Since 2003, Microphones front man Phil Elverum has used his project Mount Eerie to pull intense, heartbreaking moods out of stark minimalism. He’s recorded in remote cabins and made entire albums with a single acoustic guitar or a vintage Casiotone keyboard, and his songs are raw, real, fractured, and straightforward. In 2016, Elverum suffered the […]
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Pitchfork’s Midwinter brings Kamasi Washington, Slowdive, Laurie Anderson, and dozens more to the Art Institute
Midwinter runs February 15 through 17 and also includes Oneohtrix Point Never, Grouper, Perfume Genius, DJ Koze, two William Basinski performances, and Tortoise playing all of TNT.
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Indie hero Phil Elverum shows us his ravaged heart on Mount Eerie’s A Crow Looked at Me
On June 1, 2016, singer-songwriter Phil Elverum, who records somber, wispy antifolk as Mount Eerie, launched a GoFundMe page to benefit multidisciplinary artist Genevieve Castree Elverum (née Gosselin), his wife since 2003. The couple, who lived in the quiet seaside town of Anacortes, Washington, hoped the money would help cover the costs of treating Genevieve’s […]
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Cowboy poetry, the decline of the critic, Lil Wayne’s boring prison memoir, and more: the week in music writing
The Reader collects some of the best and brightest bits from the past week’s music writing.
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Gossip Wolf: A fund-raiser for the legacy of WHPK soul DJ Bob Abrahamian
A fund-raiser for the legacy of HWPK soul DJ Bob Abrahamian, a feature-length film from Primo Mendoza, and more
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11/7-11/8—Free Shows at Reckless Records
Two free shows at Reckless Records this weekend.
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The List, November 5-11, 2009
Critics’ Choices and other notable concerts: Vic Chesnutt, the Black Heart Procession, the Eccentric Soul Revue, Akira Sakata, Surfer Blood, and more