Why?, AKA Yoni Wolf, is no fool. After being an integral part of cLOUDDEAD - the avant-garde threesome that showed the world how to mix smart electronics with witty hip hop - he did what his two other friends didn't and became a mega-indie-star.

It’s not that Odd Nosdam and Doseone, his cLOUDDEAD friends, have disappeared, it's just that they stayed in the same territories of scratchy noises, weird soundtracks and patronizing attitudes (not that there's anything wrong with that). Why? on the other hand, completely blew up, releasing several great EPs, some LPs and one masterpiece: "Elephant Eyelash", his 2005 album.

Now, while Why? is working on a follow up that will see the light of day by March 2008, he brought us a little release – "The Hollows EP" that will be released in two days and will prove that Why? is well appreciated and loved.

You know you made it in this indie game when big shot musicians are remixing your music or covering your songs, and that is exactly what you can find in "The Hollows EP" track list: besides one brand new song we have two awesome remixes by Boards of Canada and Dntel, and amazing covers by Xiu Xiu, Dump and Half-Handed Cloud.

We gathered around three of these songs for you, as they were legally found on imeem (as you can see through this whole post). We urge you to run and get them all, because both the Xiu Xiu and Dump covers of the emotional track "Yo Yo Bye Bye", are nothing less than brilliant.