[...] since we listened to YAWN’s E.P. in early 2010, we couldn’t wait to hear what the local psych-poppers could come up with [...]

[...] new residence. One of our 11 Chicago Bands To Watch In 2011, Yawn headline tonight and have been impressing us since 2010 with their lush, electro-tinged psychedelic pop. Sure, on the surface it’s quite reminiscent [...]

[...] Bottle tonight. Their psych-pop sound has been compared to Animal Collective and Sigur Ros by, um, yours truly, but I like to think their music is more focused than those to major acts. Whereas you can wait [...]

[...] kicked 2010 off with a bang with a free EP that was the catalyst to a nearly buzzworthy year. After its release, the electro-psych-pop quartet [...]

[...] video for “Kind Of Guy”. Now the band returns with a clip for another track from their self-titled E.P. from 2010 for the bouncy, swirling guitars of “Toys”. This video is firmly grounded on earth as [...]

[...] YAWN dropped their self-released video for the track “Kind of Guy” from their debut EP today via Pitchfork TV. The video is quite entertaining as it begins with a VHS-looking meditation [...]

[...] these days. In a relatively short few months (and I like to think we kick started it for them with our review of their EP in January), they’ve gone from just another Chicago indie-psych outfit that at times resembles Animal [...]

[...] and the Ponys. So far, this year’s main stage includes site favorites and fellow Chicagoans YAWN, Toronto’s fucked up Fucked Up, Brooklyn’s Small Black, and Scotland’s We Were [...]

[...] Chicago pysch-pop outfit YAWN has come a long way since I reviewed their latest EP back in January. [...]