Elephant 6 Crew To Embark On Tour

Posted on 03. Sep, 2008 by spencer in Music

If you remember the term “college rock,” then this news might interest you. In addition to the Major Organ and the Adding Machine movie, starring Neutral Milk Hotel mastermind Jeff Mangum and Of Montreal mind-master Kevin Barnes, a great many members of the once-essential Elephant 6 Collective are heading out on tour.
From Pitchfork:
Music Tapes frontguy/Neutral Milk Hotel member Julian Koster describes the upcoming “Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour” as something like “a big orchestra, variety show, silly happy thing.” How very fitting.
The tight-knit, loosely-defined Georgia-based psych-rocking collective will [...]

The 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival

Posted on 27. Apr, 2008 by Bill in Internet, Music

The 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival lineup is looking pretty damn good:
SATURDAY, JULY 19
Animal Collective
Jarvis Cocker
The Hold Steady
!!!
Vampire Weekend
No Age
Atlas Sound
Dizzee Rascal
Extra Golden
Fleet Foxes
Elf Power
Caribou
Ruby Suns
Fuck Buttons
Jay Reatard
Icy Demons
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Boban Markovic Orkestar
Titus Andronicus

SUNDAY, JULY 20
Spoon
Dinosaur Jr
Spiritualized
M. Ward
Ghostface & Raekwon
Les Savy Fav
The Apples In Stereo
Boris
Cut Copy
Dirty Projectors
Bon Iver
Dodos
Times New Viking
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International
El Guincho
King Khan
HEALTH
High Places
Mahjongg