photo from Crackers United review by Sheryl Witlen 2007 will be remembered as a year New York played both host and muse to a new crop of musical and artistic talents, who expressed with clarity and brilliance just what can happen when culture and human experience collide. Among the bands the city lays claim - including The National, Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem, Phosphorescent, and MGMT - is Yeasayer, who touched down during those hot lazy days of summer, heavy with humidity and [...]
DOWNLOAD: Yeasayer - No Need To Worry (MP3) no need to worry, we'll get some keys for your keyboard Yeasayer frontman Chris Keating got a little carried away towards the end of of their set Saturday night (Dec 22, 2007) at Mercury Lounge ( a Friction party ). A piece of one of those keys is currently living in my jacket pocket - a souvenier [...]

there was one storm that wasn't forecasted yesterday, and that was the media one in effect on the lower east side. bloggers, photographers, and media mavens of all sorts gathered at the clusterfucked mercury lounge for yeasayer 's first new york show since cmj , a sold out affair courtesy of friction . the diy promoter brought together up-and-comers chairlift , team robespierre , and high places to open for the much-hyped yeasayer , with the night's only downside being the set limits (half an hour for openers, 45 minutes [...]
there was one storm that wasn't forecasted yesterday, and that was the media one in effect on the lower east side. bloggers, photographers, and media mavens of all sorts gathered at the clusterfucked mercury lounge for yeasayer 's first new york show since cmj , a sold out affair courtesy of friction . the diy promoter brought together up-and-comers chairlift , team robespierre , and high places to open for the much-hyped yeasayer , with the night's only downside being the set limits (half an hour for openers, 45 minutes for the [...]