Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ ‘Cool It Down’: A Spitfire Band Matures

“Austere” was never a word people used to describe the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. For most of their career the trio of drummer Brian Chase, guitarist Nick Zinner, and especially singer Karen O epitomized chaos, a particular kind of unhinged energy that very rarely survives the transition from midnight dive bar gigs to festival headlining sets. But that spirit traveled and endured with them over a decade and four albums. And two decades after their guttural emergence from New York City’s post-9/11 rock scene, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have managed a hat trick with their fifth album Cool It Down, out… Read Full Article