Doc about the Elephant 6 collective: Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples In Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control & more. Available to watch at home on VOD in most countries!
What’s your plan for watching the Elephant 6 doc this weekend? The story of Neutral Milk Hotel & many more.
Prime Video (US):
Apple TV (US):
Vimeo (outside the US):
Or in theaters:
Watch the 1st official teaser trailer for The Elephant 6 Recording Co. The story of Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control,
@applesinstereo
& more. Get a virtual ticket to stream the documentary at home this November from
@DOCNYCfest
or see it in-person
NEW TRAILER! The Elephant 6 documentary - about Neutral Milk Hotel, the Olivia Tremor Control, the
@applesinstereo
, Elf Power,
@xxofMontrealxx
& more - is coming to US theaters August 25th & is out on VOD September 1st (Amazon & Apple TV) from
@GreenwichET
Many people have asked "why is Elijah Wood in the Elephant 6 documentary?" Well, he's a notable fan and that's usually enough for most music docs. But he also released two
@applesinstereo
albums on his Simian Records label, and directed two music videos for them & appears in one.
This is a FULLY authorized Elephant 6 documentary with licensed music from the main bands including the Apples In Stereo, the Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, etc, and full permission from Jeff Mangum who has watched and signed off on the movie. ✌️❤️
Shared with us by Powerpuff Girls creator
@CrackMcCraigen
: “A few Elephant 6 tributes from the show— In the episode ‘Twisted Sister’ Blossom drops Will's Black Foliage painting into the concoction of everything nice. In the episode ‘Superfriends’ Robert and Hillary made a cameo.”
Improve your record collection instantly by adding both of the Elephant 6 collective masterpieces by the Olivia Tremor Control “Dusk At Cubist Castle” and “Black Foliage” on green vinyl for just $54.99
The documentary about the Elephant 6 collective (Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control,
@applesinstereo
, Elf Power,
@xxofMontrealxx
& more) is currently touring film festivals around the world. All upcoming screenings & ticket links are listed here:
10 years gone and missed as much as ever before— Bill Doss of the Olivia Tremor Control and the Sunshine Fix, and a founding member of the Elephant 6 collective with Ruston, LA friends Jeff Mangum, Robert Schneider and Will Hart. Died way too young at age 43 on July 30, 2012. 💔
The Louisiana state House Of Representatives has honored the Elephant 6 collective (founded by 4 friends from Ruston, LA and later moved to Athens, GA and Denver, CO) with this official resolution commending them for their contributions to music history and the music industry. ❤️
Crazy number of Elephant 6 doc theatrical screenings coming up. Los Angeles, NYC, Kentucky, New Zealand, Philly, North Carolina, Mass, Dallas, Missouri, Toronto, Louisiana, Portland (Oregon AND Maine), Memphis, San Fran, Pittsburgh, Albuquerque & more.
Wishing an extremely happy 48th birthday to one of our favorite members of the Elephant 6 family and hopefully one of yours too if you've seen the documentary -- the wonderful John Kiran Fernandes of the Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System and the Cloud Recordings label!
This guitar was played by Jeff Mangum to record all of Neutral Milk Hotel’s “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea” LP. Robert Schneider of the
@applesinstereo
(who produced the album) still owns it. 🔥
@mergerecords
Whoa it’s November already meaning— the documentary The Elephant 6 Recording Co is premiering NEXT WEEK! Get tickets today for a screening in NYC, Denver or Minneapolis. Or get a LIMITED home streaming ticket, only available in the US. These will sell out!
"The Elephant 6 Recording Co. documentary is a joyous, heartfelt look at the DIY collective that gave rise to the bands Neutral Milk Hotel,
@applesinstereo
, The Olivia Tremor Control,
@xxofMontrealxx
, Elf Power, and dozens more." -
@aquadrunkard
Elephant 6 documentary shows in November at
@DOCNYCfest
@DenverFilm
@SoundUnseen
! Up to 500 people in the US can opt to rent the movie from DOC NYC to watch at home. These virtual tickets will go quickly as news spreads, act fast! All ticket options here:
If enough ppl donate to help finish the Elephant 6 film, we might be able to announce some v exciting news in about a month and maybe even release the teaser trailer then and have the movie available to see before the end of this year IDK 🤷♂️
Ongoing list of theaters showing the Elephant 6 documentary later this summer is here -- Los Angeles, NYC, Cincinnati, Albuquerque, Lowell MA, Portland ME, Sprinfield MO and more to come!
