Elephant 6 Documentary

This is just way too cool to pass up. For far, far too long their have been rumors in the works of an Elephant 6 documentary to capture the magnificence of these people, their bands, and the incredible music that they make. And always those rumors seem to be for not. Until now. The Elephant 6 documentary is a soon to be thing, and the trailer can be seen above. Watching Bill Doss, Will C. Hart, Robert Schneider, Julian Koster, and everyone else just talking about all this in this little three minute form is magical, and it's rough draft at that. A Kickstart is apparently in the works for the film, and that will be reported on as soon as more info becomes available. Until then, indulge in the magic that was, and will always be The Elephant 6 Orchestra.

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Live Concert Review: The Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise @ Emo's 2/28/11

In my mind, at the very least there is no adequate way to put into words how wonderful and joyous the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise was when they performed at Emo's this past Monday. I will try, but I know I will probably fail epically. Because when you are talking about this show, your not talking about just one person or just one band. This is a group of close friends, getting together, to preform the music that means so much to them it spreads warm, broad smiles into across all of their faces just a few minutes into their performance. Music that is still as timeless as the day you first heard it, and still holds up ten plus years later. The show was an event, whether it was discovering the magic of B.P Helium, seeing the band perform the Mintuemen's "Party with Me Punker" that blew a few minds, Julian Koster hoisting a man named Andy who had come all the way from San Francisco to see the show then help melt a snowman, seeing The Gerbils silence the audience then propel them to euphoria when they performed "Glue", and then the entire collective storming the crowd with whatever instruments they could carry as they lead crowd in a chant of Sun Ra's "Enlightenment". This total was only the the tip of the ice berg of their marathon three hour performance. The was something simply magical about the show, something I'm glad all of these people decided to do again and take across the country.I know for a fact that this concert, this show, this night will go down as one of my favorite and as one of the best nights of my life.

The Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise: