Listen to Jeff Mangum Play Five Neutral Milk Hotel Songs
This weekend, notorious recluse/Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum made a rare appearance at The Schoolhouse, a small loft space in Brooklyn.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Music Tapes Want to Play at Your House
Turns out, Jeff Mangum ain't the only Neutral Milk Hotel member with exciting things going on... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum Perform at Last Night's NYC Show
Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum stands firmly in the realm of indie rock demi-gods despite barely making a peep since the release of 1998’s In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. Still, any time Mangum sneezes close to a stage, it makes headlines.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsShop Talk: Sleigh Bells' Good Bad Music
Last year, Wired editor Robert Capps wrote an article called The Good Enough Revolution in which he argued that your average tech consumer now prefers cheap, simple, sharable products over "quality" gadgets—Google Docs to feature-laden software, easy-to-use video cameras to hi-def camcorders, MP3s to CDs. He cited a study in which Stanford professor Jonathan Berger asked his students each year over six years to rate the musical medium they preferred; as the aughts progressed, an increasing number of them preferred MP3s. Capps suggested that, with music in particular, we not only prefer the ease of the digital format, but we... read more
Found in: Industry, ColumnsJeff Mangum, The Mountain Goats, Yo La Tengo, Jay Reatard, Many More Contribute to Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox
When Chris Knox (Tall Dwarfs, Toy Love) suffered a stroke this summer, his peers from around the world realized what they could have lost: a musician who deserved more credit for introducing punk and alternative music to his home country of New Zealand.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTen Albums We Wanna See in 2010
Okay! So after a month of looking back on great cultural moments from the last 10 years, we’re ready to look ahead to next year. Maybe one day we’ll learn to sit still and enjoy the present. Until then…... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayOh Comely: Five Neutral Milk Hotel Covers Worth Hearing
Hearing Neutral Milk Hotel via audiophile-quality vinyl for the first time will be a triumphant yet defeating moment. Why? Because the band's sad notes will strike louder than ever before, and every wailing horn will remind us that Elephant 6 offspring is gone, perhaps never to return.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe Best Worst Voices In Indie Rock
Last week we debated the best voices in indie rock. But there’s another kind of great voice out there—the kind that isn’t classically good, but its technical problems just make it more lovable. Here are my picks for the best worst voices—you can listen below. Feel free to add to the list in the comments section. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayWe Need More Cowbell! VH1's Behind the Music Returns, But Who Deserves an Episode?
Were it not for VH1's Behind the Music, a whole generation would never be able to answer the many haunting questions of modern music: Did Milli Vanilli really lip-sync their groundbreaking "Girl You Know It's True?" Why were the guys in Hootie and the Blowfish smiling all the time? And what the hell was with that bumblebee girl in Blind Melon's "No Rain" video?It was with heavy hearts that fans of BtM watched a chapter of their lives end when the show was pulled to semi-retirement in 2002.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsOur Noise: The Story of Merge Records Coming in Sept.
Over the years, Merge Records has brought us Neutral Milk Hotel, Arcade Fire, Spoon, She & Him, and many other excellent bands that hold a permanent places on our playlists. What enabled this humble North Carolina indie imprint to become one of the best of the best? A forthcoming biography might just have the answers.... read more
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