The Evens are a Washington, D.C. punk duo, formed in the fall of 2001, comprising partners Ian MacKaye (of Fugazi, formerly of Minor Threat) and Amy Farina (formerly of The Warmers).
The best thing about getting older is growing musically. You can really hear that in Ian's music now. It's great to hear new and different music from people you loved to listen to in the past.
Its post hardcore which is not strictly punk sounding but its performed by bands that keep the hardcore edict and similar things at heart which means ur friend said caffeine is a drug well u tell ur friend to go fuck himself
Ian MacKaye in my opinion is one of the most awesome musicians in history, not only being part of Teen Idles, Minor FUCKING Threat, FUGAZI, and creating this awesome band. And lets not forget creating Straight Edge
Ian, that is fantastic music. Look forward to hearing more of The Evens. (by the way, I knew you many years ago through Mark...glad to see you are doing well).
MacKaye's done more than you or me to open peoples eyes to the way the world is I guarantee it. Constantly outspoken in his views, I suggest you listen to All These Governors by The Evens. Done that? Good. Now you see he still writes protest songs and inspires free thought. Even when semi retired and in a chill band with his partner. Meanwhile you get down voted on RU-vid. And I have to point out that you've been ill informed in you comments. Way to fight the power and see we are all one.
Ian's career is prettt much the epitome of hardcore he created it with Minor threat and developed and changed it with post hardcore in fugazi and now he's retiring in a peaceful fashion with the Evans which is closer to his roots than his past two bands because for anyone who knows Ian he likes Led Zeppelin and bands like zeppelin this is the closest he's ever been to his roots really
I almost thought that this was PJ harvey and Nick, but I was wrong. But what I wasn't wrong, was listening to these guys and falling in love with this song.
I think Amy Farina is a very talented artist. She's like a modern day Joni Mitchell..I never really listened to Minor Threat or Fugazi so this is my first exposure to Ian MacKaye. I really like this stuff though. This is like if the Carpenters got stoned more often. Respect from the heart of the Midwest.
Does anyone have a DL link to all of their music? I'd buy it if I could, but I'm from Mexico and don't have access to a credit card to buy from itunes or whatever.
"Ian was in a punk band or two that I liked, therefore all of his music has to be punk." I've witnessed Jaz Coleman doing classical music, but because it's a Killing Joke member, it has to be industrial-influenced post-punk or else it's impossible to enjoy, right?
Yes. If the writer says its punk, then it is. People are way too strict with their definition of what punk is, something punk was always against. At its core, it's just a type of indie music. This honestly just sounds like a slowed down version of Dischord music anyway, like an acoustic Fugazi.
Oooh, I've got one. Dave King was the lead singer of Fastway now he is the guitarist lead singer of Flogging Molly so they must be hair metal, right? Right?
@Licomotion This may not be your idea of "punk rock", but that doesn't mean you have to make comments telling Ian to kill himself. You clearly don't understand what the kind of music Ian makes is about, and while that's perfectly fine, it doesn't make it right to post negative shit like that. If you don't have something positive to say to help this incredible genre progress, move on to another video. Ian's a great, hard working punk, but people like you almost make his work meaningless.
+thebarrochannel Minor Threat disbanned, and even if not, it would've had to evolve. Change is constant, bands don't stay the same. Either you like his evolution or you don't, but you can't always hold someone to a past standard. That's you not accepting change, and no band lives up to that.
+Phil Hebert Motorhead kept on trucking the same old thing time and time again, with great success. Some bands can do it, some bands can't. Worse than the bands who try to keep doing it, are the copycat bands who kill it.
