Comments on: M83, Why? – Andrew’s Lane Theatre

By: CLOUDCASTLELAKE

CLOUDCASTLELAKE — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:24:52 +0000

first listened to cLOUDDEAD then when I heard Yoni was doing this I was immediately interested and listened to EE. My friend Enda sent me an album/record entitled “Almost live from Eli’s room” its really good too, not as easy listening as the other two albums, but still as good.

By: lisa g

lisa g — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:33:11 +0000

jonas bjerre of mew mentioned them in an interview along with some other musicians i’ve enjoyed. i looked them up but couldn’t find much music to steal with the ubiquitous name… broke down and bought elephant eyelash on itunes when i heard they were playing hotel utah in sf in november and then picked up oaklandazulasylum at the show. been tracking them ever since… looking forward to the OTHER album already completed, the one with eskimo snow on it!

By: Robotnik = worker « The Indie Hour

Robotnik = worker « The Indie Hour — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:48:43 +0000

[...] Why?s Alopecia album. I saw Why? down in Andrew’s Lane Theatre a few weeks back, and as nialler and Thrill Pier said, it was one of the best gigs so far this year. I know it’s only just [...]

By: ruan

ruan — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:30:54 +0000

Thumped Kompilation Klub 2 or 3 years ago, got a cd with a cLOUDDEAD track on it, turned into the biggest anticon freek, bought everything i could..yadda yadda yadda, here i am today. Oaklandazulasylum is still my fave why? release.

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:54:28 +0000

Friends were talking about them, and provided me with albums. Also blogs like here and Jim Carroll &c. I actually listened to Oaklandazulasylum pretty much exclusively for about a month, and then EE, and had to sort of crash course in Alopecia to get my money’s worth out of the gig.

By: Conor2099

Conor2099 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:53:38 +0000

Saw the video for Sanddollars on 120 minutes back when it came out. Downloaded EE as soon as I could and it quickly became one of my favourite albums thereafter. Gig was amazing, slightly surprised that they didn’t play anything off Oaklandazulasylum, not that it took away from the performance.

By: Steve K

Steve K — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:31:33 +0000

Was taken aback by the level of enthusiasm for Why? also. It’s incredibly difficult to ascertain which bands are popular in this country. last.fm provides probably the best way of telling who’s listening to what in this country and even then it’s not reliable.

I heard about Why? from the Pitchfork review of Alopecia. It took some time to get into, despite my adoration for Subtle. But the gig was great. Now time to go and look at some black and puerto rican porno…

By: tycho

tycho — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:03:48 +0000

cLOUDEAD’s last album was recommended to me by a friend and I have bought everything I could get my hands on from Anticon since.

By: Rojo

Rojo — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:40:17 +0000

Saw Why? last year at ATP. They played as a 2 piece then with both of them sharing pretty much the one kit and then some. Was amazing. Saturday was great too though. Loving ALT (as my hand read) as a venue. ‘A sky to chew horses under’ was fantastic. Best song of the night.
That top shot of M83 is fab btw.

By: bimal

bimal — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:45:35 +0000

dude, they opened up for yo la tengo which is a nod if any, and they’re hooked up with anticon… double true

By: nialler9

nialler9 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:53:15 +0000

[quote post="1176"]It was a nice surprise to see so many fans considering it was originally to be Upstairs in Whelan’s. Don’t think anyone expected that![/quote]

Bobby, I must credit you as the first to mention Why? to me. So … thanks!

By: adam

adam — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:55:17 +0000

Saw a review on Pitchfork a while ago. Then you were going on about them on this blog. Great gig, great crowd. Got a lovely Why? t-shirt too. Never thought baby blue would be my colour but there you go. Hadn’t seen any of the kerfuffle over at State.ie until now either, you music-hating bastad!Jaaaaaysus, Aggro City, Arizona wha’?

By: clom

clom — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:50:12 +0000

i saw that clouddead/boom bip & doseone tour in a pretty much empty venue in edinburgh and they totally charmed the pants off everyone there.

everyone was super friendly, enthusiastic and went for a few beers with some fans afterwards. the music was pretty fantastic too.

By: theholyromanarmy

theholyromanarmy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:21:43 +0000

I saw clouddead (along with a boom-bip and doseone solo set- for a tenner, best money I ever spent) in Whelans about six or seven years ago, having been blown away by their debut album. I’ve made a point of pretty much buying everything any member of clouddead has made since then- it has proven to be a wise investment policy. The gig was absolutely cracking, lacked the performance/theatrics of a Subtle gig but made up for with the tunes. I thought you’re point you made about Alopecia being easier listening than EE in the State article was interesting. I would have said it was the other way around, but maybe I just know EE better. Both great records anyway, glad they’re getting the coverage they totally deserve. And nice to see grown-ups at a gig too!

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:56:26 +0000

I saw Subtle at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco and was the most intriguing live show ever. Yoni’d worked with Dose One and I picked up EE as soon as I could, about a year ago now. Still my fave Bay Area album ever.