Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Assembly, Cate Le Bon at Basilica, a sound bath in Newburgh, a doc that puts you in the pit of a ...

Depending on the artist, concocting a debut album can either be a blessing or a bane. On the one hand, there’s a lot of pressure to contend with — be it self-imposed or from others — and making an ...

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah blew a lot of minds when they released a fully independent self-titled first album in 2005. They had no record label, no manager, no nothing, and at a time when even “indie” ...

The album as a self-contained unit of artistic expression holds a fascinating place in the musical landscape. For some, the rise in streaming culture has reduced its significance, with listeners able ...

Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another listen. These are projects that, for whatever reason (middling sales, negative reviews, a ...

Weird things happen when a small band reaches critical mass, as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah must be aware of by now. In less time than it takes to pronounce their name, the indie success story of 2005 ...

Alec Ounsworth and his band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are celebrating their 20th anniversary with the announcement of limited deluxe vinyl reissues of the landmark ...

“The connection I feel with vinyl can never be replaced by listening to something on the computer or a phone.” One-man bands tend to fall into two distinct categories: those of the self-indulgent, ...

Charli XCX released an Amsterdam-centered music video for her synth-pop love song ‘Boom Clap’ off of the ‘Fault in Our Stars’ soundtrack. The British singer has her hands full, between helping Iggy ...

Early in its career, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah seemed unlikely to last a decade: One of the first major bands to rise to prominence on the strength of support from music blogs, it followed a successful ...