Why?
Landing in the lesser-traveled intersection of rap and indie rock, Why? began as a solo moniker for rapper/songwriter Yoni Wolf but soon grew into a full band. Under Wolf's guidance, Why? crafted heady, literary albums that returned to themes of family, mortality, and neurotic responses to everyday life. The band reached a new level of critical acclaim and fan support with their much-lauded 2008 master stroke Alopecia.
Bay Area rapper Yoni Wolf began performing as Why? sometime in the late '90s. A highly collaborative artist, Wolf was involved with the scene that would give birth to the Anticon label, and he was involved with Hymie's Basement, Clouddead, and other projects while he was beginning to work as Why? After releasing 1999's Part Time People Cage... or Part Time Key? and 2003's Oaklandazulasylum, he enlisted older brother Josiah Wolf, Doug McDiarmid, and Matt Meldon (all playing multiple instruments) and transitioned Why? from a solo project to a full band in 2004. The first full-length release from the band came with 2005's Elephant Eyelash, a hip-hop record heavy on melody, synthesizers, and jangly guitars. The band toured and recorded constantly in this time, releasing EPs and singles between proper albums and staying on the road for months at a time.
In 2008, the band's second full-band album, Alopecia, arrived and became Why?'s first to hit the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. Featuring Mark Erickson along with Fog's Andrew Broder, Eskimo Snow arrived in 2009 and also landed on the independent albums chart. The title for their next effort, 2012's Mumps, Etc., was inspired by contracting the disease while in Europe, along with other "on tour" calamities. In 2013, the conceptual Golden Tickets EP materialized; the seven-song collection of personalized tracks was crafted by Wolf for seven individual Why? fans he'd Internet-stalked over the course of several months.
For the group's fifth studio album, Why? moved to Joyful Noise, which had released the 2016 debut of Wolf's duo with rapper Serengeti, Yoni & Geti. Co-produced by Wolf and his brother Josiah, a frequent music collaborator, Moh Lhean was released in 2017. It was the first fully home-recorded Why? LP since the project's debut. Now stationed in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wolf regrouped quickly for their sixth album, 2019's AOKOHIO. The album was a deeply nostalgic statement, collecting short songs into six larger movements. The band embarked on tour in support of AOKOHIO and also tours where they'd play Alopecia front to back.
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Alopecia
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Joyful Noise Recordings em 11/03/2008
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Good Friday (Boards of Canada Remix)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Joyful Noise Recordings em 23/05/2018
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Elephant Eyelash
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Waterlines em 04/10/2005
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Alopecia (Reissue)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Joyful Noise Recordings em 17/08/2018
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AOKOHIO
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Joyful Noise Recordings em 09/08/2019
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Oaklandazulasylum
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Waterlines em 16/06/2003
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Moh Lhean
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Joyful Noise Recordings em 03/03/2017
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Moh Lhean Expanded
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Joyful Noise Recordings em 02/02/2018
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Auld Lang Syne
Rock - Lançado por Joyful Noise Recordings em 25/11/2022
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Eskimo Snow
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Tomlab em 22/09/2009
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The Early Whitney EP
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Waterlines em 01/09/2003
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Sanddollars EP
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Waterlines em 12/05/2005
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Rubber Traits
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Waterlines em 28/02/2006
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Mumps, etc.
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por City Slang em 05/10/2012
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We Are Real
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Joyful Noise Recordings em 22/10/2019
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Proactive Evolution (Nick Diamonds Remix)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Joyful Noise Recordings em 06/12/2017
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Rabbit Hole in a Little Town, Vol. 1
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por 5891742 Records DK em 30/09/2023
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Golden Tickets
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Joyful Noise Recordings em 17/09/2013
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The Well I Fell Into
Alternative & Indie - Lançamento no dia 02/08/2024 por Waterlines
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