Mount Eerie

All About Jazz — Over at Pirate Verbatim, a new blog that chronicles artists' thoughts on file-sharing, a great quote went up from Phil Elverum. He's the man behind Mount Eerie and The Microphones. Phil doesn't have strong opinions on music piracy, but argues that it... more info

Silent Uproar — Mount Eerie will release a new rarities and singles compilation, Song Islands Vol. 2, on October 19th via P.W. Elverum & Sun. Most of the 31 included tracks "have only been released into ultra-obscurity on limited 7" singles and forgotten compilation... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Last time we checked in with former Titus Andronicus member Andrew Cedermark, we Playlisted the homespun ballad "From Memory". Cedermark's got a full-length, Moon Deluxe, due out in a few months on Underwater Peoples, and we have the title track for ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-14 Eugene, OR - The Oak Street Speakeasy *04-15 Eureka, CA - Noctrum *04-16 San Francisco, CA - Slim's *04-17 Santa Cruz, CA - Brookdale Lodge *04-19 San Diego, CA - Che Cafe *04-20 Los Angeles, CA - The Echoplex *04-22 Portland, OR - Rotture *04-... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-02 Salem, OR - The Space *&03-03 Olympia, WA - Nothern *&03-04 Seattle, WA - Comet Tavern *^03-05 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Media Club *03-06 Portland, OR - East End *03-24 Krakow, Poland - OFF Club %$03-27 Leipzig, Germany - Zoro03-28 Ham... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Phil Elverum, the man who once made music as the Microphones and now records as Mount Eerie, stopped by the Daytrotter studios to record a trio of songs from his 2009 LP Wind's Poem, "Wind's Peak", "Ancient Questions", and "Stone's Ode". Elverum also... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Back Forty: 2009-12-31, An Arbor [mp3,ogg,flac] "Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones cover)" [mp3] other Back Forty posts at Largehearted Boy Backyard Tire Fire: 2009-12-19, Bloomington [mp3,ogg,flac] "Brady" [mp3] oth... more info

Culture Bully — Photo coverage of Mount Eerie and Lucy Michelle at Minneapolis' Bedlam Theatre. more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 11-10 Minneapolis, MN - Bedlam Theater %@11-13 Pullman, WA - The Bell Tower% with No Kids@ with Motorbikes, St. Merman & the Zombie Gondoliers more info

Quick Before It Melts — Julie Doiron is someone I’ve never paid enough attention to in these here pages, but it’s not for a lack of interest in her work.  She is perhaps one of the great unsung heroes of the Canadian music scene: an indie pioneer as part of Eric’s ... more info