http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/today_the_stranger_suggests_400 MusicWhy?, Mount Eerie at Vera Project 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... Copyright 2008 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:00:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss