WU LYF & Bass Drum of Death @ Mercury Lounge (pics, video)

Yawn

So high! What a nice night!

Let's guess who will last till 2012...

Wu Lyf vs Iceage

Go!

"If this is already too "indie" of a narrative for you, let me just quickly re-iterate that the record is really, really good."

Lol at being warned that overhyped bands are
"too indie"

awesome show.

I was at Mercury Lounge and hype or not, they backed it up, and put on a great show. I feel fortunate to have seen them in that type of venue, because they will be playing stadiums at some point regardless of what the cynics want to believe.

The flip side, is that they can probably stand to be a little more humble. They are not easy guys to root for given the marketing nonsense, and their stand-offish manner. They are the only band that I have seen at Mercury Lounge, who don't mingle with the fans and weren't even selling T-Shirts up front.

Saw them at Mercury Lounge. Ba-ba-boring. So god damned unoriginal. They should be paying royalties to all the bands they're biting off.

I agree with 11:09 that they make themselves hard to like. Such tools... I mean, you should at least be required to show visible perspiration prior to removing your shirt.

However, I do enjoy the album and I thought they put on a good show.

Saw them at Knitting Factory. That venue has the absolute worst sound... all I could hear were symbols the entire show.

Girly man.

Gimmick after gimmick after gimmick. They could prob get a good job in marketing though.

the wu lyf album is absolutely unlistenable.

singer sounds like he has down's syndrome.

same with cold cave.

new trend?

why quote musicsnobbery? dude's the hugest tool...

iceage ftw. wu lyf try way too hard and their album is already stale. it was fun for maybe 2 weeks.

i don't think there are enough pictures from this show.

they are pretty fucking boring. i saw the knit version of this show but it was fucking boring as shit, you know?

He kinda sounds like that douche from Kings of Leon.

Wu lyf zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz beyond boring this band sucks.

the hard to like/root for them comments are on point. i had a hard time with that at knitting factory. their music is really strong but also a little overblown/pretentious to begin with so while i try not to focus on image, arrogance of band, etc. it's hard not to have it effect my enjoying a band like this. i kinda felt they were phonies. still, i do think the album is one of the best of the year.

Believe it or don't shit like that does get in the way of the music.

11:33 play the symbols, reads Encyclopedia Brown, but has low SAT scores, and lives in Athens.

"the wu lyf album is absolutely unlistenable."
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"singer sounds like he has down's syndrome."
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"He kinda sounds like that douche from Kings of Leon."

ROFLOLOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL TOO TRUE

How anyone could give their album a good review is beyond me. It's easily one of the worst debuts of all time. Sub par music, and a horrendously godawful singer. All the songs sound the same, boring energy, no melody, no hooks, nothing memorable or standout. This album and this band will be forgotten in a few years. Maybe less.