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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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leoislostatsea wrote:
yesterday morning

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:
Monday morning

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

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eggshmeg35 wrote:
Monday morning

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:
Sunday afternoon

I dont hear the Hip Hop at all..

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SlashBeastleo wrote:
Sunday morning

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:
Sunday morning

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:
Saturday evening

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:
Saturday afternoon

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

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mister_tussin wrote:
Friday evening

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

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PinkoDanceParty wrote:
Friday morning

Elephant Eyelash VVV

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Tehpaco wrote:
Friday morning

I only listened to Alopecia and Eskimo Snow so far, and I hated Eskimo Snow and loved Alopecia. What should I check out next?

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Withportf wrote:
Thursday morning

Nice music.

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jedimind64 wrote:
Thursday morning

its been months and it feels good.

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Oakladazulaysie wrote:
last week

sleeping late i hear the sad horns of labor truck sigh my neighbor walks by high heels click dry

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Gbacardi07 wrote:
last week

Good set on Friday in Bloomington. Long soundcheck, but got flyer miles and butterfingers, as someone has pointed out.

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Defiant_Reliant wrote:
10 days ago

Spectacular show!! Helping carry the equipment and hanging with them after the show....I still don't believe it happened!

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simple-physics wrote:
10 days ago

awesome show despite the long soundcheck, got to say hey to yoni and that made my night alone.

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Dr_MoonOrGun wrote:
11 days ago

fantastic show tonight! we were treated to frequent flyer miles and butterfingers candy snacks. no audio :( if anyone wants a transcript of the interview, let me know.

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Yeedil wrote:
11 days ago

nahhhhhh she does not justify your statement

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LePlatypope wrote:
11 days ago

vvv BAM

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