We All Want Someone To Shout For

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have announced that they will release a new album called Hysterical sometime in September. The band updated their site with a teaser video showcasing the band working on new material in the studio, along with new tour dates, and the following message:

We have a new album coming out! It’s called Hysterical, and it will be available on September 20th in the US, and September 12th in the UK, Europe, Japan, and Australia. It was produced by John Congleton.

We’re also re-issuing our fully remastered first album on vinyl. We always thought the vinyl could sound better – now it does! Available June 14th.

It’s been a long, long, time since we’ve heard new music from CYHSY. Their debut album was a big reason why I became interested in following blogs, finding new music, and even starting my own. People have been way too hard on these guys. I think they will come back with an incredible third effort that will make it feel like ’05 once again.

Watch the video and check out the tour dates, all posted below:

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / Hysterical from CYHSY on Vimeo.

Tour Dates:

Aug 12 – 14 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands Festival
Aug 28- Los Angeles, CA -Sunset Junction Festival
Sep 2 – North Dorset, UK – End of the Road Festival
Sep 6 – Sheffield, UK – Queens Social Club
Sep 7 – London, UK – Scala
Sep 9 – Airport Temepelhof, Germany – Berlin Festival
Sep 12 – Paris, France – La Maroquinerie
Sep 13 – Amsterdam, Holland – Melkweg
Sep 14 – Cologne, Germany – Gebaude 9

BOMB Fest takes place at the Comcast Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut on May 28th/29th, which is rapidly coming up soon. If you don’t know what the festival is, take a look at the poster above, or click here. It features an incredibly diverse lineup that has something for everyone to enjoy.

I know times are hard and it’s not easy to afford all these great summer festivals. The kind people that run BOMB Fest have given us a pair of tickets to give away to one of you. To win, leave a comment with the top 3 coolest things about summer music festivals. I’ll pick a winner before the end of next week.

Good luck!

The last time I saw Fleet Foxes live was at 2^nd (and the last) All Points West. I’ll never forget it starting to rain just as they kicked into a sweeping rendition of Ragged Wood. It was unforgettable.

Flash forward to tonight, and the weather wasn’t much better. It has been raining hard all week, putting a damper on things. However, Fleet Foxes magical performance at the elegant United Palace Theater brought an atmosphere that was very much the opposite. They warmed us up with as incredible of a performance as you can ask for.

New York City is a tough crowd to please. There were complainers in the crowd shouting at the band to “turn down the bass”. The band never took it to heart. Drummer Joshua Tillman offered humorous banter right back at us. Don’t know who was complaining because during the middle of the set, the entire crowd gave the band a well deserved standing ovation. Coming from a New York crowd, that’s impressive. Quite frankly, the band deserved one after every song. They were that good.

The set was as balanced as they come. The band played nearly all of Helplessness Blues, also mixing in plenty of older material that we can already assume to be classics. “Mykonos” sounded as classy as music can be, warming up my insides with ease.

The band knows how to work a crowd. They gave us a streak of familiar classics from their self titled album, giving it all at once. You can’t really argue with this line: “Your Protector”, “Tiger Mountain Pleasant Song”, “White Winter Hymnal” and “Ragged Wood”. They know a thing or two about momentum.

When it comes down to it, it’s hard to imagine a world where people don’t like Fleet Foxes. Their songs have a timeless, essential warmness to them that no other band can replicate. Their live performance will awe you and dazzle you. They’re also some of the nicest guys working in the music industry today. I lost count of how many times Robin thanked us. It’s refreshing to see a band treat you as their equal.

Every song was sharp as can be, with clean vocals and instrumentation on all fronts. Only hours ago I was in the pouring rain. Fleet Foxes transported me to a much warmer place for nearly two hours, and I loved every second of it.

After a less than shy fan told Robin to remove his hat so we could see his hair, Robin shyly obliged, honestly admitting, “I just want to please you people,” with a smile. Rest assured, Fleet Foxes pleased everyone in attendance last night. I already consider Fleet Foxes to be one of the better bands around right now. Tonight sealed the deal.

Cave Singers opened, and were fantastic as well. Really dirty southern guitar jams. I’d love to see them again.

Photos, setlist, and a video I shot of “Helplessness Blues”, all after the jump:

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Bonnaroo is just around the corner. The festival takes place in Manchester, Tennessee on June 9-12. I’m gonna be in attendance, will you?

If not, don’t fret. We’ve teamed up with Groopease who are willing to give away 2 pairs of 3-day passes to the festival to one of you guys. To be eligible to win, you have to be a new member with Groopease by signing up using our referral code 73J5YSH7, and also either ‘Liking’ them on Facebook (www.facebook.com/groopease) or following them on Twitter. You have until May 24th to enter.

The festival has just sold out completely, so this is quite a deal. All you got to do in sign up and you’re automatically entered to win the prize. Good luck to you all!

Be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter as well

This contest is for new members only, current members are involved in a separate giveaway that started on May 5th

You can preview one minute of both “The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap” + “I.D.S.T.”, b-sides from Arctic Monkeys “Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair” single. Take a listen:

It’s been a while since we’ve heard new music from Bon Iver. You can stop waiting, because new music has arrived.

“Calgary”, a song from Bon Iver’s upcoming self titled LP is now available for free download. I could call the song pretty, atmospheric, euphoric, but if you’re a fan of Bon Iver, you know what you’re getting. Gorgeous layered folk rock that no one else could duplicate. How could you?

Download “Calgary” below and let it warm you up.

[mp3] Bon Iver – Calgary

Bon Iver drops June 21st via Jagjaguwar.

Warpaint’s performance on Jools Holland shouldn’t be ignored either. They were just as strong as our Monkeys were. They played “Undertow” and the always stunning “Elephants”. Watch both below:

Arctic Monkeys stopped by Jools Holland and performed some songs off up Suck It And See. They played “Reckless Serenade”, “The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala”, “Library Pictures”, and “Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair”.

You can check out performances below, and also grab all four as mp3′s via who the fuck are arctic monkeys?

According to the Horrors fan blog, RhysJoeJoshTomFaris, the new Horrors album title leaked. It’s apparently going to be titled, Skying.

That’s all we have for now. I’ve really enjoyed everything that I’ve heard from the band, so I’m excited to hear a new album.

Here’s Sea Within A Sea to serve as a little refresher:

Was looking at Donald Glover’s blog and I came across this pretty amazing little tune called “The Look” from Metronomy, a electronic band from England.

Never heard of them before this, but I’m sold. Really smooth stuff. It’s taken from new album, The English Riviera, which was released last month. Take a look/listen: