I love this album to pieces, if anyone doesn't, that's fine. I remember trying to write more about them when it came out, and they came over, and the response from the Melody Maker was that they sounded like the panpipe band in The Fast Show. I sort of understand peoples' ire against those who don't 'get' it, as a result, but it doesn't bother me much. one of the things I love about the record is that its unafraid to be 'embarassing'.
― stevie, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 09:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I still love In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, but I never thought it was perfect.
I think the opening track, "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One," is perfect. The stretch of songs from 6-9, "Holland, 1945," "Communist Daughter," "Oh Comely," and "Ghost" is also pretty awesome.
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 10:39 (sixteen years ago) link
so good
― Surmounter, Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
good yes, overrated also yes
― stephen, Thursday, 8 May 2008 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link
hearing neutral milk hotel at ear-splitting volume was what made me decide never to go back to Soda (the bar) on indie rock night, no matter how good the burger is.
― ian, Thursday, 8 May 2008 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/284/114/070/11407007/600x600.jpg
― abanana, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link
fyi
― a steak of romanticism (country matters), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link
^^i saw this the other day. i don't know what to make of it, but i laughed
― k3vin k., Friday, 10 April 2009 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
the sunn o))) thing totally makes it imo
― a steak of romanticism (country matters), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
well that and the fact it is pure lol
― a steak of romanticism (country matters), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link
hahahahaha
― d20 riot tard (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:50 (fifteen years ago) link
okay wow 1:12-1:14 in that video
― mark cl, Friday, 10 April 2009 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Jeff Mangum was on Jeopardy the other day, I wonder if this means there's going to be an NMH reunion.
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Friday, 10 April 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
http://9001chan.org/mus/220/Courage-Wolf-hate-her-when-she-gets-up-to-leave-then-devour-her-with-your-two-heads.jpg
― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Sunday, 12 September 2010 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
so Jeff Mangum is playing at the September ATP / Portishead I'll Be Your Mirror event in Asbury Park. This'll be his first 'official' performance in over a decade, right?
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 26 January 2011 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieeL9FWURM
got tickets for the boston show
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 26 February 2011 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.southernsouls.ca/jeff-mangum/
^^some good audio from the current tour
really kicking myself for not getting tickets to one of the new england shows. :/ bummed
― mark (er) s (k3vin k.), Sunday, 21 August 2011 03:24 (thirteen years ago) link
ty for the link!
― markers, Sunday, 21 August 2011 03:57 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BYbmckk9mU
^ shocked how close this sounds to the original!
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:13 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha i've seen that before
― markers, Sunday, 21 August 2011 05:13 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.walkingwallofwords.com/
offical website announced today- theyre still working on it by the looks of it
but a holy fudging unreleased stuff boxset! and like loads of other awesome shit blah blah this band is my life.
― jumpskins, Friday, 26 August 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
awesome he's wearing a Municipal Waste shirt!
― little dog (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
are the unreleased/unfamiliar things here "new" songs or archival? wondered if the guy actually still writes music. he's not playing anything except old stuff at these shows, right?
― tylerw, Friday, 26 August 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, what the hell did I just watch?
But I'm gonna run off and put a SUNN 0))) sticker on my amp right now.
For the record, I like both NMH albums and nothing else of Elephant 6. Or the Fiery Furnaces.
― Matt M., Friday, 26 August 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Interesting to see Mr. Mangum is still playing live tracks, disappointed that they're all old stuff.
― Matt M., Friday, 26 August 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Trivia-Woody/218485604853038?v=info
― 69, Friday, 26 August 2011 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
so here's jeff's whole 'set' (i think) from his appearance at #occupywallst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvLm01ruV00
― k3vin k., Saturday, 8 October 2011 04:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz05eq01Gm1rp2lhyo1_500.png
― mizzell, Friday, 10 February 2012 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
<3
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 10 February 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvb5nmmx714&context=C34b6f99ADOEgsToPDskJ-PzjSA9vjwPaNAnZzdfB0
― Peas, Ants, Pigs & Astronauts (PaulTMA), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
I failed to see Mr Mangum at the just finished ATP.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/peoples-bailout/
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 9 November 2012 23:50 (eleven years ago) link
i love this album, but i think it could definitely stand to be a bit less embarrassing.
― aaron d.g., Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:46 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is perfect, hahaha
― Clarke B., Friday, 9 November 2012 23:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/fzdMLQV.png
― 乒乓, Saturday, 2 March 2013 04:01 (eleven years ago) link
one of ILM's best threads:
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Poll
― Bee OK, Saturday, 2 March 2013 04:08 (eleven years ago) link
Back!
http://pitchfork.com/news/47783-neutral-milk-hotel-reunite-for-tour/
― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 29 April 2013 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
zzzzzzzzzzzzz
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 29 April 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
mangum was great last time i saw him. not sure how necessary the band is tbh
― 'scuse me while i make the sky cum (k3vin k.), Monday, 29 April 2013 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
pretty necessary imo
― shit tie (Jordan), Monday, 29 April 2013 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
i'd fucking go that's for sure
― akm, Monday, 29 April 2013 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
neutral milk hotel were fucking awesome when i saw them open for superchunk long long ago.
― adam, Monday, 29 April 2013 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
my gf listens to 'aeroplane' at least once a week but wasn't too excited by the idea of seeing dude solo. we'd both go see the full band though.
― shit tie (Jordan), Monday, 29 April 2013 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
Not much of a "tour." Too bad no Cali dates...
― schwantz, Monday, 29 April 2013 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
i wonder if they'll be another album...
― rock 'em sock 'em (Treeship), Monday, 29 April 2013 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
picturing a sleazy executive from merge, chomping on a cigar and encouraging them to "go electric," saying it'd be "like sufjan."
― rock 'em sock 'em (Treeship), Monday, 29 April 2013 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
Tom Scharpling is already on the hook to direct that very video.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 29 April 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
― schwantz, Monday, 29 April 2013 22:07 (Yesterday) Permalink
It's sort of blowing my mind that they're bothering to call this a tour, and that the headlines are going with it.
― mox twelve, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 02:54 (eleven years ago) link
It's sort of blowing my mind that you guys didn't notice the part that says
Only a handful have been announced so far, but apparently there is "more to come,"
― bish don't kmt (some dude), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 03:03 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, my bad. Crossing my fingers...
― schwantz, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 03:27 (eleven years ago) link
are these tickets going to be really expensive?
― rock 'em sock 'em (Treeship), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 03:36 (eleven years ago) link