Karen O., Nick Zinner and Brian Chase comprise the dance-punk trio that is the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and together the band delivers the grungy eclecticism of the New York underground to the masses.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have come to define garage rock in the 21st century, having burst on the scene with their jagged self-titled EP in 2001 before breaking the hearts of American teenagers with the love song “Maps” from their 2003 debut album Fever to Tell.

“Maps” was an oddly telling hit for the band, putting the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on the map with Karen O.’s yearning sighs: “Wait / They don’t love you like I love you.”

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have cleaned up in the six years since Fever to Tell, releasing the slicker Show Your Bones in 2006 and the electro-rock It’s Blitz! this year. The new album is a step in a different direction for the band, who experiments with sound the way Karen O. experiments with hairstyles (punk rock bowl cut, anyone?). If It’s Blitz! is any indication, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are certainly no one-hit wonders.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs appear at the Palms September 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $32.50.

By Caitlin McGarry