current shows\
Sat May 11 - Clipping, Foot Village, Straight Crimes, Yi @ Lobot Gallery, 18th St and Campbell St, Oakland. 9pm
Sun May 19 - Synthetic ID, Yi, Lenz, Human Waste @ The Night Light, 311 Broadway, Oakland (The Go Go Fest, Day 4)
News\
"Punk Memories" seven inch out in June
Pertinent info\
Yi is made up of David, Jackson & Chris, all of whom are in Oakland, california. You spell our name with a large letter 'Y' and a small letter 'i'.
Press Clippings\
"And there’s Yi. Sweet little Yi. Poorly named yet amazing, system shocking Yi. A great record from out of the blue and a show that’ll bulldoze most. Just when you think they may be pop punk - just when the chorus gets whoa whoa-ing along - Jackson (the front wielder) throttles for control, spasms about and goes knocking amps, mic stands and showgoers over in a palsy fit full of damagingly loud guitar squalor. It’s as though he sets out Arto Lindsay-style to purposely destroy a buncha’ Screeching Weasel tunes. Watch that crushing Glenn Branca ’78 solo then imagine yr in a punk band caught underneath it. Yes, it does work. See them or buy their single soon." - Rob Vertigo, Terminal Boredom best-of-2012
Records\
old shows\
Sun May 5 - Easy Living, Darto (wa), Yi @ 1759 12th St., Oakland
Tues Apr 16 - Medication, Solid Attitude, Yi @ Elm Bar, New Haven CT
Sun Apr 14 - Estrogen Highs, Blessed States, Yi, Bent Shapes @ O'Briens, Boston MA
Sat Apr 13 - Pissed Jeans, Roomrunner, Yi @ The Bowery Ballroom, NYC
Fri Apr 12 - Sleepies, Bambara, Heaven's Gate, Yi, Night Visions @ Bushwick Coffee House, Brooklyn
Sat Apr 6 - CCR Headcleaner, Yi, Prison Library, Wet Drag @ Jam City, Oakland
Fri Apr 5 - Courtney & The Crushers, Yi @ Goodbellies
Fri Mar 22 - Baus, Yi, Empty Rooms, Human Waste @ Stork Club, Oakland
Wed Mar 20 - Yi, G.Green, Pink Films @ Hemlock Tavern, SF
Thu Jan 24 - Yi, Sara Century, Processors, Yogurt Brain @ Jam City, Oakland
Wed Jan 16 - Population (chi), The Light, Yi @ Stork Club
Fri Jan 11 - No Babies, Black Dog, Trophy Wife (philly), Whore Paint (providence), Yi @ The Hive
Tue Jan 8 - Ovens, Synthetic ID, Yi, Caged Animal @ The Pink String, Oakland
Fri Oct 5 - Uzi Rash, Native Cats (tasmania), Yi, Body Swap @ Casa Sandinista, Oakland
Sat Sep 22 - Yi, Bits Of Shit (aus), Man Hands (az), Synthetic ID @ Hemlock Tavern, SF
Sat Sep 15 - Naomi Punk (oly), Wimps (sea), Yi, Godspeed 209, Ennui Trust @ 1604 Pole Line Rd., Davis
Wed Sep 5 - Yi, Something Fierce (tx), Occult Detective Club (tx), Daisy World @ Goodbellies Cafe, Oakland
Wed July 11 - Yi, Spitting Image (reno), No Babies, Human Waste @ Rec Center, 17th/MLK
Wed July 4 - Yi, Colleen Green (LA), Libyans (boston), Sister Fucker, Yogurt Brain/County @ Casa Sandanista, Oakland
Fri June 29 - Vlvet Teen, Hot Victory, Yi @ Arlene Center, Santa Rosa
Sat June 23 - Courtney & The Crushers, Party Bomb, Yi @ 734 30th st, Oakland
Fri June 22 - Royal Headache (aus), Yi, Synthetic ID @ 1234 Go Records
Sat May 26 - Terry Malts, Uzi Rash, Synthetic ID, Yi @ Speakeasy Brewery, 1195 Evans St, SF
