Unearthed Neutral Milk Hotel Live Footage

Watch well-recorded videos of NMH doing "Two-Headed Boy" and "April 8th" at the old Knitting Factory on March 7, 1998 via Merge, the label that just released On Avery Island and In the Aeroplane Over The Sea on 180 gram... CONTINUE READING UNEARTHED NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL LIVE FOOTAGE»

Posted on November 20, 2009 in Video (3 comments)
Tags: Cymbals Eat Guitars | Neutral Milk Hotel

Robin Pecknold/Throw Me The Statue @ Neumos, Seattle 7/11/09

Saturday night was the closing to a week of benefits in support of the Vera Project, a "music and arts center run by and for youth," dubbed A Drink For The Kids and featuring Grand Hallway, Throw Me The Statue,... CONTINUE READING ROBIN PECKNOLD/THROW ME THE STATUE @ NEUMOS, SEATTLE 7/11/09»

Amanda Palmer And High School Drama Club Stage Neutral Milk Hotel Musical

You knew she dug Brecht and now Palmer's collaborated with her former drama teacher Steven Bogart and the kids at her former Boston-area Lexington High School to create "a play that uses music... not a musical." It's called "The Needle... CONTINUE READING AMANDA PALMER AND HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB STAGE NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL MUSICAL»

Posted on May 13, 2009 in Video (11 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | Neutral Milk Hotel | The Dresden Dolls | Weezer

Stream Shins, Bright Eyes, National Covering Merge Classics

Merge Records turns 20 this year and the celebration is well underway. Last week we told you about the five-day summer fest in North Carolina with Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Destroyer, and others. If that's a party you... CONTINUE READING STREAM SHINS, BRIGHT EYES, NATIONAL COVERING MERGE CLASSICS»

The Worst Neutral Milk Hotel Cover Of All Time?

May be "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" performed by your boyfriend. Watch him rock out at Videogum.... CONTINUE READING THE WORST NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL COVER OF ALL TIME?»

Posted on March 27, 2009 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: A Place To Bury Strangers | Neutral Milk Hotel

R.E.M. Joins Patti Smith's R.E.M. Tribute

If you love R.E.M. and weren't at Carnegie Hall last night, you should probably do a better job at loving R.E.M. The evening was billed as a tribute to the Athenian eye-smilers, which meant career-spanning covers by everyone from Kyp... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. JOINS PATTI SMITH'S R.E.M. TRIBUTE»

New Music Tapes Video - "Majesty"

The spate of recent Jeff Mangum sightings tended to obscure the fact that, yes, there are other people who were/are involved with Elephant 6, Neutral Milk Hotel, etc. One such lifer is wire recorder, singing saw, and Christmas enthusiast Julian... CONTINUE READING NEW MUSIC TAPES VIDEO - "MAJESTY"»

Posted on November 5, 2008 in MP3, Video (2 comments)
Tags: Neutral Milk Hotel | Passion Pit | Spank Rock | The Music Tapes

Stream Elephant 6's Chicago Surprise

NPR is streaming the 10/21 Bottom Lounge stop on the recent E6 Holiday Surprise Tour. Tunes from Olivia Tremor Control, Apples In Stereo, Music Tapes, Neutral Milk Hotel and other Athens all-stars are featured, but a few songs (including encore... CONTINUE READING STREAM ELEPHANT 6'S CHICAGO SURPRISE»

More Jeff Mangum Holiday Tour Live Vids!

There's been plenty of dark video documentation of Jeff Mangum's recent Holiday Surprise Tour surprise appearances, but now that these performances are no longer a surprise, it appears people are showing up with better cameras. For instance, we now have... CONTINUE READING MORE JEFF MANGUM HOLIDAY TOUR LIVE VIDS!»

Posted on October 23, 2008 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Circulatory System | Explosions In The Sky | Jeff Mangum | Neutral Milk Hotel | Olivia Tremor Control

Jeff Mangum Plays Neutral Milk Hotel In Pittsburgh, Ohio

Jeff Mangum ... CONTINUE READING JEFF MANGUM PLAYS NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL IN PITTSBURGH, OHIO»

Posted on October 20, 2008 in Video (13 comments)
Tags: Jeff Mangum | Neutral Milk Hotel

Jeff Mangum Performs In NYC

We've checked in with Music Tapes a few times this year, and before that got all sincere over In The Aeroplane's 10th birthday, but things have been fairly quiet on the Jeff Mangum front in '08. (Though the Neutral Milk... CONTINUE READING JEFF MANGUM PERFORMS IN NYC »

Julian Koster Presents The Singing Saw At Christmastime

Anyone who's listened to Julian Koster's work in Neutral Milk Hotel or the (newly revived) Music Tapes knows he's into the singing saw. So, though it's a hot and sticky day and a longtime from the Holiday season, it's no... CONTINUE READING JULIAN KOSTER PRESENTS THE SINGING SAW AT CHRISTMASTIME»

Posted on July 31, 2008 in MP3 (3 comments)
Tags: Julian Koster | Neutral Milk Hotel | The Music Tapes

Still No Neutral Milk Hotel Reunion, But The Music Tapes Are Back With New Album, Video, Live Show

We were big fans of First Imaginary Symphony For Nomad back in the day, as well as the Music Tapes' prop-heavy, metronome-toting live show. If you can believe it, that debut came out nine years ago. Around that time, Neutral... CONTINUE READING STILL NO NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL REUNION, BUT THE MUSIC TAPES ARE BACK WITH NEW ALBUM, VIDEO, LIVE SHOW»

Posted on May 7, 2008 in MP3, Tour Dates, Video (5 comments)
Tags: Neutral Milk Hotel | The Music Tapes

Ten Years Of In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel's opus turns ten this Sunday. Feel old? If you love it, it's one of those albums that imprints itself on your psyche. One of us remembers exactly where he was when he brought... CONTINUE READING TEN YEARS OF IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA»

Posted on February 8, 2008 in Video (72 comments)
Tags: Jeff Mangum | Neutral Milk Hotel

Elephant 6 Make A Movie

Pop some popcorn and break out the bongs: The folks at E6 got together and made a movie, Major Organ and the Adding Machine, a sister piece to the 2001 album released by the mysterious band of the same name.... CONTINUE READING ELEPHANT 6 MAKE A MOVIE»