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There is more than one artist with this name:
1.: A band from Oakland, California who play both indie rock and alternative hip-hop
2. A folk rock band from England active in the 1990s.

1) WHY? is a trio of Cincinnati-born men who fiddle with skins, strings, bells and microphones and present their findings to the listening public. Singer Yoni Wolf grew up the second son to an art book editor and a rabbi. He got his start recording bad poems and sloppy beats on the family synagogue’s 4-track. In junior high he discovered hip-hop. At art school, he learned how to drop out. Yoni’s brother Josiah played drums at Rabbi Wolf’s worship service as a kid, became a band geek as a teen, and fell in love with Thelonious Monk on his way to study music at University of Cincinnati. Doug McDiarmid would eventually get expelled from that same school for carrying a stun gun, but first he was raised by two French teachers and taught piano while in kindergarten. He also went to high school with the Wolfs, where he played in Steve Miller cover bands.
In various permutations together and with other now-notables (i.e. Doseone, Odd Nosdam, Mr. Dibbs, Atmosphere’s Slug), these three created and/or contributed to several freewheeling rap and lo-fi rock-related projects including Greenthink, Miss Ohio’s Nameless, Reaching Quiet, and the seminal cLOUDDEAD outfit. Their wildest dreams were achieved when they relocated to Oakland to make pop-inflected psychedelic folk-hop.

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Yeedil wrote:
yesterday evening

well of course I want to prove my worthiness to the internet sourdnavrones. or maybe, I just instantly clicked with the album because I related to the lyrics, and the music. you don't have to act like an asshole or something...

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FR3AKMAN wrote:
yesterday afternoon

lyrics. so special. so good. so BÄÄÄÄM

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sourdnavarones wrote:
yesterday morning

it's not really easy. it's hardly the most conventional album ever is it now. you don't have to act all cool just to prove your why? credentials or something like that...

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Yeedil wrote:
Monday evening

I'm hard.......like the bricks I pound my fist with.

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Yeedil wrote:
Monday evening

It's actually quite easy.

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phillybird wrote:
Monday evening

dude, this group is awsome. I even got to like Oaklandazulasylum. which isnt the easiest thing to do.

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Oakladazulaysie wrote:
Monday evening

Great new Why? Video! And yes all over their other albums are spectacular. :)

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zaraki38 wrote:
Monday evening

after listening to Alopecia for months i'm finally checking out the other albums, I am amazed =)

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LaurenNicoleduh wrote:
Saturday evening

Can anyone point me in the direction of where i can download their cover of The Cure's "Close to me"?????? PLEASE

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tadek wrote:
Thursday afternoon

here you can find some footage we have taken with Why? + interview with jony. enjoy! Why? - The Song of Sad Assassin / Vowels pt. 2 (Live at Klub 007 Prague / 13.11.2008) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhpoChlG24w

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whyanticon wrote:
Wednesday evening

Video Premiere: These Hands // January Twentysomething!!! http://pitchfork.com/news/37226-video-premiere-two-part-epic-from-why/

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leoislostatsea wrote:
last week

I'm gonna jump up on stage and anal-rape Yoni if he fucks up when I see them

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Oakladazulaysie wrote:
last week

I agree maybe like 10% but even that is a lot:|

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eggshmeg35 wrote:
last week

I think 41% was a bit of an exaggeration. I haven't seen them live, but Yoni seems pretty good on the Youtube videos I've watched.

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THEMARD wrote:
last month

I dont hear the Hip Hop at all..

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SlashBeastleo wrote:
last month

He messed up on a huge part of "21st Pop Song" at the SF show I went to in October. He said in an interview that he does it quite often, and I don't know if they were serious, but he said he had a linguist at one of his concerts and said he messed up like 41% of his verses. But yeah, no big deal.

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mister_tussin wrote:
last month

no it's not. the show was great. it's just frustrating that he slipped up on the one (sort of) old song. they're usually flawless. didn't mean to down the set at all. had a blast.

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SlashBeastleo wrote:
last month

He messes up his verses sometimes. funfunfun happened after an entire US tour. It really isn't a big deal.

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savethecrumbs wrote:
last month

mmm butterfingers kingsize. 2 pieces. on e for me and one for a friend ;)

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mister_tussin wrote:
last month

yoni fucked up a gemini verse at funfunfun. suprised the fuck out of us.

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