the great pumpkin

There are very few things musically that could make my week better than Karl Blau coming to New York, but this week has topped it.  Phil Elverum and his Mount Eerie will be making two New York appearances this weekend as well!

Mount Eerie released the wonderful Wind’s Poem a couple months back, and if you are a listener or reader of NPR you might have heard about it from them (they know their stuff).  Wind’s Poem is Elverum’s second venture into the realm of black metal, and his vision is breath taking.

Don’t let the words “black metal” or even just the word “metal” scare you away from this album…let me assure you the Phil put’s his own spin on the genre (s), and it is unlike anything I’ve have heard before…metal or otherwise.   Bringing things a little closer to the pacific north west Elverum even incorporates elements of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks into this album, and brings this to the forefront on, another one, of my favorite songs of the year:

[mp3] Mount Eerie- “Between Two Mysteries”

Buy Wind’s Poem here!

I’ve now let you in on two of my favorite songs of the year (one yesterday and one today), but I will even go as far to say that Wind’s Poem is right near the top of my best records of 2009 as well.

Appropriately enough Mount Eerie right after this venture into the expanding realm of black metal will be performing on Halloween….with two of New York’s finest black metal acts….Liturgy and Malkuth!

This is not just any show, but a collaboration between Todd P and Pitchfork’s Brandon Stosuy.  This show is part of Stosuy’s  Show No Mercy series:

Halloween!
Saturday October 31st
at Market Hotel

Also appearing at this show will be No Kids and Tara Jane O’Neil.

I have seen Phil Elverum play as Mount Eerie several times before, and it has never been anything less than magical.  I’m extremely excited to see what type of set he decides to perform while playing with not only one, but two well know black metal acts….could there be a collaboration…I can’t wait to find out on Saturday.

If Market Hotel and black metal aren’t your thing you have a second chance to catch Elverum’s magic:

Sunday November 1st
Wordless Music Presents:
Mount Eerie
with
Tara Jane O’Neil
No Kids
and
Dina Pruzhansky
at Le Poisson Rouge

If you have a chance to catch Mount Eerie at either of these shows you will not be disappointed…if you are not in NYC Mount Eerie will also be appearing at these times and places:

• Mon. Nov. 2nd- Harrisburg, PA- Midtown Scholar Bookstore
  • $7- doors at 6:30, show at 7PM (with Tara Jane O’Neil and No Kids)
• Tues. Nov. 3rd- Pittsburgh, PA- Garfield Art Works
  • 8pm doors, $8 (with Tara Jane O’Neil and No Kids)
• Weds. Nov. 4th- Cincinnati, OH- Art Damage Lodge
  • $7 (with Tara Jane O’Neil and No Kids)
• Thurs. Nov. 5th- Louisville, KY- Skull Alley
  • $8, doors at 8pm (with Tara Jane O’Neil and No Kids)
• Fri. Nov. 6th- Bloomington, IN- Banneker Community Center
  • 9:30, $8 (with Tara Jane O’Neil and No Kids and Prayer Breakfast)
• Sat. Nov. 7th- Madison, WI- High Noon Saloon
  • $10, EARLY! 5pm doors, show ends at 8pm (with Tara Jane O’Neil and No Kids)
• Sun. Nov. 8th- Chicago, IL- Lakeshore Theater
  • $10, doors at 6pm, show at 7 (with Tara Jane O’Neil and No Kids)
• Mon. Nov. 9th- Iowa City, IA- Public Space One
  • 9pm, $5 (with No Kids)
• Tues. Nov. 10th- Minneapolis, MN- Bedlam Theater
  • EARLY! doors at 5pm, music at 6, $10 (with No Kids and Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles)
• Weds. Nov. 11th- Rapid City, SD- Sports Rock Pizza!
  • $5 (with No Kids and Motorbikes and St. Merman)
• Fri. Nov. 13th- Pullman, Wash- The Bell Tower
  • $6/$8

Links:

• more on Mount Eerie and Phil Elverum  here.
• buy Mount Eerie and P.W. Elverum and Suns releases here.
  • Mount Eerie releases should always be purchased directly from Phil…I am always amazed at how delicately they are packaged.  I have never been disappointed…hands down some of the best things to pass through the USPS.

Tags: Brandon Stosuy, convert poster, Le Poisson Rouge, Liturgy, Malkuth, Market Hotel, Mount Eerie, mp3, No Kids, P.W. Elverum & Sun, Phil Elverum, Show No Mercy NYC, Tara Jane O'Neil, Todd P