RIP Joel Morowitz of SpinART Records, a label that released albums by many Elephant 6 artists including
@applesinstereo
@the_minders
Marbles, Elf Power and The Sunshine Fix.
The web store (run by Will Cullen Hart of the Olivia Tremor Control and his wife Kelly) is "popping off" as the kids say. They have lots of great records, shirts and other merch available and they are very deserving of everyone's support!
We’re coming to Europe! Announcing the international premiere of THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING CO at
@cphdox
in Copenhagen, Denmark in March! The story of Neutral Milk Hotel, the Apples In Stereo, the Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power & many more great bands.
Will Cullen Hart & friends’ self-titled album as Circulatory System from 2001, signed by all the people on the record who attended the Athens GA premiere of the Elephant 6 collective documentary (this excellent LP is in print & readily available on vinyl)
Happy birthday to the wonderful John Kiran Fernandes— multi-instrumentalist in the Olivia Tremor Control & Circulatory System, part of the original Ruston, Louisiana crew of Elephant 6 friends that migrated en masse to become part of the Athens, Georgia music scene in the 1990s.
We've expanded our soundtrack streaming playlists to include every single song heard in the documentary, no matter how briefly-- that's a whole other HOUR of amazing Elephant 6 music! Available to listen now on Apple Music, Spotify or YouTube!
Clip from the Elephant 6 doc about Neutral Milk Hotel’s album In The Aeroplane Over The Sea! Continuing in theaters this weekend including New York’s
@IFCCenter
& Toronto’s
@HotDocsCinema
, expanding to new places like
@austinfilm
& hitting home VOD Friday!
Elephant 6 is a lo-fi, mostly vegetarian, anti-corporate, home recording collaborative/collective from a college town, so yeah… we’re pretty damn sure they would very much want you to please, for the love of whatever higher power, show up and vote in the midterms tomorrow.
Jeff Mangum’s personal copy of a book about Anne Frank, left behind at Will Hart’s house in Athens, GA many years back. The Diary Of Anne Frank was one of the inspirations for Neutral Milk Hotel’s album In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.
we can’t divulge too many specifics, except to say that it will become much more widely available at least in the US and Canada before the year is out (and will also continue to play at festivals overseas)
If you see our documentary about the Elephant 6 collective in theaters this week— please do us a favor and post about it, tell your friends, log and review it on Letterboxd etc. Believe it or not, many people still don’t know the film even exists. Word of mouth is so important ❤️
BIG news! We are so proud for Elephant 6 to join the amazing
@GreenwichET
catalog of great music documentaries about Linda Ronstadt, Creem Magazine, Karen Dalton, the Laurel Canyon scene & many more. Coming to US theaters August 25th! New trailer soon! 😍🐘
EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to music-themed documentary The Elephant 6 Recording Co., setting an August 25 theatrical release date for the directorial debut of C.B. Stockfleth
Elephant 6 is chart-topping! The number one most watched documentary today on iTunes/Apple TV is the story of this 90s psychedelic indie collective. Get to know the people behind Neutral Milk Hotel, the Olivia Tremor Control, the Apples In Stereo & more!
30 years of Elephant 6 today! The collective’s first release ever was the
@applesinstereo
’s Tidal Wave 7” EP on June 2, 1993. Available digitally on
@Bandcamp
, this is a different recording of the song that you hear on their debut Fun Trick Noisemaker:
Amber Coffman (formerly of
@DirtyProjectors
) sings “Two-Headed Boy” by Neutral Milk Hotel at the Elephant 6 collective documentary Los Angeles premiere event. In US theaters August 25th & VOD September 1st from
@GreenwichET
@stereogum
@Amber_Coffman
An Elephant 6 exhibit is currently on display at the University Of Georgia Athens special collections library
@ugalibs
(📷 by John Kiran Fernandes of Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System)
End of an epic night at our Los Angeles premiere. Catch the Elephant 6 collective documentary in theaters August 25th and on VOD (AppleTV and Prime Video) September 1st from
@GreenwichET
. The story of Neutral Milk Hotel, the Apples In Stereo & many more.
here’s Elephant 6 associated band The Ladybug Transistor
@GaryOlsonMusic
performing “Like A Summer Rain” from the
@mergerecords
album The Albemarle Sound live at NYC’s
@othermusic
in 1999 ❤️
Will Cullen Hart (the Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System) and Laura Carter (Elf Power, Orange Twin Records) at the Elephant 6 documentary
@AthensCine
premiere
This year we are thankful for everyone who’s supported the Elephant 6 documentary and donated to help us start to get it out more widely, and all the festivals that’ve programmed it so far but ESPECIALLY to
@SoundUnseen
and their jury for naming us “Best Film” at their 2022 fest!
