News
05.02.08
Hello, it's been a long time. We are entering the season of delicious iced coffee. Although if you are in Australia or Tierra Del Fuego, you best be brewing a hot cup of mud.
On June 14th we are playing in Eugene, Oregon, at the 1st annual Broadway Bloc Party. It's a graduation celebration for the university there. Other people playing that night are The Devil Makes Three, Islands, Sebastien Grainger (of Death From Above 1979) and Crayonsmith. Go to the Broadway Block Party Myspace Page for more info.
We're kind of doing other things right now, but will probably start working on songs for an album pretty soon. Also probably going to strip this site to its bones, so stay tuned for that excitement.
If we don't see you in Eugene, have a great spring/summer/fall and be sure to vote correctly.
01.22.08
Hello all.
A bit last minute, but we wanted to let everyone know that the special guests for our Bowery Ballroom benefit show tomorrow are Ra Ra Riot and Au Revoir Simone. If you're coming to the show, be sure to come early! It will be a good show.
The show is Planned Parenthood of NYC's annual fundraising benefit, "Roe on the Rocks." This event celebrates the anniversary of Roe v. Wade and raises money for Planned Parenthood of NYC's Health Care, Education, and Legislative work. If you'd like to learn more about Planned Parenthood of NYC please visit www.ppnyc.org
10.05.07
3rd DC show added for November 19! At Rock n Roll Hotel with Malajube. Get tickets here.
09.17.07
Just Added:
We will be playing at The Independent in San Francisco on September 25th and 26th. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, Sept 18, 10AM pacific time here.
09.12.07
Hello!
A long overdue update:
We are about to head out on another tour. We just had our two shows in New York City and they both went great. Thanks so much to everyone who came out. We are now about to hop (to Denver) skip (to Austin) and jump (to San Francisco) our way over to the west coast where we'll start playing our own shows in Los Angeles. Elvis Perkins in Dearland will be along with us for all the fun. We'll be heading up through California, Oregon and Washington, and then stop off in Minneapolis and Madison on our way back home. Check our Shows page for all those dates.
Also, check out the Shows page for a few new dates we've just added. In October we'll be visiting Atlanta, Phoenix and New Orleans. And in November we've added one more show to our little east coast run. We'll be starting things off in Cambridge at the Middle East Downstairs. Tickets for that show go on sale this Friday, September 14th. Don't miss out!
Thanks to everyone who came out to see us this summer. We really appreciate all your support. Check out our Photos page for some pictures from some of those tours.
05.30.07
We've just returned from Australia where we've had a great time! Thanks to everyone for coming out to the shows, and special thanks to
New Estate and I Heart Hiroshima for playing with us.
Our website has fallen into a bit of disarray. We've just added a few new dates to our shows section that we meant to add earlier. Here's what we've added:
06.06.07: Boston, MA // The WFNX-Boston Phoenix BEST MUSIC POLL
07.06.07: Paris, France // tbd (more exact info on this soon)
08.04.07: Chicago, IL // Lollapalooza
04.25.07
We're very sorry but we have to postpone the shows in Missouri and Indiana (April 30th, May 1st, May 2nd, and May 3rd). We hope to reschedule these dates for the fall.
04.17.07
The 4/30 show in Kansas City, Missouri, has been postponed. We will let you know when it has been rescheduled. Sorry!
03.30.07
Extry extry:
On Wednesday, April 4th, we will be playing one of our rock numbers on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, a show on the television.
Also, some summer fun:
07.04.07: Lisbon, Portugal // Superbock Super Rock
07.07.07: Evereux, France // Festival L Rock Dan Tous Ses Etats
07.08.07: Zurich, Switzerland // Rote Fabrik
07.10.07: Dusselldorf, Germany // Zakk
07.11.07: Denmark // Copenhagen Jazz Festival
07.13.07: Belgium // Dour Festival
07.14.07: England // Latitude Festival
07.15.07: Scotland // Indian Summer Festival
07.17.07: Munich, Germany // Muffahalle
07.20.07: France // Carhaix Festival Les Vieilles Charrues
07.21.07: France // Angouleme Festival Garden Nef Party
07.22.07: Spain // Benicassim Festival
07.25.07: Switzerland // Paleo Festival
07.29.07: Mt Fuji, Japan // Fuji Rock Festival
09.02.07: Ireland // Electric Picnic
03.20.07
Today we turn 3.
03.06.07
More shows added to the American tour in April:
04.30.07: Kansas City, MO // VooDoo Lounge
05.01.07: Columbia, MO // The Blue Note
05.02.07: St. Louis, MO // The Pageant
05.03.07: Indianapolis, IN // Vogue Theater
We don't know who will be playing with us for those shows, so check the site soon.
Also, we're going to Australia in May! Here are those dates:
05.21.07: Melbourne, Australia // Hi Fi Bar
05.22.07: Melbourne, Australia // Hi Fi Bar
05.23.07: Sydney, Australia // Enmore
05.24.07: Brisbane, Australia // The Zoo
05.25.07: Brisbane, Australia // The Zoo
And lastly, we're very happy to be going back to Japan to play at the Fuji Rock festival on July 29th.
