Photo by David Greenwald
I don't know how Phil Elverum makes a living, but somehow he does. It's not often you see the names the Microphones or his more recent project, Mount Eerie, thrown around in the blogosphere -- although I suppose Elverum's K Records background and grassroots fanbase predates the whole "Internet" thing by a wide margin.
I've seen the man perform twice. The photo above is from the second time; the concert below is from the first time. He took my request ("I Felt Your Shape"!!) and played a number of gorgeously naked songs that never made their way onto albums. If you've been reading this blog for a while, you've heard it before, but it's a real classic and now that I have file hosting I figured it was time to put it up permanently. If you're not familiar with Elverum or his strange, wonderful brand of folk music, now's the time.
Mount Eerie @ Kerchkoff Grand Salon, UCLA - 11.16.03
1. Let's Get Out of the Romance: mp3
2. I Felt Your Shape: mp3
3. I'll Shut Up: mp3
4. A Show of Hands: mp3
5. As Good As It Got: mp3 (BEST ELVERUM SONG EVER)
6. Wooly Mammoth's Mighty Absence: mp3
7. See Me: mp3
8. Great Ghosts: mp3
9. The Dead of Night: mp3
10. (Dialogue with Cody): mp3
11. Human, Human: mp3
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Album versions not cutting it for you? Click below for more live bootlegs, demos and rarities.
Labels: Bootlegs, Mount Eerie/Phil Elverum
posted by Dave Rawkblog @ 3:43 PM 
Comments (4)
I remember he went on some sort of backyard tour, where he only played parties or celebrations at people's houses. For free, I think. So yeah, no idea how he makes a living.
This is lovely stuff. Thanks for taking the time to post these and many other concerts on this page. (any chance of fixing the links that don't connect on the Mt Eerie tunes? 'You give them something for free and they just want more...') thanks again, LD
hey anon - sorry! didn't realize they were down. all fixed now.
Thank you! What a nice show and great sound quality.
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