Stereogum — Not so reclusive, all of the sudden, are we? After a successful stint at ATP, Jeff Mangum is back to post another unreleased track on his webpage, as he’s done with the unreleased demos for “Engine” and “Little Birds.” For a guy that basica... more info

Stereogum — Since the last Shut Up, Dude, team Stereogum saw Jeff Mangum perform twice at ATP NJ and once again on our laptops when the Neutral Milk man surprised Wall Street with a Minutemen cover. On Saturday I even got to meet Jeff randomly outside the first ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — After the huge let down that was the Radiohead hoax, the folks of Occupy Wall Street got a nice little pick-me-up last night in the form of a surprise acoustic performance by none other than Jeff Mangum, formerly of Neutral Milk Hotel. April Ludgate ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jeff Mangum isn't on the list, but one could argue that the elusive frontman of Neutral Milk Hotel might be classifiable as an "outsider musician", much like Daniel Johnston (who he covered on Friday again) and Roky Erickson (who... more info

Altsounds — Now the Summer festival season has ended, the world famous All Tomorrow's Parties look forward to their December festival events. This year ATP present the return of Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum to headline and curate one of our two festival... more info

Stereogum — Via his website, Jeff Mangum posted another Neutral Milk Hotel outtake for the post-Aeroplane song “Little Birds.” Listen to the track at the NMH website — the widget is a little tricky to find, but it’s a little horizontal bar down the right... more info

Stereogum — Today, Jeff Mangum threw an unreleased demo recording of “Engine” onto Neutral Milk Hotel’s new website. “Engine” first appeared as a B-side to the “Holland, 1945″ single (yep, it’s in the box set) but this version has never been rele... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Stream two previously unreleased songs at the new Neutral Milk Hotel website, which also points out a forthcoming vinyl and mp3 box set from the band. At Browbeat, Tayari Jones lists five great books about second families. The Guardian lists... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A few years after some ponderous "What the heck happened to Jeff Mangum?" magazine pieces, the Neutral Milk Hotel frontman has, at last, made recent, tenative steps back into the public with a few solo shows and booking an installment... more info

Stereogum — Well, here’s something awesome that we weren’t expecting: Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum, who is only now releasing from years of reclusion, has a new website, and he’s getting ready to drop a huge box set of everything Neutral Milk Ho... more info