Music Archive: Y

YACHT

• I Believe in You. Your Magic is Real (Marriage)

Yak Ballz

• Scifentology II (Flospot)

Yakuza

• Samsara (Prosthetic)

Yakuza Heart Attack

• Yakuza Heart Attack (Squids Eye)

Rachael Yamagata

• Rachael Yamagata EP (Private Music)
• Happenstance (Private Music)

Eri Yamamoto

• Cobalt Blue (Thirsty Ear)

Daddy Yankee

• Barrio Fino En Directo (El Cartel)

'Weird Al' Yankovic

• News: 'Weird Al' Yankovic is still getting the last laugh

Weird Al Yankovic

• Straight Outta Lynwood (Volcano Entertainment)

The Yardbirds

• Birdland (Favored Nations)

The Yarrows

• Plum (Empyrean)

The Yayhoos

• Fear Not the Obvious (Bloodshot)

Tony Yayo

• Thoughts of a Predicate Felon (Interscope/G-Unit)

Yea Big & Kid Static

• The Heavy 7 Inch (Metal Postcard)

Yea Big + Kid Static

• Eatchyo Samwich (Fuck Me Stupid Mountain Princess Recording Collective)

Yea Big and Kid Static

• Yea Big and Kid Static (Jib Door)

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

• Show Your Bones (Interscope)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Those who saw the potential in their earliest releases can take comfort in the fact that the band has not only made good on every shred of that potential, with Show Your Bones they've exceeded the most optimistic expectations with confident aplomb.

   
• Fever to Tell (Interscope)

Trisha Yearwood

• Jasper County (MCA Nashville)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Trisha Yearwood is back with her best album to date.

   
• Real Live Woman (MCA Nashville)

Yellow 6

• Painted Sky (Resonant)

Yellow Sisters

• Singalana (Indies)

Yellow Swans

• Drift (Acuarela)

The Yellow Swans

• Descension (Acuarela)

Yellowcard

• Lights and Sounds (Capitol)
• Ocean Avenue (Capitol)

Yellowjackets

• Twenty Five (Heads Up)
• Time Squared (Heads Up)

Yesan Damen

• Chronos/Kairos (New Wine)

Gregg Yeti & The Best Lights

• Heart Palpitations of the Rich & Famous (Eskimo Kiss)

Ying Yang Twins

• Chemically Imbalanced (TVT)
• United States of Atlanta: Chopped & Screwed (TVT)
• Me and My Brother (TVT)
• United States of Atlanta (TVT)

Yip-Yip

• In the Reptile House (SAF)
• Two Kings of the Same Kingdom (SAF)

Yo La Tengo

• I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Reviewing this album is like trying to describe a cool and sunny Sunday afternoon -- no liberal expenditure of adjectives and verbs can recreate the experience of just sitting and taking it all in while relaxing.

   
• Today Is the Day (Matador)
• Summer Sun (Matador)
• And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (Matador)
• Prisoners of Love: a Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985-2003 (Matador)
• Danelectro (Matador)
• Concert: 26 September 2006: Loew's Jersey Theatre — Jersey City, NJ
• News: Yo La Tengo not afraid to be nebulous
• Concert: 22 October 2007: First Unitarian Church — Philadelphia, PA
• Concert: 23 October 2007: Birchmere — Alexandria VA

The Yo-Yo's

• Uppers and Downers (Sub Pop)

Yo-yo Ma

• Classic Yo-Yo (Sony Classical)

Dwight Yoakam

• Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. [Deluxe Edition] (Rhino/Reprise)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  The 20th anniversary reissue of Yoakam's major-label debut includes both his 1981 demos and a live show from the Roxy in L.A.

   
• dwightyoakamacoustic.net (Reprise)
• South of Heaven, West of Hell (Reprise)
• Blame the Vain (New West)
• Dwight Sings Buck (New West)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  All country fans -- all those who are moved by America's restless spirit -- should thank Dwight Yoakam for reviving Buck Owens' soul.

