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Yeasayer tomorrow night!!!
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- 2006 was a good year for music. Although one new band from last year totally topped my list and that was Yeasayer. The most unique, interesting, brave and assured new band I have listened to in a long while. I "growed up" to a lot of late 70's/early 80's type hippydom and listening to Yeasayer reminded me of a childhood spent listening to the tripped-out weirdness of Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa through my Gran's bulky 70's Hi-Fi. Following a recent trend for more vocal based music (Dirty Projectors, Fleet Foxes, Of Montreal, TV on the Radio) Yeasayer channel the above as well as Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno and David Byrn with their atmospheric, experimental, indie, electronic, gospel, folk, pop, rock, hypnotic eccentric-ness, Yeasayer are utterly in a league of their own and completely committed to the steeze they call "Middle Eastern-Psych-Snap-Gospel". Chris Keating, Anand Wilderwere, Ira Wolf Tuton and Luke Fasano are Yeasayer - each one a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, and chanter. Founded by half of a barbershop quartet (which you can hear in their layered and experimental harmonies) they mix odd pop music, 70s soft rock, African rhythms and psychedelic soul. With their howling chants they channel both dystopian science-fiction themes through the lyrics and a deep appreciation for the natural world through employing a wide, international range of sounds. The band have toured with friends MGMT and Man Man, and Beck which alludes somewhat to their varied shtick and the live show looks amazing, with lead vocalist Chris Keating often ending up underneath synths, on his knees or rolling on the floor, howling. Ira "wolf" the bassist looks like a male hipster Stevie Nicks with long hair, high waisted jeans and a dirty funk strut. The band have become legendary in the world of music blogdom, with many critics pronouncing their debut album the best of last year. See them live tomorrow night at San Fran. - Chrisana
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