The Yeah Yeah Yeahs wrote a slew of songs at their first rehearsal and soon wound up supporting the Strokes and the White Stripes, earning a significant buzz for their arty yet sexy take on garage punk. In late 2001, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs released their self-titled debut EP, which they recorded with Boss Hog‘s Jerry Teel, on their own Shifty label. Early the next year the band stepped into the international spotlight, appearing at South by Southwest, touring the U.S. with Girls Against Boys and Europe with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and headlining their own U.K. tour. Wichita Recordings distributed the group’s EP in the U.K. and Touch and Go reissued it in the States.

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MNDR

Warner moved from Oakland, California, to New York a year in 2009 to work as a songwriter for hire. But it was only after meeting Wade that she began to consider fronting her own act. MNDR has opened for bands like YACHT, Massive Attack, and Deerhoof. Together, the duo uploaded four tracks to MySpace in 2009, which eventually morphed into MNDR’s debut EP, E.P.E.. The band is currently[when?] at work on their first full-length album, tentatively scheduled for release in early 2011. The song “Fade to Black” from E.P.E was re-recorded in the Simlish language of The Sims and is featured in The Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff. MNDR’s Amanda Warner features on the song “Bang Bang Bang“, the first single taken from Record Collection, the third studio album byMark Ronson. The song was co-written by both Warner, Wade, Q-Tip and Mark Ronson. Daniel Kreps from  describes MNDR as providing “the song’s indelible French-laden hook,” while “a debonair Q-Tip absolutely slays on his verses.”Warner also featured with Ronson on his 2010 tour in support of the album.

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