Modcast #147: Nick Zinner

Summary: Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner pulls out all the stops for this week's Modcast. He comes to the decks with a panache that harks back to the ancient art of mixtape making; dropping bubblegum, reggae and 90's RnB rewinds amongst tributes to Australia's pale saint Rowland S Howard and writing combo Vanda and Young. He's on tour around the UK, US and Europe in the coming months on the back of 'Mosquito', the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' new album, out now and available here. Tour dates and tracklist below. Tracklist Lydia Lunch + Rowland S Howard - Some Velvet Morning Nancy Sinatra - Sugar Town Althea and Donna - Uptown Ranking Nika - Vicious Aaliyah - Try Again Lauryn Hill - Lost Ones Fever Ray - When I Grow Up (Bassnector Remix) Missy Elliott - The Rain Grace Jones - Walking In The Rain Martina Topley-Bird - Too Tough to Die Tour Dates May 01 - Apollo, Manchester - UK May 02 - Academy - Leeds, UK May 04 - APT / I'll be Your Mirror - London, UK May 06 - Columbiahalle - Berlin, Germany May 08 - Olympia - Paris, France May 11 - Sweetlife Festival - Columbia, MD May 12 - House of Blues - Boston, MA May 17 - Great Googamooga Festival - Brooklyn, NY May 19 - Hangout Music Fest - Gulf Shores, AL Jun 22 - Firefly Festival - Dover, DE Jun 24 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN Jun 28 - Kanrocksas - Kansas City, KS Jul 14 - T in the Park - Scotland Jul 17 - Pardiso - Amsterdam, Netherlands Jul 18 - Dour Festival - Dour, Belgium Jul 20 - Latitude Festival - Southwold, United Kingdom Jul 21 - Marlay Park - Dublin, Ireland Aug 10 - Outside Lands Festival - San Francisco, CA