NYC's excellent Yeah Yeah Yeahs will return to Australia over the New Year period, with a notoriously deadly live experience and universally adored new record, It's Blitz! in tow. The newly crowned proprietors of the finest zombie rock this side of the century haven't seen Australia since 2006, and their return comes not a moment too soon.

Tuesday December 29
Festival Hall, Melbourne
Ticketmaster.com.au or Festival Hall Box Office

Friday January 8
Hordern Pavilion
Ticketek.com.au