Echo Orbiter Celebrate Record Release with First Live Show in Nine Years

It's been nine years since Echo Orbiter ran with the Elephant 6 gang, so we are proud to announce the band's first show in nine years!

There’s nothing like recording and releasing a new album to get the mysterious Echo Orbiter back on stage. The Philadelphia neo-psychedelic group will be taking the stage at Johnny Brenda’s (one of the ultimate and intimate clubs to play in) in Philadelphia on September 18th for their first show since 2001 to celebrate the release of their latest album, Euphonicmontage. The album, due out September 28th is a sonic montage of fuzzed up guitars, sounds that come out of left field and unexpected breakdowns. Echo Orbiter will be playing a set that features tracks from their fifteen-year career played by the original line-up: Justin Emerle (guitar), Colin Emerle (bass), and Jeremiah Steffen (drums). Joe Jack Talcum of The Dead Milkmen will be on the bill to support the band on this epic occasion.



This is a truly momentous performance. Echo Orbiter, it seemed had played its last live show in 2001. But, now, nine years later, the suggestion to play live again was all it took to get the ball rolling. “When the idea for the show was presented, I was actually surprised how quickly Colin and I decided to give it a shot”, says Justin Emerle. “It began as a small five-song set with just the two of us with acoustic guitars; it quickly evolved into a full blown live set with our original drummer getting back on board and a couple of friends helping out with other guitars and keyboards and such." A band who has been focusing on the studio for nearly ten years is likely to rack up quite a catalog, which can make choosing a set list a challenge, "It's going to be fun to play again,” says Colin Emerle, “We used to have about 30 songs to choose from back in the day, now we have over 400 to choose from. It's been fun just to go over the tracks to choose what to actually play live."

Echo Orbiter Record Release Party
Johnny Brenda's
September 18th, 2010
1201 N. Frankford Ave Philadelphia, PA
With Special Guest Joe Jack Talcum (The Dead Milkmen)
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New This Week!

Echo Orbiter, From Euphonicmontage Release Date: September 28, 2010
“Mouth of an Incomplete Twin”
“This Worm in Rigor Mortis” 
Genre: Experimental
For fans of: Elephant 6, Elf Power

Alan Cohen Experience, From Space & Time due out August 31, 2010
“Arrows of Time”
“The Uncertainty Principle”
Genre: Anti-folk/power pop
For fans of: Adam Green, Jeffrey Lewis, The Moldy Peaches

And for those you may have missed...

Sara Radle, From Four Release Date: September 14, 2010
“Song for Adam” 
Genre: Powerpop
For fans of: Jenny Lewis, Regina Spektor, Dum Dum Girls

Neil Nathan, From The Distance Calls Release Date: August 24, 2010
“California Run”
“Highways”
Genre: Powerpop
For fans of: Matthew Sweet, Cat Stevens, The Go, Marc Bolan

Neutral Uke Hotel
“King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1” (Neutral Milk Hotel Cover)
Genre: Indie rock, Cover song
For fans of: Neutral Milk Hotel

The White Ravens, From Gargoyles and Weather Vanes due out July 6, 2010
“Sparks”
“Tick Tock”
Genre: Garage rock
For fans of: The White Stripes, Fiery Furnaces

Gwyneth & Monko, From Good Old Horse due out July 20, 2010“Good Old Horse”
“Lexington Ballad” Genre: Americana/Folk
For fans of: Jenny Lewis, Gillian Welch

Alan Cohen Experience, From Space & Time due out August 31, 2010
“Einstein”
Genre: Anti-folk/power pop
For fans of: Adam Green, Jeffrey Lewis, The Moldy Peaches

Leopold and His Fiction, From the upcoming album TBA
“Golden Friends”
Genre: Garage folk
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Neutral Milk Fans Not Afraid to Sing-along - Neutral Uke Hotel Announces Six City Tour in June

Neutral Uke Hotel will bring their unique pop spin to Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over the Sea – by playing on ukulele on a six-city tour.

It took just one show by Neutral Uke Hotel to blossom into an in-demand tour. Golden Bloom front man Shawn Fogel (you should probably know his name by now, considering he's got so much going on that it offers an almost endless stream of things to write about), has sparked Neutral Milk Hotel fans into a frenzy with the announcement of a June Uke tour, beginning with a June 15 date at the Mercury Lounge in New York with The Handsome Family. Even Fogel can't believe it (look at that picture, hah)!

“It’s one of my favorite records ever, and the album doesn’t just have fans. The people who love that album are obsessed with it…. The goal of the project: [is] to strip these songs down and get people in a room to share their love for this album,’’ Fogel says.

Website Mango Nebula attended that now-famous first Neutral Uke Hotel show at The Armory. They described the show in great detail to make us all jealous and were able to capture some quotes from Fogel. "At the very end, Fogel encouraged the audience to meet each other saying, 'You now know you all have at least one thing in common.' As the audience was filtering out, he sat down with his band mates and the acoustic loop opener, Daniel Harris, to tell the stories of how they each found Neutral Milk Hotel, which after a while eerily started to sound like recalling first sexual encounters. The group planned to have the show be only a one night event, but the response has been so overwhelming that they booked a small east coast tour."

Neutral Uke Hotel Tour Dates:

6/15/10-Mercury Lounge – New York (w/The Handsome Family)

6/16/10-The Rongovian Embassy to the USA, Trumansburg, NY

6/18/10-The Painted Lady, Toronto (NXNE)

6/20/10-Mohawk Place- Buffalo, NY

6/23 - Acoustic Cafe - Bridgeport, CT

6/22/10 - The Khyber - Philadelphia, PA

6/25/10 - The Basement - Northhampton, MA


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