What’s Up

What's Up? is an exciting and accomplished instrumental rock group from Sacramento, CA, that recently transplanted to Portland, OR. The band is led by Robby Moncrief, the multi-talented multi-instrumentalist who has worked with many West Coast greats including Marnie Stern, Zach Hill (of Hella), and The Advantage. Moncrief has long been a friend of freak-out/progressive acts like Need New Body, and is also the talented producer/recording engineer behind the new Dirty Projectors album.  
 
Content Imagination is What's Up?'s superbly crafted debut. Recorded above an underground Sacramento art house spot in April 2008, the album is filled with great melodies informed by a world of guitar styles and rhythms that will excite the eardrums. 
 
"What's Up? is that rare thing: a technical instrumental band with lots of feeling.... There's something in the way the melody rides on the dirty keyboard bounce and the jerking rhythm of the drums and shaker that makes it seem like it could be some of the best beach music ever." 
--San Francisco Bay Guardian  
 
"... effective enough to dupe even a solemn, squinty-eyed David Copperfield type into bopping around with the syncopated sounds." 
--Sacramento News & Review