If You Like [X] Then You'll Like [Y]: Indie Sleaze
Ready or not, electroclash has been back for a while, and I've got the fever to tell. Inside, my (podcast) deep dive on Yeah Yeah Yeahs, plus a playlist of the sleaziest revivalists of the genre.
A version of this post was published on July 15, 2024. It has been updated with a new introduction and additional highlights have been added from the playlist. The corresponding playlist itself has been refreshed with 12 new songs. Spotify links have been replaced with Bandcamp wherever possible.
I don’t know when I became an authority1 on indie sleaze, but I’m absolutely thrilled about it.
Last month, I had the immense pleasure of joining the hosts of music podcast This One Goes to 11 to wax nostalgic about one of my favorite albums, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Fever to Tell. I’ll let them describe the results:
Those other music podcasts out there? They don't love you like we love you. And we were happy to make time for our new friend - and this week's guest - Gabbie from New Bands for Old Heads. She brought us back to the dawn of Urban Outfitters profiting off of the art-rock indie-sleaze movement of the early 2000s with 2003's debut album from Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell. We talk about where…
