Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

By Mandy McGee Back in 2005, the Delaware band Spinto Band released Nice and Nicely Done on Bar/None Records and the song “Oh Mandy” hit the airwaves. At the time, this album was the new cutting edge indie rock and it was obvious Spinto Band had a future. I remember Read More

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah The Tourist Reviewed by: Max Miller Until now, I have never listened to an entire Clap Your Hands Say Yeah album. I am, however, familiar with the general story of the band, seeing as it’s so prevalent in the half-gazillion nostalgic odes written to t Read More

By Adam McGrath Weekender is one of those Philly bands I’d been hearing about for a while, their name buzzing on tastemakers’ lips and tacked-up posters around town. I was happy to finally catch them in a headlining gig at Johnny Brenda’s Saturday night as they celebrated the Read More

by Mandy McGee Long time friends Nick Krill and Joe Hobson (members of Spinto Band) along with Albert Birney (filmmaker) and Catharine Maloney, (photographer) make up the indie-pop Delaware band Teen Men. With their vibrant guitar riffs, soothing synthesizers and calming vocals Read More

by Adam McGrath Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is one of the most written about indie bands of the past decade, ever since their smash debut blew up the fledgling blogosphere in 2005. But in ten years worth of digital ink, it’s possible that no one has ever gotten the band’s Read More

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Only Run Reviewed by: Lara Supan   If there was a remake of 2001: A Space Odyssey coming out, we’d have a shoe in for the sound track. Only Run is filled with distortion, reverb, musical laser shows and powerful synthesizers, which Read More