The microphones

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The microphones
General information
Genre (s) Indie rock , indie folk
founding 1996
resolution 2003
Founding members
Phil Elverum

The Microphones (also "The Microphones" with quotation marks ) is an American indie rock band that was mainly active between 1996 and 2003. The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Phil Elverum (who at that time still used his birth name Phil Elvrum ) founded the band and was temporarily the only member, the rest of the line-up changed. Her album The Glow Pt gained particular fame . 2 .

history

Phil Elverum's first publication under the name The Microphones dates back to 1996. According to his own statements, he moved to Olympia , Washington in 1997 to get in touch with the local music scene and to attend Evergreen State College . Calvin Johnson , head of the Olympia-based label K Records, became aware of Elvrum and enabled him to record several albums.

Among these, The Glow Pt. 2 the best and longest lasting reception: Among other things, Pitchfork put it at number 1 on its annual best list and later at number 73 of the best 200 albums of the 2000s. Previously, The Microphones toured North America and Europe in the summer of 2001.

From 2003 Elvrum began using the name Mount Eerie for his projects. In 2004 "The Microphones" (with quotation marks) was released Live in Japan, which was recorded in Kyoto , Nagoya and Tokyo the previous year .

On August 7, 2020, Elverum released a new album called The Microphones in 2020 called Microphones . It consists of a single track of the same name that is 44:44 minutes long.

Discography (selection)

  • 1999: Don't Wake Me Up (K Records)
  • 2000: It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water (K Records)
  • 2001: The Glow Pt. 2 (K Records)
  • 2003: Mount Eerie (K Records)
  • 2004: Live in Japan, February 19th, 21st, and 22nd, 2003 (K Records)
  • 2020: Microphones in 2020 (PW Elverum & Sun, Ltd.)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Steven Arroyo: Microphones, Mount Eerie and Melancholy: The Career of Phil Elverum. In: Exclaim! June 7, 2013, Retrieved October 5, 2019 (Canadian English).
  2. ^ Bret Nicely: A Conversation with Phil Elvrum. July 2002, accessed October 5, 2019 .
  3. ^ Brian Howe: Microphones. In: Pitchfork . May 13, 2008, accessed October 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Mount Eerie. In: laut.de. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .
  5. ^ Pitchfork Staff: Top 20 Albums of 2001. In: Pitchfork. January 1, 2002, accessed October 5, 2019 .
  6. ^ The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s - Page 7. In: Pitchfork. October 2, 2009, accessed October 5, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Joseph Pompeo: eluding the "Corporate Ogre". In: PopMatters. April 20, 2005, accessed October 5, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Richie Unterberger: Live in Japan, February 19th, 21st, and 22nd, 2003 - The Microphones | Songs, reviews, credits. In: Allmusic . Retrieved October 5, 2019 (American English).
  9. ↑ Jens-Christian Rabe: Yes, I am very, very pregnant, and? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . August 11, 2020, accessed on August 13, 2020 .