Video: Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps" LIVE Santos NYC 4/12/09

Like most of you I chose to avoid the secret Yeah Yeah Yeahs show last night because, well, it was bound to be a clusterfuck. When a band that big plays a venue that small, Santos Party House, how can it not be? Well apparently EVERYONE thought the same thing because all reports I read said that there was barely a line and you could just walk right in practically. So if you're a YYYs fan then

The Wrens @ The Bell House on Friday ( more by Tim Griffin ) tonight in NYC * Dance * Les Paul @ Iridium * Anthony Jeselnick & other comedians @ Pianos * Maria Taylor, Whispertown 2000 @ Maxwell's * Landmine Marathon Villains & Wizardry @ Lit * Neko Case, Crooked Fingers @ Nokia Theatre * Jon Glaser, John Mullaney, Leo Allen [...]

Nobody expected Karen O to fellate her mic and pour beer on herself on SNL . Although we all probably hoped she would. And boomy sound aside, the band certainly played live and, for their part, sounded great at 30 Rock. But after that performance and a somewhat dazed turn on Jools , I was wondering if maybe Karen and the YYYs were turning a little tame on us. After last night's terribly kept "secret show" at Santos Party House I can say DON'T WORRY: Yeah Yeah Yeahs everything you remember, just with more [...]