed any of our articles on the band, you can catch up here. There’s a great bootleg from 2006 here, so if you missed it before, make sure to grab it today! [...]

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    This week was all about new music for me... Here's This Week's Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap's iTunes! The release of Depeche Mode’s new album, Sounds of the Universe, is just a little over a month away, and I must say that ever since we posted the video for their first single, “Wrong”, I can’t get enough of this song. It’s good. I mean, it’s REEEEALLY good. [...]" title="This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes" />

    This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes

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    This week was all about new music for me... Here's This Week's Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap's iTunes! The release of Depeche Mode’s new album, Sounds of the Universe, is just a little over a month away, and I must say that ever since we posted the video for their first single, “Wrong”, I can’t get enough of this song. It’s good. I mean, it’s REEEEALLY good. [...]

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