Pitchfork: Clap Your Hands Say Tour Kickoff

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah were 2005's feel-good grassroots success story, selling a kajillion self-released records on the strength of digital buzz alone (our generous 9.0 certainly didn't hinder things any). And lookee here, they're still turning heads and selling out sizable venues over two months into 2006. Their storied tidal wave of young blood crashes on American shores tonight, then sweeps across the nation to the delight of the messenger-bag masses.

Couldn't score a ticket in time? Dry those tears, then curl up with a teddy bear and your favorite internet browser, type-clicked toward www.npr.org. Tomorrow night at 9:30 PM EST, NPR's "All Songs Considered" series will webcast CYHSY's entire Washington, DC concert live. While you're around, treat your ears to a recording of last night's Belle & Sebastian / New Pornographers gig, archived here.

CYHSY have also assembled quite the royal flush of lamely-named festival appearances, scoring spots at Langerado, Coachella, Sasquatch, and Bonaroo-- a quadruple whammy if there ever was one. No word yet whether they'll be playing Prague's Sperm Festival.

Finally, take care not to miss New Zealand indie-pop darlings the Brunettes, opening all dates on the second leg of this here jaunt.

Sap Door Bands Lay Meh:

03-07 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts *
03-08 Washington DC - 9:30 Club *
03-09 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
03-10 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse *
03-12 Sunrise, FL - Markham Park (Langerado Festival) $
03-15 Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater *@
03-16 Austin, TX - Eternal (SXSW) !
03-17 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-18 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-21 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture #
03-22 San Diego, CA - The Casbah #
03-23 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater #
03-24 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall #
03-25 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall #
03-28 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater #
03-30 Lawrance, KS - The Bottleneck #
03-31 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium #
04-01 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar #
04-03 Chicago, IL - Metro #
04-05 Newport, KY - Southgate House #
04-06 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom #
04-07 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig #
04-08 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace #
04-10 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe #
04-11 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground #
04-12 Boston, MA - Paradise #
04-14 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #
04-15 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04-29 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella Festival) ^
05-28 George, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch! Festival) %
06-16 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival &

* with Dr. Dog
$ with Wilco, Secret Machines, Lyrics Born, Kid Koala, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, et al
@ with the Magic Numbers
! with Dirty Pretty Things, Boy Kill Boy, Guillemots
# with the Brunettes
^ with Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Franz Ferdinand, Sigur R�s, Common, Atmosphere, My Morning Jacket, TV on the Radio, Ladytron, Cat Power, Animal Collective, Devendra Banhart, The Walkmen, Lady Sovereign, Deerhoof, et al
% with Arctic Monkeys, We Are Scientists, Chad Vangaalen, Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, Queens of the Stone Age, The Decemberists, Nada Surf, Pretty Girls Make Graves, et al
& with Radiohead, Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes, Ben Folds, Common, Sonic Youth, My Morning Jacket, Cat Power, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Devendra Banhart, Dungen, et al

* Pitchfork Review: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
* Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah