Yeah Yeah Yeahs at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom
The indie trio comes to Milwaukee May 31
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When Yeah Yeah Yeahs came roaring out of the New York alt-rock scene at the start of the ’00s, they sounded like they were competing to be NYC’s loudest, shriekiest band. But those harder edges quickly softened, perhaps because the YYYs realized that frontwoman Karen O could be freaky even when singing the tenderest ballad. Onstage, especially, Karen O contorts herself, kicks over equipment, and tugs at her bizarre costumes, all while squinting and grinning like some kind of disoriented extraterrestrial. She’s never less than astonishing. There’s very little of the old Yeah Yeah Yeahs skronk on the band’s third LP, It’s Blitz!, but the record still sounds not of this Earth.
The band will support the record locally May 31 with a show at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $30 for VIP, and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday through Ticketmaster. In the meantime, enjoy this video for the thoroughly kick-ass single “Zero.”
