i recently bought a ridiculously overpriced limited edition Mount Eerie EP/Photobook and i don't regret it. why is this? because i think that Phil Elvrum is my favorite living artist (RIP elliott smith) . drive out in central MA or anyplace that has a lot of woods and listen to the Microphones: The Glow Pt. 2 and tell me it's not the an incredibly haunting experience. i honestly believe if Thoreau were alive today, he would listen to the music of Phil Elvrum. this is a man who lives in the upper northwest, i envision in a cabin in the woods, and is able to create and capture some of the most amazing sound and textures. he uses all analog equipment and has the same delicate whisper that made me fall in love with elliott smith. if i could, i would move to Olympia and just hang out with this guy for like a year. i own virtually everything he has had his hand in, Mirah, Treepeople, Thanksgiving, et al and he's just an incredible producer. As Steve Albini is an analog hero to indie scene, Elvrum is the unsung analog hero.
i also want to throw out the notion that Thurston Moore is probably my favorite indie rock deity. i recently spent some time in South Hadley, MA visiting my cousin. we went out to dinner in Northampton and apparently, even though Thurston has just put out one of my favorite albums of 2007 with Trees From the Academy, he spends his time in Western MA reading poetry in coffee shops and DJing these South African Samba music nights. Crazy. You're married to Kim Gordon and you leave the house? not to mention you've gained some notoriety for that little noise outfit you form. maybe you've heard of them? Sonic Youth? oh yeah, and when asked what is better: cd or vinyl? he responses: cassette.
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