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The ECHOPLEX!!
By GRN | August 15, 2008
THE GERMS AT THE ECHO
8 - 30 - 08
with: Negative Approach
Matt & Kim
Fucked Up
Best Fwends
Abe Vigoda
Two Gallants
David Vandervelde
Glass Candy
High Places
Mika Miko
Monotonix
The Strange Boys
Mannequin Men
Crystal Antlers
Ladyhawk
War Tapes
Frank Fairfield
Graham Forest
& Many More!
WHY? AT THE ECHO PLEX
9 - 4 -08
Answering the question, nay, even making an attempt at answering “So, what do they sound like?” is deserving of a gold star. WHY? is a three-piece from Oakland, composed of beat- and word-smith Yoni Wolf, his brother Josiah, and Doug McDiarmid, joined on Alopecia by bassist Mark Erickson and Fog’s Andrew Broder. They’re really less of a black hole and more of a modified vacuum cleaner. They suck up everything along with the dirt: experimental hip-hop, indie rock, sugar-loaded pop, minimalist balladry, etc. And then, once the components are all bundled together, they flip the switch and send it all tumbling back out again and into the recording studio. More plainly, WHY? is the alphabet soup of independent music. Clever, biting, creative, intense, storied, and lurid. There’s really nothing else like it.
Alopecia, their third full-length release and second as a full band, is a darkly tinged juggernaut. 2005’s supremely wonderful but admittedly melancholic Elephant Eyelash is downright cheery in relation. The songs of Alopecia find a renewed interest from Yoni Wolf in delivering straight-up beats and rhymes alongside his more sing-songy efforts. Unsurprisingly, his styles of old and new fit together like it ain’t no joke. - Tiny Mix Tapes
@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
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