why jan 21 2008

The above photo, taken by our homie Mark Ziemke from Ground Control Mag, Why? frontman Yoni Wolf is throwing his hands in the air, as if to say “I’m waving them like I just don’t care.” In actuality, he’s rapping on some wtf shit, all post-coitus and alienation, love-songs-as-suicide-notes, self-conscious braggadocio in grandiose sweeps of the pen. wtf in the best way possible. Why’s forthcoming album, Alopecia (March 11th on Anticon records), delivers the word-smithery over what could only at its loosest be considered hip-hop beats — a mixture of echoing psychedelia and jangle-pop, with ghostly rhythms spliced and diced into wee sounds poems. Yeah, it’s on some other, and it’s definitely worth picking up on. Our other Ground Control homie Aaron Autrand wrote up a review of Why/’s recent show in LA - check it out at Ground Control’s site.

Be sure to check out Why? on tour - dates after the jump:

Mar 7 2008 8:00P
Natural History Museum w/ Yacht Los Angeles, California
Mar 8 2008 8:00P
Solar Culture w/ Cryptacize Tuscon, Arizona
Mar 9 2008 8:00P
Modified Arts w/ Cryptacize Phoenix, Arizona
Mar 11 2008 8:00P
Rubber Gloves w/Cryptacize Denton, Texas
Mar 12 2008 8:00P
SXSW Austin, Texas
Mar 16 2008 8:00P
Rudyard’s Pub w/ Cryptacize and Samara Lubelski Houston, Texas
Mar 17 2008 8:00P
Spanish Mon w/ Cryptacize and Panther Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mar 18 2008 8:00P
The Drunken Unicorn w Cryptacize Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 19 2008 8:00P
Grey Eagle w/ Cryptacize Asheville, North Carolina
Mar 20 2008 8:00P
Outback ZLodge w/ Cryptacize and Doofgoblin Charlottesville, Virginia
Mar 21 2008 8:00P
First Unitarian Church w/ Cryptacize and Br. Danielson Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 22 2008 8:00P
The Knitting Factory w/ Cryptacize, Panther New York, New York
Mar 23 2008 8:00P
Sundazed at BAR w/ Cryptacize New Haven, Connecticut
Mar 24 2008 8:00P
The Iron Horse w/ Cryptacize North Hampton, Massachusetts
Mar 25 2008 8:00P
The Middle East w/ Cryptacize Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mar 26 2008 8:00P
La Salsa Rossa Montreal, Quebec
Mar 27 2008 8:00P
Silver Dollar w/ Cryptacize Toronto, Ontario
Mar 28 2008 8:00P
Pierpoint at University Of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mar 29 2008 8:00P
Southgate House Newport, Kentucky
Mar 30 2008 8:00P
Beachland Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 1 2008 8:00P
Cafe Bourbon Street Columbus, Ohio
Apr 2 2008 8:00P
Space 101 Bloomington, Indiana
Apr 3 2008 8:00P
The Abbey Pub Chicago, Illinois
Apr 4 2008 8:00P
Cactus Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Apr 5 2008 8:00P
Cafe Montmartre Madison, Wisconsin
Apr 6 2008 8:00P
7th Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 7 2008 8:00P
The Aquarium Fargo, North Dakota
Apr 8 2008 8:00P
The Waiting Room Omaha, Nebraska
Apr 9 2008 8:00P
Mojo’s Columbia, Missouri
Apr 10 2008 8:00P
Jackpot Lawrence, Kansas
Apr 11 2008 8:00P
Hi-Dive Denver, Colorado
Apr 12 2008 8:00P
Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, Utah
Apr 14 2008 8:00P
Badlander Missoula, Montana
Apr 15 2008 8:00P
Big Easy Spokane, Washington
Apr 16 2008 8:00P
Media Club Vancouver, British Columbia
Apr 17 2008 8:00P
Vera Project w/ Mount Eerie Seattle, Washington
Apr 18 2008 8:00P
Holocene Portland, Oregon
Apr 19 2008 8:00P
Indigo District Eugene, Oregon

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