Alec Ounsworth likes to push the boundaries of his music, so the leader of indie-rock buzz band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah traveled to New Orleans to make his debut solo record. It wasn’t long before ...

Five albums and a dozen years into its career, Alec Ounsworth's band shimmers, seethes and twitches in appealing new ways. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released.

Shows like this make me uncomfortable. Two bands are playing (or three, actually, but I was getting pierogis when Qatsi was on). One band is the headliner; they’ve been around longer, and they have ...

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah completed nearly an entire band life cycle in just four years. Their 2005 debut album Clap Your Hands Say Yeah shot through the blogosphere, and they received countless ...

Both Tyler Sargent and Robbie Guertin of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have announced their plans to leave the band. Bassist Sargent and multi-instrumentalist Guertin broke the news via the band’s website, ...

Brooklyn band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have announced their fifth album, The Tourist, due out February 24. The Alec Ounsworth-helmed project also shared a new single, “Fireproof.” Ounsworth recorded ...