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Alec Ounsworth and the Delicate Art of Misanthropy

The ’60s aesthetic is dead. The punk aesthetic is dead. Any cry of angst, any yearning for change, is undercut by a culture that’s become too complacent for revolution.  read more

Alec Ounsworth: Mo Beauty

A hauntingly gorgeous contradiction in terms On his first solo effort, the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman continues his enthusiastic experiments with strange sound combinations. He’s pensive these days—mellow and introverted—and his self-questioning lyrics are matched with a fittingly eerie sound. The album is well conceived with articulate themes running throughout, as when Ounsworth laments the fall of New Orleans in “Holy, Holy, Holy Moses” and then later channels the city’s brass-laden funeral marches into the dirt-smudged “Idiots in the Rain.” Ounsworth’s resounding use of strings, horns, piano and percussion appears and disappears at unexpected moments with beautifully unsettling...  read more

CMJ 2009: Alec Ounsworth, YACHT, The XX, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Roadside Graves and More

Over the course of a properly executed CMJ Music Marathon, the participant will begin to believe that all life occurs in a dingy-bar basement, sustenance equals falafel stands, and that a 9-to-5-er cares about the plight of an orange lanyard-clad nimwit who attends concerts around the clock but can’t be bothered to charge their cell phone. Credit YACHT for a dose of alternative unreality to skew the focus yet again during a Thursday that also featured essential indie blog Aquarium Drunkard’s well-curated showcase, the XX at the Apple Store, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s frontman breaking loose, and Cymbals Eat...  read more

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Not Breaking Up, Just Seeing Other People

When news broke last week of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman Alec Ounsworth going solo, questions of a breakup naturally surfaced, especially after the group announced in January that it was ditching studio plans. Ounsworth, however, has told Spinner that his own solo work does not signify the end for the band....  read more

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah go on hiatus

There has been a little buzz floating around the Internet the past few days that indie rockers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are taking a break. Is it true? Yes. Well, not the members themselves, but the band has no plans to enter the studio or tour anytime soon. ...  read more