After getting artsy in L.A. earlier this week, Yeasayer returned to their adopted home in time for a snowstorm, and for two sold-out shows at Bowery Ballroom and the following night at Music Hall Of Williamsburg. We sent Ryan Muir, fresh off a triumphant photo set at Glasslands gallery, and it turned out Ryan doubled up on his Class Actress intake for one week -- not a bad thing, at least not on the back of the free-spirited night-closer at Glasslands last Saturday. Alongside Class Actress on opening duties was the crate-digging dance of Javelin, the Brooklyn-via-Providence duo whose audiophilic and sometimes 8-bit dance jams are a mutant stew of genre-/genealogical-/generational-crossing samples and beats. Solid bill, and a partial preview of what our European friends will get starting next week when Javelin and Yeasayer do a bunch of dates together there.
Yeasayer are still in town tonight, hitting 30 Rock to do Fallon's show (Jimmy's having a very Gummy week -- tomorrow he's hosting Neon Indian) before setting off on a long tour for which we've got the full dates below. In fact, stack that with a new remix of "Ambling Alp" by one-time A+P mastermind Alan Wilkis, and a three-part video-interview with the Yeasayer Three for M(usic)TV in which they go through Odd Blood track-for-track, and this is a jump worth taking:
First, the remix:
Yeasayer - "Ambling Alp (Alan Wilkis Remix)" (MP3)
If you missed it, there's also XXXChange's redo of "O.N.E." And here's Yeasayer's track-by-track discussion of Odd Blood, compliments of MTV:
And finally, the tour dates, many with Javelin or Sleigh Bells:
02/16 - Birmingham, England @ Academy 2 *
02/17 - Glasgow, Scotland @ King Tut's *
02/19 - Dublin, Ireland @ Academy *
02/20 - Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Speakeasy *
02/21 - Manchester, England @ Academy 3 *
02/22 - Leeds, England @ The Faversham *
02/23 - London, England @ Heaven *
02/25 - Bristol, England @ Thekla *
02/26 - Brighton, England @ Audio *
02/28 - Koln, Germany @ Luxor
03/01 - Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix Club
03/04 - Malmo, Sweden @ KB
03/05 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser
03/06 - Oslo, Norway @ Rockerfeller
03/08 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega Small Hall
03/09 - Hamburg, Germany @ Knust
03/10 - Berlin, Germany @ Postbahnhof
03/11 - Munich, Germany @ 59/1
03/12 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Zukunft
03/13 - Rome, Italy @ Circolo Degli Artisti
03/14 - Milan, Italy @ Tunnel
03/16 - Barcelona, Spain @ Apolo 2
03/17 - Madrid, Spain @ Moby Dick
03/19 - Paris, France @ Point FMR
03/20 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
04/03 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
04/04 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
04/05 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
04/06 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
04/07 - Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone Cafe
04/08 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
04/09 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues
04/10 - Austin, TX @ The Parish
04/11 - Austin, TX @ The Parish
04/14 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
04/15 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
04/17 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore Auditorium #
04/19 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom #
04/20 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos #
04/21 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Commodore Ballroom #
04/23 - Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue #
04/24 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre #
04/25 - Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room #
04/26 - St. Louis, MO @ Gargoyle Club #
04/27 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre #
04/28 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre #
04/29 - Chicago, IL @ Metro #
04/30 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop #
05/01 - Toronto, Ontario @ Lee's Palace #
05/02 - Montreal, Quebec @ La Sala Rossa #
05/03 - Boston, MA @ Paradise #
05/04 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall #
05/05 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero #
# w/ Sleigh Bells
* w/ Javelin
