WHY? — hip-hop act or not hip-hop act? It’s a debate that rages eternally/for a little while. While key member Yoni Wolf co-founded the Anticon label and served as member of abstract hip-hop outfit cLOUDDEAD, his main gig has been swimming in genre ambiguity for a while now. Here’s some evidence for the “not hip-hop” side of the debate: WHY? are going on a tour of seated venues this fall. Sitting? In hip-hop? Bwuuuuuuuuuuh?
If you really want to know why Wolf and company decided on touring exclusively seated venues, well, why don’t you ask them yourself? During each set (which will heavily feature new songs from WHY?’s forthcoming record), the group will give audience members the chance to ask questions. Once and for all, you can finally get that elusive answer to those most elusive questions: did you really, really fall asleep in a bath of hair? And how gross was it?
WHY? dates (all shows w/ Serengeti):
09.14.11 - Cincinnati, OH - Memorial Hall
09.15.11 - Carnegie, PA - Carnegie Music Hall of Carnegie
09.16.11 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
09.17.11 - Boston, MA - The Paramount
09.18.11 - Hartford, CT - Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
09.21.11 - New York, NY - Florence Gould Hall (early and late shows)
09.22.11 - Falls Church, VA - State Theatre
09.23.11 - Charlottesville, VA - UVA Chapel
09.24.11 - Carrboro, NC - Art’s Center
09.25.11 - Knoxville, TN - Relix Variety Theatre
09.26.11 - Atlanta, GA - Eddie’s Attic
09.27.11 - Nashville, TN - 3rd And Lindsley
09.29.11 - Oklahoma City, OK - ACM@UCO
09.30.11 - Dallas, TX - Sons of Hermann Hall
10.01.11 - Austin, TX - Central Presbyterian Church
10.04.11 - Los Angeles, CA - Largo at The Coronet
10.05.11 - San Francisco, CA - The Great American Music Hall
10.07.11 - Portland, OR - Alberta Rose Theatre
10.08.11 - Seattle, WA - The Vera Project (early and late shows)
10.10.11 - Billings, MT - Visualite Theatre
10.12.11 - Englewood, CO - The Gothic
10.14.11 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
10.15.11 - Chicago, IL - Museum of Contemporary Art
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