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Run Time: 38 minutes

1. Rich [3:42]
2. Date With A Night [2:41]
3. Man [1:52]
4. Tick [1:56]
5. Black Tongue [3:05]
6. Pin [2:06]
7. Cold Night [2:16]
8. No No No [5:21]
9. Maps [3:42]
10. Y-Control [4:07]
11. Modern Romance [7:26]

My rating: heart heart heart heart heart

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Run Time: 39 minutes

1. Gold Lion [3:07]
2. Way Out [2:51]
3. Fancy [4:25]
4. Phenomena [4:10]
5. Honeybear [2:26]
6. Cheated Hearts [3:58]
7. Dudley [3:42]
8. Mysteries [2:36]
9. The Sweets [3:55]
10. Warrior [3:42]
11. Turn Into [4:06]

My rating: heart heart heart heart & 1/2 (but only because some of the music is somewhat forgettable)

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Lyrics - Includes albums, EP, singles, and single tracks.

Genre: Most definitely alternative, as alternative was originally meant, although their second album is mellower and more accessible.

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So, what can I say about the Yeah Yeah Yeahs that won't seem contrived and boring? I could say that they're wonderfully, fantastically energetic music, but much music can be considered that. I could also say they're one of the best bands out there right now, but that's also arguable.

Their energy, though, can't be argued, especially that of Karen O, the singer. Admittedly, it's easy to find her singing grating, especially with the bands earlier songs, but the variety and control she has with her voice is readily apparent. This is most obvious with Art Star off their EP, in which she goes from a rough voiced sing-song to harsh screams and then transitions immediately into a silky, up-and-down repetition of 'do do do' similar to the chorus of Suzanne Vega's Tom's Diner.

Their first album (Fever To Tell), and their earlier songs, is definitely a very basic outing, but that doesn't detract from the enthusiasm and catchiness of the music, with songs like Rich, Date With the Night, Tick, and Pin being excellent songs that you simply can't sit still to. Modern Romance is the mellowest of the songs on the album, and has a "hidden" track that's almost like a spoken lullaby.

With Show Your Bones, you can tell right off that they've both mellowed the raw energy that so marked their prior work, while also increasing the complexity of their music and lyrics. The first single, Gold Lion, is the only song I find obnoxious after a while, but that's only because it's also played all the time on the radio, with the rest of the album getting overlooked. Phenomena and Mysteries are, I think, the best songs to be found on SYB, because they seem the two songs that most easily combine their earlier all-out enthusiasm with the deeper complexity of their playing. Other stand outs are Fancy, Honeybear, and Turn Into.

I'm not sure. I wasn't paying attention to the music in that scene, so I'd have to watch it again.