Stereogum — Decades into its existence, the storied Elephant 6 collective continues to spin off new bands and records of varying degrees of obscurity. The latest group to emerge from that whole crew is the Pennsylvania-based duo Giant Day. Derek Almstead, one... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Damon Young discussed his memoir-in-essays, What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker, with Weekend Edition. Stereogum reconsidered Olivia Tremor Control’s album, Black Foliage: Animation Music Vol. 1 on its 20th anniversary. March's best eBook ... more info

Stereogum — For years I've been toying with two metaphors for Olivia Tremor Control's beguiling, befuddling, bewildering album, Black Foliage: Animation Music Vol. 1. First, a garden: Its mix of brightly melodic, supremely catchy pop songs and unruly sonic exper... more info

Obscure Sound — The lead single off Sam Hoffman’s debut album Fairweather, “Glencrest Lane” is a consuming example of Hoffman’s strong songwriting and aesthetic, recalling ’60s and ’70s rock/pop while emphasizing a jangly feel. This particular track show... more info

Stereogum — Apples In Stereo's Robert Schneider and the Olivia Tremor Control's Will Cullen Hart, childhood friends and founding fathers of the legendary Elephant 6 Recording Company, have been working and recording together for upwards of two decades. But now t... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Welcome to one of the busiest and most quietly epochal years there ever was if only for the emergence of the Spice Girls. First appeared on TV three months before Wannabe's release, lest we forget. At one end of the pop spectrum Oasis were coloni... more info

Sweeping The Nation — In retrospect, something appears to be coming together around 1998. Three of the year's biggest music stories - George Michael's arrest, Elton John's knighthood, Geri leaving the Spice Girls - feel like the first stage of coalescing into ... more info

Stereogum — Elephant Six associate and the Apples In Stereo's frontman Robert Schneider is working on unfinished the Olivia Tremor Control recordings. The songwriter and producer broke the news via Facebook, where he shared a photo of himself with members of the... more info

Stereogum — The Olivia Tremor Control lined up their first big hometown show at the 500-cap 40 Watt in 1995. After a few years developing their kaleidoscopic live act in house shows and smaller clubs around Athens, Georgia, the psych rockers had built a reputati... more info

Stereogum — 2014 has turned into a special year for Elephant Six fans. In addition to Neutral Milk Hotel’s constantly growing world tour, Will Cullen Hart has promised us a third album from both of his equally great psych-pop bands, Circulatory System and Oliv... more info