Claire L. Evans

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Claire L. Evans

| image = Claire L. Evans à la Gaité Lyrique, Paris 16 mars 2019 (cropped).jpg

| caption=Evans in 2019

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| origin = Portland, Oregon, United States

| genre = Indie rock, electropop, dance-pop

| years_active = 2008–present

| label = DFA, States Rights, Marriage

| website ={{URL|https://clairelevans.com/}}

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Claire L. Evans is an American singer, writer and artist based in Los Angeles, California. She is the lead singer of the pop duo YACHT.{{cite web|url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/the-insider-yachts-claire-evans/|title=The Insider - Yacht's Claire Evans|first=Elizabeth|last=Spiridakis|publisher= tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com|date=15 October 2009|access-date=27 June 2016}}

Evans joined YACHT in 2008 after sharing a "mystical experience" with collaborator Jona Bechtolt and has recorded four albums, namely See Mystery Lights, Shangri-La, I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler, and Chain Tripping with Bechtolt.{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2012/08/sent-space-claire-evans-yacht |title=Sent from Space: YACHT's Claire Evans |publisher=Mother Jones |date= |access-date=2013-12-19}} She also appeared as a guest on YACHT's third album I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real. Known for her androgynous onstage persona as a performer, she has been called a "neo-Annie Lennox" by The New York Times. NPR music journalist Bob Boilen has referred to her as "one of the most striking performers I've seen in a rock band".{{cite web|last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/event/music/137246793/yacht-tiny-desk-concert |title=YACHT: Tiny Desk Concert |publisher=NPR |date=2011-06-22 |access-date=2013-12-19}}

In addition, Evans is a journalist and author of Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet.{{cite web|author=Addie Wagenknecht.|date=March 5, 2018|title=How Claire Evans Is Writing Women Back Into The Internet |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/addiewagenknecht/2018/03/05/how-claire-evans-is-writing-women-back-into-the-internet/#240dd4873380|work=Forbes|access-date=July 18, 2018}} With a popular science and culture blog titled Universe, hosted by National Geographic's Scienceblogs network,{{cite web |url= http://scienceblogs.com/universe/ |title= Universe - Always Expanding |publisher= Scienceblogs.com |date=2013-02-15 |access-date= 2013-12-19}} her essay for Universe "Moon Art: Fallen Astronaut" was anthologized in The Best Science Writing Online 2012.{{cite web|last=Evans |first=Claire L. |url=http://scienceblogs.com/universe/2012/09/20/the-best-science-writing-online-2012/ |title=The Best Science Writing Online 2012 – Universe |publisher=Scienceblogs.com |date=2012-09-20 |access-date=2013-12-19}} She also writes for Vice, The Guardian, Wired and Aeon. In August 2013, she became the editor-in-chief of OMNI Reboot, a new online version of the science magazine OMNI.{{cite web|first=Adi |last=Robertson|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/8/4599134/omni-reboot-an-iconic-sci-fi-magazine-goes-back-to-the-future |title=Omni, reboot: an iconic sci-fi magazine goes back to the future |publisher=The Verge |date=2013-08-08 |access-date=2013-12-19}} She is the former Futures Editor of Motherboard, Vice's technology and science website.

She is a member of the feminist collective Deep Lab.{{cite web|author1=Wendy Syfret|title=exploring feminist hacktivism with deep lab|url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_au/article/exploring-feminist-hacktivism-with-deep-lab|website=i-d.vice.com|publisher=i-d Vice|access-date=27 June 2016|language=English|date=20 July 2015|archive-date=26 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726080209/http://i-d.vice.com/en_au/article/exploring-feminist-hacktivism-with-deep-lab|url-status=dead}} She is the creator of the App 5 Every Day.{{cite web|first1=Agatha|last1= French|title=Claire L. Evans created an app, leads the band Yacht and now has written a book about female tech pioneers|url=http://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-claire-l-evans-20180323-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=18 June 2018|language=English|date=23 March 2018}}