   

Yoav

• Charmed & Strange (Verve Forecast)

Yogi

• 20/20 Hindsight (Permanent Press)

Yohimbe Brothers

• The Tao of Yo (Thirsty Ear)
• Front End Lifter (Rope-A-Dope)

Susumu Yokota & Rothko

• Distant Sounds of Summer (Lo Recordings)

Susumu Yokota

• Symbol (Lo Recordings)

Yonder Mountain String Band

• Town by Town (Frog Pad)

Arthur Yoria

• Arthur Yoria (K Oso)
• Handshake Smiles (12)

Thom Yorke

• The Eraser (XL)

James Yorkston

• Someplace Simple EP (Domino)
• Just Beyond the River (Domino)
• Moving Up Country (Domino)

Pete Yorn

• Nightcrawler (Columbia Records)
• Day I Forgot (Columbia)
• Live from New Jersey (Columbia)
• musicforthemorningafter (Columbia)

Kevin Yost

• KY Funk and Stuff (Distance)

You Am I

• Convicts (Yep Roc)
• Deliverance (spinART)
• #4 Record (Ra)

You Say Party! We Say Die!

• Lose All Time (Paper Bag / Fierce Panda)

The You

• For the Masses (Pure Tone)

Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks

• Everybody's Rockin' (Geffen)

Neil Young (with Crazy Horse)

• Tonight's the Night (with Crazy Horse)

Young Buck

• Straight Outta Ca$hville (G-Unit/Interscope)
• News: Young Buck deals both the right and wrong of thug life

Young Dubliners

• Red (Omtown/Higher Octave)

Young Fresh Fellows

• This One's for the Ladies (Frontier)

Young Galaxy

• Swing Your Heartache (Arts & Crafts)
• Young Galaxy (Arts & Crafts)

The Young Gods

• Second Nature (Ipecac)
• Super Ready / Fragmenté (Ipecac)

Young Gunz

• Tough Love (Roc-a-Fella)

Young Heart Attack

• Mouthful of Love (XL)

Young Jeezy

• The Inspiration (Def Jam)
• Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (Def Jam)

The Young Knives

• Voices of Animals and Men (Transgressive)

Young Love

• Too Young to Fight It (Island)

Young Marble Giants

• Colossal Youth (Domino)

  Featured Article

  

  An absolute gem of a record from 1980. As stylish, dynamic, and full of heart as the day it was made.

   

Young People

• All at Once (Too Pure)
• Young People (5RC)
• War Prayers (Dim Mak)

Dave Young Trio

• Tale of the Fingers (Justin Time)

Young and Sexy

• Panic When You Find It (Mint)
• Life Through One Speaker (Mint)
• Stand Up for Your Mother (Mint)

Neil Young, Friends & Relatives

• Road Rock Volume 1 (Reprise)

Johnny Young

• Chicago Blues (Arhoolie)

Neil Young

• Living With War (Reprise)
• Greatest Hits (Reprise)
• Life (Geffen)
• Landing on Water (Geffen)
• Greendale (Reprise)
• Silver and Gold (Reprise)
• Live at Massey Hall (Reprise)
• Chrome Dreams II (Reprise)
• News: Neil Young brilliantly journeys through his past
• News: Five milestones in the career of an artist who defies boundaries

Neil Young and Crazy Horse

• Live at the Fillmore East (Reprise/Warner Bros.)

Youngblood Brass Band

• Feature: Youngblood Brass Band: Center:Level:Roar

Youngbloodz

• Drankin' Patnaz (SoSoDef/Arista)

Younger Brother

• The Last Days of Gravity (Twisted)

  Featured Article

  

  Simon Posford (Shpongle) and Benji Vaughan (Prometheus) redefine epic with their sophomore release. In the process, they prove trance isn't just a catchy genre title.

   

Joey Youngman

• Franchise Player 02: Mixed by Joey Youngman (Franchise Player)

Jenny Owen Youngs

• Batten the Hatches (Nettwerk)
• Batten the Hatches (Nettwerk)
• 20 Questions: Jenny Owen Youngs

Richard Youngs

• Autumn Response (Jagjaguwar)

Your Vegas

• A Town and Two Cities (UMG)

Youth Group

• Casino Twilight Dogs (Anti-)
• Skeleton Jar (Epitaph)

Yume Bitsu

• Auspicious Winds (K)

Yung Joc

• Hustlenomics (Bad Boy Online)

Yusa

• Yusa (Tumi)

Yvat

• Chroma (±G6PD)

Yve Adam

• Fiction (143/Atlantic)