Elephant 6 in SPIN Magazine

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Elephant 6 in SPIN Magazine

Published Friday, March 24, 2006 by Jeff | E-mail this post

The April issue of SPIN Magazine features a two-page spread on the Elephant 6 collective, using Olivia Tremor Control's reunion tour as a springboard for a retrospective of Elephant 6's origins, rise, and subsequent decline. Highlights include:

-the revelation that Jeff Mangum is married and was last seen living in Quebec
-a brief quote from the very Neutral Milk Hotel leader
-an admiring quote from Michael Stipe
-thoughts on Olivia Tremor Control's reunion from Will Cullen Hart
-the author's curious decision that the Music Tapes are "mostly active" but the Minders, who have a new album due out in July, are "mostly inactive"

Some other interesting things: diehard fans will be pleased that the author cites Of Montreal's Gay Parade as "essential," but Apples in Stereo fans--long locked in the battle of which is superior, Fun Trick Noisemaker or The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone--may be surprised to see that the answer is Tone Soul Evolution. Hey, it is underrated, come to think of it.