02.03.07
We will be playing some shows in the US in April with Elvis Perkins in Dearland. Pre-sale begins Feb 5th local time for each venue. You will be able to buy those tickets here. Pre-sale will last through the 8th, and regular tickets go on sale on Feb 9th. Here are those dates:
4/10/2007 Lupos Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI
4/11/2007 Pearl Street Night Club, Northampton, MA
4/12/2007 Higher Ground, Burlington, VT
4/13/2007 Metropolis, Montreal, QB
4/14/2007 Kool Haus, Toronto, ON
4/15/2007 The Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY
4/17/2007 Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN
4/18/2007 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
4/19/2007 40 Watt, Athens, GA
4/20/2007 Freebird, Jacksonville, FL
4/21/2007 The Club at Firestone, Orlando, FL
4/22/2007 Revolution, Fort Lauderdale, FL
4/24/2007 Republic, New Orleans, LA
4/26/2007 Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
4/27/2007 Granada Theatre, Dallas, TX
4/28/2007 Stubb's BBQ, Austin, TX
01.30.07
Some Loud Thunder is out today! Which means the pre-order download deal ends. We're in London now, about to start a tour with the Cold War Kids and Elvis Perkins. There's a fake fireplace.
01.16.07
Some Loud Thunder is now available for download! Follow this link for further instructions. You can also stream the entire album from myspace right here.
Thanks to Insound for all their help.
01.02.07
Happy New Year! Thanks to everyone who joined us for a fun night of rock and roll music on Sunday.
We have a show coming up in New York at the Bowery Ballroom on January 23rd. It is a benefit for the Willie Mae Rock Camp For Girls. Tickets are on sale here.
We are going to Europe soon in support of our second album, Some Loud Thunder. You can order the album now through insound. See below for instructions on how to do that. Or just go here.
That's all for now. Good night.
12.26.06
We are excited to announce that Final Fantasy joining us on New Years Eve!
You can buy tickets here.
12.20.06
Win a pair of tickets to see our New Year's Eve show at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City! Stereogum.com is holding a contest that involves a lot of hiking and swimming. Go here to enter it. They are giving away five pairs of tickets.
Or if you'd rather, you can also still buy tickets here.
12.19.06
You can now pre-order Some Loud Thunder, our forthcoming album, due out on January 30th. Here's how it works:
- Pre-Order the Some Loud Thunder CD anytime between now and January 29th.
- Beginning January 16th, all customers who have pre-ordered will receive an email with a special secret link
- Follow the link to download the Some Loud Thunder MP3s for FREE (link valid only until January 29th)
- Your Some Loud Thunder CD will be shipped to you on January 30th.
12.11.06
We are very happy and honored to announce that Bob Mould will open on New Year's Eve. There will probably be someone before him, but we're not quite sure who that will be yet. If you didn't have a reason to come before, now you do. Get tickets here.
12.05.06
We have a new record coming out on January 30th called Some Loud Thunder. It is our second album. Check out the artwork to the side and the track list below, and two new songs for your listening pleasure. Bloggers, feel free to post these on your sites but please host the mp3s yourselves.
For those of you who can't wait until the 30th, you can buy the album directly from us in the mp3 tradition, thanks to our good friends at Insound, starting on January 16th. Then we'll send you a real-life copy of the record soon after for free. We'll also have an exclusive t-shirt available for those of you who decide to buy the record directly from us. There's also another song up for you to hear over at our myspace page.
So here's the track list:
1. Some Loud Thunder
2. Emily Jean Stock
3. Mama, Won’t You Keep Them Castles in the Air and Burning?
4. Love Song No. 7
5. Satan Said Dance
6. Upon Encountering the Crippled Elephant
7. Goodbye to Mother and the Cove
8. Arm and Hammer
9. Yankee Go Home
10. Underwater (You and Me)
11. Five Easy Pieces
11.29.06
The few remaining Fall Tour EPs are now available on Insound.com. The EP includes live performances by us, Architecture in Helsinki, and Takka Takka. Here's the tracklisting again:
1. Some Loud Thunder (CYHSY)(from our next album)
2. Gimme Some Salt (CYHSY)
3. The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth (CYHSY)
4. Feather in a Baseball Cap (AIH)(rare b-side track)
5. It's 5! (AIH)
6. They Built You Up Too Fast (TT)
We also have some new merch. There is a new hoodie, tshirt, and tote bag from the last tour. Go here for that.
More news soon.
10.22.06
Hello all. We just wanted to let everyone know that we actually do still have a pile of the Tour EPs that we made with Architecture in Helsinki and Takka Takka left over. So some time soon we'll offer these cds to anyone who wants them, probably just online through our website. Might be a good stocking stuffer, so we'll try to get it set up soon. We're thinking they'll probably be around $10, with shipping included. (Don't quote us on that just yet, but it will probably be something like that) So be patient and stay off Ebay and we'll get them out to you soon!! (if you're interested, be sure that you're on our email list and we'll let you know when we're ready to send them out!)
