In case you missed my 4,000 words on the subject in last week’s
issue: I’m totally gay for Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie. Same
goes for tonight’s headliner, Why?. Both bands write songs about
existential worry and wonder, but while Mount Eerie find solace in the
natural world, Why? get nauseated in the Whole Foods parking
lot. Their dark, hiphop-inflected lyricism is airtight, telescoping
from minute detail to overwhelming dread in the turn of a
phrase, and the band’s rhythms and melodies are equally agile. (Vera
Project, Seattle Center, 956-8372. 7:30 pm, $9/$8 with club card, all
ages.)