Chicagoist: Missed Connection: Chicagoist Seeking Uffie

tankboy

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:23:27 -0600

I guess we'll see ...

The Truth

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:24:46 -0600

I saw Uffie in Copenhagen and she's a lousy amateur. The DJ did his job well and did what he could do to entertain the crowd. Uffie delivered less than 30 minutes of singing! (probably her full catalog) Her weak and mumbling voice couldn't cut through the music and even her stage pressence were lacking. In the end Uffie got some people from the crowd to dance on stage so she could leave unnoticed behind them and not have to face the crowd. That was truly pathetic.

Jillian

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:10:43 -0600

Uffie...your second chance Feb. 17 at sonotheque

tankboy

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:33:55 -0600

Thanks Clayton, those photos are really great.

catherine

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:27:28 -0600

I stayed. Yeah, it was really late, but totally worth it, here are some photos... http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:H8yjFNlWhI4J:claytonhauck.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/boys-call-me-when-they-feel-freaky-hot/+drunk+uffie&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=safari

Not a hipster

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:57:53 -0600

Her wordmanship makes me want to scratch out my eyes

tankboy

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:54:19 -0600

j, you are correct. I just got her press-kit and it outlines her early-years jetsetting lifestyle. Although I still call her fem-Brit-hop since I consider that an approved (and wholly Tankboy-created) sub-genre.

j

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:50:20 -0600

Erm, she's not British, so I dunno why you're calling her "Brit-hop". She's from Miami & lives in Paris I believe. Anyways, "bad ironic hipster rapper" may be a more appropriate category for her.

tankboy

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:46:02 -0600

Dan, I've written about Allen extensively both here and elsewhere. It's also rather obvious, from my piece here, that I am a fan of hers. From a critical standpoint, though, it's hard, based on her current body of work, to make a solid case for her as an artist of lasting merit, though. John, I'm pretty sure that if you don't want to take this piece as one that finds substance in music criticism, you could read it as a club review. Next time I'll include footnotes to help you out with the proper way to read "nothing." And, finally, nah. I wouldn't call Uffie popular ... yet. Like I said, she's got two killer tracks, but at this point I'd have to give more credit to Feadz than to her for their inventiveness. I just heard two more songs, to be released soon, yesterday and I'm beginning to think Feadz probably deserves most of the credit ... but there IS something about her voice that is awfully ingratiating...

nah

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:23:59 -0600

i saw uffie in austin a few months ago and wasn't impressed. voice wasn't very good, weak stage presence etc i guess shes kinda cute in a teenagey way...i can't explain her popularity otherwise

dan

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:50:36 -0600

Allen came out with two killer tracks at the outset that excited the hell out of us. Then her full-length came out, and while it certainly has attained the status of guilty summer pleasure, we felt that she artistically dropped the ball. Since Allen didn’t really have a live history under her belt we should’ve expected as much, since playing in front of a demanding crowd of clubbers probably would have terminated her career before it even got started. wow, that`s awfully presumptious, don`t you think? I mean, just because you don`t happen to like the album, doesn`t necessarily mean she can`t hack it in a club setting! Plenty of folks really dig the Lily Allen album. Maybe your opinion holds less sway than you think it does.

john

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:52:01 -0600

It's like Seinfeld - a post about nothing.

tankboy

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:26:44 -0600

I didn't say Uffie was a no-show. I said that her set-time got pushed so far back I could no longer wait around for her. Actually, if anyone stuck around late enough to see her, I'd love to hear their thoughts.

vinny

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:23:02 -0600

wait, so she never showed up? What a load of crap.