10.18.06
Thanks to everyone who came out for the recent shows. Architecture in Helsinki and Takka Takka, you are delectable.
10.03.06
hey kids. presale for our new years eve show is on now! go get them HERE. If you miss out, never fear, the rest of the tickets will go on sale friday.
09.29.06
We are excited to announce that we will be performing on New Year's Eve at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom. Consider yourselves warned that the pre-sale for this show will start on Tuesday, October 3rd. Check back here on Tuesday and we'll be happy to escort you to the pre-sale page where everything fun and awesome happens.
09.20.06
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has designed a special t-shirt for the Yellow Bird Project. YBP is a non-profit Montreal based iniative that collaborates with musicians to create unique t-shirts, with all the money going to charity. Robbie did the drawing for it and you can see the shirt HERE , and while you're there check out the other shirts by other great musicians! Please consider purchasing somthing, it's all for very worthy causes, and it will make you feel good too.
09.05.06
We will be selling a limited edition EP on our Fall tour in the United States with Architecture in Helsinki and Takka Takka. The EP contains live tracks from each band:
1. Some Loud Thunder (CYHSY)
2. Gimme Some Salt (CYHSY)
3. The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth (CYHSY)
4. Feather in a Baseball Cap (AIH)
5. It's 5! (AIH)
6. They Built You Up Too Fast (TT)
They will be just $5 each. We'll have a handful to sell at each show. Like a hundred or something. Big hands.
08.01.06
Two live songs from Berlin posted. Look -->
07.28.06
We are playing more shows in the US in September and October. Architecture in Helsinki and Takka Takka will be playing with us. Pre-sale for these dates begins on August 2nd. The email that was just sent out didn't have Seattle on it. That was a mistake. Go to the shows page to see the schedule.
07.13.06
We're sorry to announce that we have to postpone our upcoming trip to Japan and Australia. Unfortunately over the course of our recent European tour Alec's voice started to give out on him, and in order to avoid any permanent damage to his vocal chords he's going to have to take some time off of touring. We're really sorry for the late notice, and we wish this wasn't the case, but we promise to make it over as soon as we can. If you bought tickets for our shows in Sydney or Melbourne you'll be able to get a refund for your tickets.
06.09.06
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on Sound Opinions. When we were in Chicago for the last tour, we stopped in at the Sound Opinions radio studio to do a little segment for them. There's was a little interview and we played a couple of songs in the studio. Check it out!
05.20.06
More Australian shows added! In addition to the Splendour in the Grass Festival, we'll be playing shows in Melbourne and Sydney! Check out our Shows page for more details.
05.02.06
Correction: The Sept 28 show in Central Park is actually after the Summerstage series ends, but it is at the same venue (Rumsey Playfield, Central Park). To those of you who already bought tickets, sorry for the error. This will still be a great show. We will invite some special guests, and the show will (we think) close out the season in Central Park.
Get tickets here.
04.27.06
Pre-sale begins at 10 AM Eastern Time today, April 27 for the September 28 Central Park Summerstage show in New York City. Go here to participate.
Check the site in a few days as we'll be adding some live music from our recent shows.
04.25.06
When we were in Austin for SXSW we recorded some stripped down versions of our songs for Yahoo! Music. The have posted one along with a short interview with Alec and Tyler. You can check them out here: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah video's on Yahoo! Music.
Yahoo! says: "We regret that Yahoo! Music videos are not currently supported for Macintosh." Hmmm.
04.08.06
Our website has been in a bit of disarray for a little while now. We are now in the process of trying to keep it more updated. Look down at the older news posts for some updates that we've added to them. Updates will be coming to the other sections of the site soon too so stay tuned.
We also haven't sent out any email updates for a while because we haven't been able to handle so many emails, but we are about to have that solved too, so submit your email on the side and we should be sending out updates to you soonish. Also check out the blog section of our myspace page for other little updates.
Something else you might like to hear:
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on NPR's Live Concert Series. Recorded from our March 8th performance in Washington DC's 9:30 Club.
02.27.06
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on Letterman!!! We'll be performing on the CBS Late Show with David Letterman this Thursday, March 2nd. Show airs 11:30pm ET/PT.
UPDATE: if you missed it, you can watch a clip of our performance online here:
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on LETTERMAN . Check it out!
12.01.05
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah to perform on Conan!!! On December 16th, we will make our first television appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." You might call it a TiVo debut. The show airs at 12:35 Friday night.
UPDATE: if you missed it, you can watch a clip of our performance online here:
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on CONAN.
Check it out!
11.30.05
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on NPR's All Things Considered. It aired yesterday, and is NPR's Story of the Day, for any of you podcast people.
11.27.05
We're back from a short trip through England and Scotland and Wales and Holland and Belgium where we didn't play but did get a flat tire. We're looking forward to playing with our friends The National and Dr. Dog on New Year's Eve. We have been nominated for 4 Plug Awards: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, New Artist of the Year, and Indie Rock Album of the Year . Go to the Plug Awards site to vote.