Sat May 19 - Twin Steps, No Babies, UC Davis Gamelan Ensemble, Yi and more @ KDVS Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom 12, Davis
Sun May 6 - Uzi Rash, Custody Battle (flagstaff), Yi, Sara Century @ 3/26 Haus, Oakland
Sat May 5 - Prison Library, Body Swap, Sara Century, Yi @ The Hive, Oakland
Fri Apr 27 - Musk, Huff Stuff Magazine, Freedom Club & Yi @ 1234 Go Records
Fri Apr 13 - ++++, Yi, Thee Indoors, The Croissants @ 924 Gilman
Sun Mar 11 - Knifey Spoony, Yi, County & Sweet Nothing @ Sgr Mtn, Oakland
Sat March 3 - Cool Ghouls, Stressors, Mud Mouth, Date Crepe & Yi @ Serra Bowl, Daly City
Wed Feb 29 - Acid Fast, Waxahatchee, Sourpatch & Yi @ Yellow House, Oakland
Thu Feb 16 - Yi and others @ Lounge 3411, 35th Ave & MacArthur (townie bar show)
Fri Feb 3rd - some random freestyle rap battle, Yi, Whirr and others @ Shredders Lair, 60th & Telegraph
Sat Jan 21 - Terry Malts, Balaclavas (houston), Rat Columns & Yi @ 1234 Go! Records
Fri Jan 13 - Max Levine Ensemble, Street Eaters, Yi, Hooray For Everything & Great Apes @ Gilman St
Sat Dec 10 - Twin Steps, TRMRS, Uzi Rash & Yi @ Sgr Mtn
Fri Dec 9 - Violent Change, Homeowners, Synthetic ID & Yi @ The Hive
Fri Nov 4 - Yi, W-H-I-T-E, Hume & Meat Swap @ 1727 Goss, Oakland
Sun Oct 23 - Kicking Spit (nj), Adults, Connoisseurs & Yi @ Eli's, Oakland
Fri Oct - Bobby Joe Ebola and The Children MacNuggits, Yi, Wild Assumptions, Know Your Saint & Daikon @ Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland
Fri Sept 23 - Mission Creek Oakland Music & Art Festival: The Bloody Hollies, Unko Atama, Hooray For Everything, Eastern Span, Yi, Detach Dolls @ Eli’s Mile High Club, MLK Jr Way Oakland
Sat Sept 17 - Rank/Xerox, Kitchen's Floor, Fat History Month & Yi @ Hemlock Tavern
Sat Sept 10 - Yi, Naomi Punk (olympia), Wild Moth + Dead Eyes @ Sugar Mountain
Thurs August 25 - Grown Ups, Forced Laugh, Yi & Crimewave @ Toxic Beach, 24st @ 3rd, SF
Thurs August 18 - Yi + others @ Lounge 3411, ESO
Tues August 2 - Acid Fast, Griever, Coma, Yi & a solo guitar/noise guy (didn’t catch the name but he was cool) @ The Hive
Thurs July 14 - Street Eaters, Yi, Detach Dolls @ The Knockout
Sat June 18 - Slow moving Lions, Yi & more @ East Bay Rats Clubhouse, Oakland
Sat June 4 - @ Gilman
Sat Apr 30 - Yi, Garden Club, Big Hurt + Slow Moving Lions of the Vegetable World @ The Hive
Tues Apr 12 - Something Fierce (tx), Custom Kicks + Yi @ The Hemlock
Weds Apr 6 - Homeowners, Acid Fast + Yi @ Yellow Room, Oakland
Sat April 2nd - American Steel, Yi, Hanalei & Cat Party @ Thee Parkside
Sat Jan 22 - Terry Malts, Sea Lions, Yi @ The Knockout
Sat Jan 8 - Summer Blondes, Algernon Cadwallader, Big Kids, Sour Patch, Yi @ Gilman
Fri Jan 7 - Yi, Uzi Rash, Sleepies + Wild Assumptions @ The Hive
Sat Dec 18 - Dead to Me, Olehole, Comadre, Big Kids + Yi @ 924 Gilman
Fri Dec 10 - Magic Bullets, The Lambs + Yi @ The Knockout
Thur Oct 7 - Daikon, Terry Malts + Yi @ Submission Gallery, SF
Tues Oct 5 - Young Livers, Bastards of Young + Yi @ Mama Buzz, Oakland
Sat Oct 2 - Big Kids, Hard Girls + Yi @ Yellow Room, Oakland
Thurs Jul 29 - Olehole + Yi @ Mama Buzz, Oakland
PICTURES\
