Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Live in Concert: NPR Music’s SXSW 2013 Showcase

00:00 - “Under the Earth“ 4:10 - “Gold Lion“ 7:50 - “Sacrilege“ 11:50 - “Heads Will Roll“ Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O pulls off one of the trickiest maneuvers in rock ’n’ roll: the ability to appear utterly bonkers on stage while remaining in control of every chaotic outburst. The woman knows how to make an entrance, too: She emerged on stage at Stubb’s in Austin — for the band’s sole appearance at SXSW 2013 — clad in canary yellow, sporting a sparkly fez, giant eyeglasses, and a glittering scarf. Mixing classics from throughout the Yeah Yeah Yeahs catalog with never-before-played morsels from the forthcoming Mosquito, the New York band cleared plenty of space for its singer, and she didn’t disappoint. The result was art-rock where each side of the equation actually complemented the other: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ strangeness unfolds in pursuit of something blistering and primal, but there’s also room for songs that wander qui