Instant hype often does more to hurt a band than to help. One of the unavoidable indie-rock successes of the last couple of years is the Brooklyn-via-Philadelphia quintet Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

The Boston Celtics visited the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday for a battle between two of the best teams in the league and it delivered on the hype. The two sides played to a draw in the first half ...

The rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah released its first record last year, on its own label. But in short order, the Brooklyn-based quintet became an Internet darling. Thousands flocked to the band's ...

ATLANTA — If you heard a huge clap of thunder this morning in metro Atlanta, you’re not alone. Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan said that thunder becomes especially loud during the ...

A.C. Newman and I are shooting the shit about Sophomore Slumps — or Difficult Second Albums, or whatever critic-jargon term you prefer for musical sequels that flatline following a beloved debut. With ...

The best part about sports is you never know what's going to happen. And sometimes, you see something you've never seen before. That's what happened for the Triple-A Norfolk Tide on Tuesday while they ...

As contrived as it may be, there is a time and place for everything. My father always conveyed this notion to me with the "lightning in a jar" metaphor. When an artist is experiencing the heyday of ...

In the simplest terms the closer the lightning, the louder will be the thunder. When a lightning stroke is very close, several hundred feet or less, thunder sounds like a loud clap or a crack followed ...

Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another listen. These are projects that, for whatever reason (middling sales, negative reviews, a ...