Neutral Milk Hotel in
@MAGNETMagazine
from May 1998. They ended up being listed Number 1 in Magnet’s Year In Music 1998 issue— Number 2 was Elliott Smith.
#elephant6
@mergerecords
“After reading the Elephant 6 book and particularly watching the documentary, which bursts with personalities and candy-colored imagery, it’s community above all that seems enviable in Jeff Mangum’s story.”
Thank you to
@indielisboaiff
for awarding our documentary The Elephant 6 Recording Co the “Bandida Do Pomar IndieMusic Award 2023” — more upcoming screenings are here on our website and more exciting news is coming soon!
LA premiere of the Elephant 6 doc Fri August 11th at the
@barnsdall
Gallery Theater followed by a concert of special guests performing their favorite songs by Neutral Milk Hotel, the Olivia Tremor Control,
@applesinstereo
& more! Presented by
@sidthecat
An extremely special Athens, GA premiere of THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING CO documentary is happening next Friday, April 7th at
@AthensCine
with the filmmakers & many guests in attendance & live music performances. More screenings happen all weekend! Tickets:
From
@mikefredkrol
on Instagram: “Got to see the Elephant 6 doc. As a big fan of that world, it did NOT disappoint! Shown here is a sampling of my collection & a fraction of the collective’s output. If you’re unfamiliar, see the movie then buy the albums!”
When we reach our funding goal for the Elephant 6 documentary we’ll announce an initial release date & share a teaser vid! In the last 2 weeks we raised $5000 through fan contributions so we’re already 1/3rd of the way there! Make a tax-deductible donation
Would it kill people to fact check stuff like this? For reference, here's Pitchfork's top 20 for 2001, an accurate summary of what most snobby indie guys would be into in 2001 and sure The Strokes got in there but otherwise lol
Tomorrow June 2, 2023 is the 30th anniversary of The Elephant 6 Recording Co. The collective’s first ever release “Tidal Wave” by
@applesinstereo
was released on 7” on June 2, 1993 (the date was chosen because Sgt. Pepper came out June 2). How will you be marking the occasion? 🎂
Today’s the big day! Elephant 6 documentary world premiere screening tonight at
@DOCNYCfest
, then the limited US virtual festival release beams into indie rock fans’ living rooms all across the county starting at midnight! Get a ticket while you still can!
New doc about Elephant 6 Recording Company: a collection of bands/artists from American south/midwest in late 80/early 90s who shared a love for Beatles-esque harmonies, lo-fi recording, DIY aesthetics, tape loop noise, and "punk rock psychedelia vibe."
@chriscarf
Some m that come to mind for us are Dwaal Troupe from Chicago and
@mo_troper
from Portland. There’s also a newer band called The Rishis that several Elephant 6 people play with. Also the horns on “Kyoto” by
@phoebe_bridgers
have always sounded E6-influenced to us!
At the LA premiere of the Elephant 6 collective documentary
@HonusHonus
of Man Man sang the Bill Doss classic “Jumping Fences” from the Olivia Tremor Control’s Dusk At Cubist Castle album. Film in theaters Aug 25 & on VOD Sept 1 from
@GreenwichET
@subpop
The Elephant 6 doc is now in theaters. But if there isn’t an option nearby you can pre-order the movie to watch at home starting this Fri Sept 1!
US Apple TV:
International Vimeo On Demand:
Canada, UK, Scandinavia coming later!
This Friday, February 24th people in 2 cities will have the chance to watch the Elephant 6 collective documentary in-person on the big screen! Screening at
@BigSkyDocFest
in Missoula, MT and
@noisepop
in San Francisco, CA. Tickets still available for both:
Over on our YouTube channel we’ve posted a high-quality version of the
@applesinstereo
classic music video for “Tidal Wave” - the song used in the Elephant 6 documentary trailer! Featuring an appearance by the great indie rock painter
@SteveKeeneBook
!
The great
@stinkweeds
in Phoenix AZ is hosting a FREE outdoor parking lot screening of the Elephant 6 documentary on Saturday, May 6th! This classic Arizona indie record shop hosted a Neutral Milk Hotel in-store in 1998, they are OGs. 🙌 Officially sanctioned early sneak preview!
Listen to a discussion about the 25th anniversary of Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over The Sea album, with Elephant 6 documentary producer
@lancebangs
and executive producer Rob Hatch-Miller.