Upon This Tidal Wave Of Overnight Success Calum Marsh

It seems that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, modest as they are (or perhaps they're just a little naive about how far a 9.0 can get you), have underestimated the level of their own success. Opting to perform at relatively small venues on their upcoming North American tour, the band is suddenly realizing that, with their newly appointed "mega-star" stature, there simply won't be enough tickets for the plethora of try-hard scenesters who want to stay up past their bed times to catch a fun show. But these are genuinely nice guys we're talking about, and they plan on trying their hardest to capitalize on their newfound success - er, I mean, make sure their fans get a chance to see them play; from their recently posted MySpace bulletin: "The Boston show on 4/12 sold out really fast, so it is being moved to a larger venue...the same sort of deal might be happening in Toronto" Larger venue, you say? Yep, and although nothing has been confirmed for the Boston date as of yet, sources have reported that the Toronto show is being moved from a tiny, 200 capacity back-alley bar to The Air Canada Centre or, failing that, The Sky Dome. Rumour has it that, if buzz for the show continues to grow at the rate it has been, the band will play both venues simultaniously via satallite transmission and running between the two really, really fast. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah play one of their smaller shows this year. In other Clap Your Hands-related news, the band will be rereleasing their 2005 self-titled LP in a special, digitally remastered "6 Month Anniversary" edition; this fantastic rerelease boasts 5 bonus discs of DFA dance remixes, a 2795 page booklet of every positive review the album recieved, and an instructional video detailing how to properly clap your hands and say "yeah". In the coming few months, the band will also be appearing on The Late Show, The Tonight Show, The Late Late Show, Larry King Live, The O.C., CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Arrested Development, The Ellen Degeneras Show, Live With Regis And Kelly, Good Morning America, Survivor, The Amazing Race, and will be performing live at the Grammys, the MTV Music Awards, the MTV Movie Awards, the Much Music Video Awards, the Junos, and the Oscars, as well as appearing on the cover of next month's issue of Rolling Stone, Spin, Paste, The New Yorker, Entertainment Weekly, People, Vogue, Teen People, Teen Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, Maxim, and Fab magazine. That's about it for this week's news regarding everyone's favourite completely underground and unheard of indie rock group. Stay tuned for our review of the band's upcoming reality series, premiering next next week right after The O.C. (Also, you'll note Clap Your Hands has decided to not come to Ottawa, where I currently reside, on their upcoming tour. I may or may not resent this decision.) Download: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Details Of The War (Live XFM Session) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - In This Home On Ice (Live XFM Session) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Is This Love (Live XFM Session) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Gimme Some Salt (Live XFM Session) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Graceful Retreat (Live KCRW Session) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Is This Love (Live KCRW Session) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth (Live KCRW Session) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Over and Over Again (Live KCRW Session) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Details of War (Live KCRW Session) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - In This House of Ice (Live KCRW Session) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Gimme Some Salt (Live KCRW Session) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood (Live KCRW Session) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Satan Said Dance (Live 10-15-2005) Buy: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah DFA Records Presents - Compilation #2