La Musica Coolica #64 (YYY)

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The funny thing about these guys, is that I really didn’t like them at first. Reagan and I saw them last year at All Points West. They were pretty good, but I wasn’t super impressed. Granted, it was raining all day long, so they probably weren’t too happy to be playing on an outdoor stage. That could have been part of it. But, I have really been digging on them, as of late. If you have the “Rock Band” video game, then you know their song “Maps.” I like that song, but I don’t think that it is really representative of their sound. I think that might be another reason that I may have been disappointed by the APW performance. I really like how raw and simple their stuff is. It’s kind of like White Stripes meets Joan Jett, or something.

The album that I have been jamming to, lately is “Show your Bones.” Two tracks on there, I particularly love. One of them I’m sharing today. It’s called “Gold Lion.” For the record, this song has also been a part of my running playlist. Spin it.

[photo: Josh Wildman]