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WU LYF –“Krusty” (Papa M Cover)
The former Slint guitar wizard Dave Pajo has spent so much time as an indie rock hired axe that his Papa M solo project has gone weirdly underrated. But British guitar-anthem mob WU LYF apparently know...
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Chris Isaak Talks About All Those “Wicked Game” Covers
Chris Isaak’s soft-focus boudoir-rockabilly classic “Wicked Game” is one of those songs that just about all of us attempt to sing at some point, if only to confirm suspicions that our falsettos are...
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The Gummy Awards: Your Top 10 New Acts Of 2011
Having already revealed Your Top 10 Tracks and Your Top 10 Music Videos, next box to be punched on the Gummys‘ advent calendar is the Top 10 New Acts Of 2011 category, and, unlike the Grammys,...
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WU LYF Bring “Heavy Pop” To Letterman
Five days into 2012, we already have a contender for the year-ending Best Late Night Performances list. On last night’s episode of the Late Show With David Letterman, WU LYF brought their ferociously...
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Coachella 2012 Weekend 2 In Photos
With their first Coachella 2012 performances a not-quite-distant memory, over the weekend some artists engaged in live collaborations to make for unique experiences in their second fest go-around. John...
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WU LYF Break Up
The enigmatic, frequently masked Manchester rock collective WU LYF appear to have broken up, at least if their kinda-cryptic internet messages are to be believed. Over the weekend, the band posted a...
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In Memoriam: Bands We Lost In 2012
Each September, we recognize 40 new bands we look forward to listening to for years to come. And each December, we salute the veterans who’ve decided to pack up their knives and never ever get back...
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Ellery James Roberts (Ex-WU LYF) –“Kerou’s Lament”
Ellery James Roberts, former frontman of now-defunct Manchester band WU LYF, has released solo material via Tumblr. According to one post, the song “Kerou’s Lament” was “scripted/produced & sang...
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Backtrack: WU LYF Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
Mary Karr’s Cherry is a memoir about becoming a teenager. As the book progresses and she gets older, she finds herself in that position that all teenagers find themselves in at one point or another:...
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Los Porcos (Ex-WU LYF) –“Sunshine”
Life after WU LYF continues, as members Joe Manning, Tom McLung, and Evans Kati prep the release of their double A-side 12″ as Los Porcos. Below, you can hear the two tracks, “Sunshine” and “C.F.W.,”...
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Band To Watch: WU LYF (World Unite/Lucifer Youth Foundation)
Here are some things we’ve been able to figure out from about World Unite/Lucifer Youth Foundation: The band is based in Manchester. They’ve got a fluid membership of four to six (or more) members....
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WU LYF –“I Got Dem Wu Wu Busted Teeth Spitting It Concrete Like The Golden...
World Unite/Lucifer Youth Foundation changed their acronym — WU LYF — to stand for What Up/Loving Young Females since we made them a Band To Watch, so we are definitely going to refer to them WU LYF...
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Stereogum’s 40 Best New Bands Of 2010
With fall on the horizon, we’re escaping a slow summer and shifting into that final, fertile phase of the music year’s release cycle. Which makes it a ripe time to get some perspective on the year, in...
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WU LYF –“LYF” Video
WU LYF are prepping their debut LP and their first-ever U.S. shows. “LYF” is a taste of their new album. Like many of their songs it’s got a self-referencing title and a tortured, dramatic vocal by...
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The 7 Best Videos Of The Week
We’ve got new videos from Rihanna, UNKLE, The Grates, and WU LYF this week. I especially like the Ford & Lopatin video because it’s the human version of those Friskies ads. The ones where the cat...
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WU LYF –“go tell fire; reprise”
The marauding, mysterious British BTW WU LYF has posted a new track called “go tell fire; reprise” on their website, claiming that the track was “always meant” to appear on their debut album Go Tell...
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Bon Iver, Lana Del Rey Win Q Awards
Q Magazine held its annual Q Awards ceremony in London today, and plenty of big-name acts did well for themselves. Adele won a ton of awards, and Coldplay won the coveted public-voting award Best Act...
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Watch WU LYF Cover “Wicked Game” In London
“Wicked Game” is the one Chris Isaak song that everybody loves to cover. Washed Out did it a few months ago, and the bizarre pop-opera project Il Divo tried it out just last night on The Tonight Show....
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WU LYF –“We Bros” Video
We haven’t seen anything for a while on the WU LYF video tip, but today the mysterious UK rockers serve up an apocalyptic clip for Go Tell Fire To The Mountain standout “We Bros,” where a group of...
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The 5 Best Videos Of The Week
Hey, there were some good videos this week! Two of the five videos below come from the directing team of Casey Raymond and Ewan James Morris, neither of whom I’d ever heard of before. They even came...
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Progress Report: WU LYF
Name: WU LYF Progress Report: Ellery Roberts of WU LYF — Manchester’s cultiest non-cult band — opens up about the band’s current tour and getting to work on album number two. WU LYF’s debut album — Go...
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FAMY –“A Ho A Hand” Video (Stereogum Premiere)
Earlier this year we heard from Los Porcos, a seven-man ensemble featuring members of the now-defunct WU LYF. Los Porcos also featured members of FAMY, a London combo that has worked with WU LYF’s...
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LUH (Ex-WU LYF) –“Unites”
The one-and-done release of WU LYF's Go Tell Fire To The Mountain was probably one of the more disappointing break-ups of the decade. Thankfully, the former band members have been pretty active: three...
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Stream Ménage à Trois Australia Part 2 EP (Stereogum Premiere)
Manchester band Ménage à Trois incorporate funk, R&B and dream pop into their lush, eclectic sound. The group put out an EP called Australia Part 1 earlier this year, and today they're sharing the...
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“Wicked Game” Ad Nauseam: 25 Years Of An Unlikely New Standard
Twenty-five years ago today, Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the song's highest chart position, laying the foundation for it becoming (by far) the most successful...
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