the microphones
 

any fans of the microphones here?

I've heard of them but I've never heard them, sorry.

blegh you should

Yes, I know...I'm currently starved for new music, but I've been really busy.

that's a shame

mount eerie is one of the best records ever.

agreed

I'd like to hear some new music, but my wallet has a gun to my head. He wouldn't like that very much.

shit man.. do you want me to call the police?

bass drum dream is excellent.

i like the glow pt. 2...i used to date some chick who was close friends with the microphones guy

that's sweet.

the glow pt 2 reminds me of my ex...

I <3 Mirah, shes down with the Microphones guy.

i saw his new project, whatever it's called, with that girl, it was DREADFUL.

I really like The Glow Part 2. Song Islands is pretty good too.

Worst band name ever.
Think harder, folks.

I think they actually changed their name to Mt. Eerie. I don't think the name The Microphones was that bad though; I liked the simplicity. I saw a band on MTV this morning called Under the Influence of Giants, so I don't think The Microphones is the worst band name ever... not even close.


I like The Microphones/Mt. Eerie very much. It's hard not to like The Glow Pt. 2, I think. The Moon is quite an emotional song.

I've always been curious about them, cuz their name pops up here and there. What do they sound like?

twee indierock to the power of 10

Twee indierock? No. Wrong.

Everything released as Mount Eerie is much much better than all of the Microphones stuff put together. The Glows were so boring.

why listen to the microphones when you can listen to Of Montreal though????

why listen to any of them?

whatever, i saw them play, and i know what i saw, it was tweeness and it was diabolically bad.

mount eerie is not twee pop...it's similar to dnd-era liars or super ae-era boredoms.

i can't say i'm much familiar with anything else by them, but mount eerie is an excellent album.

Meh. You're a fucking European.

mount eerie the band, not mount eerie the album

yes, and therefore more cultured and educated.

Improbable.

actually both

where the heck have you been?

i really love "the moon". i play that song a lot at night.

yes, i know, i was saying that because your post contradicts mine, but refers to the album, not the band, i was refering to the band. who most certainly were twee pop.

When I think of twee pop I think of things like the Postal Service, Mates of State, and other shit. Never the microphones.

ah, dunno.

i know mount eerie by the microphones and i have one mount eerie album on mp3s which i forgot what it's called, but it follows the line of well...very repetitive post

i don't know enough to say if they are or not twee pop, but belle and sebastian, camera obscura (scotland)...that's what i hear is twee pop

i was just going to make a topic about this band because i couldnt remember there name, good stuff.

they sound like the liars minus the intensity with lou reed as a front man, very cool

This just came out of nowhere: Phil Elvrum is playing as The Microphones in Porto next friday, one day before a previously scheduled Mount Eerie show.

lotta live sets on LMA

http://www.archive.org/details/MountEerie

one of my favorite bands.

As I'm more familiar with his Mount Eerie stuff, I only recognized some songs from The Glow Pt. 2, notably the first three tracks of the album - very stripped down versions, only Phil and some other guy on keyboards and effects. After that they were joined by two portuguese musicians (bass + drums) and played more upbeat stuff like Wind's Poem "Between Two Mysteries". Nice little show, looking forward to the Mount Eerie one today, although it's partly overlapped with Lee Ranaldo's - who was at yesterday show's venue, although he left short before the start.

The Glow pt.2 is so goddamn good. I know everyone knows that, but it's extremely true.