Sadly it was announced that the elephant six blog, Optical Atlas is ceasing operations. Jeff did a great job covering all the latest E6 news and his contributions will sorely be missed. Hopefully the site will remain up as an archive.

To be honest, when I was finding it hard to find the time to keep this website up-to-date, it was a great relief to have someone else picking up the slack and keeping everyone informed. So that puts that responsibility back on me to keep this site more current. Will do! I already know that there's a lot of exciting E6 news to be announced in the near future. So check back often!

So far we've got news of 3 album releases coming this September 14th. First, we'll finally see the release of the Major Organ and the Adding Machine DVD on Orange Twin. The movie is packaged together with the Major Organ album that was orginally released in 2001. The album has been remastered and re-sequenced with several new bonus tracks. The DVD also includes a collection of E6 video rarities including music videos from Elf Power, Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System plus live footage of Neutral Milk Hotel and Major Organ. You can watch a trailer for the movie here on YOUTUBE.

Also, in September will be the release of the 10th Elf Power album! This self-titled record will be released by Orange Twin Records. You can preview a new song right here:
Stranger in the Window by Elf Power

Of Montreal have also announced the release of their 10th album titled "False Priest" to be released on Polyvinyl Records. You can download a new song from the Polyvinyl website.

2 notable spring releases are just around the corner. First up is the debut solo album from Miles Kurosky (Beulah's former frontman). The Desert of Shallow Effects is out March 9. Currently you can download a preview EP featuring 3 songs from the album at iTunes.

The Apples in Stereo have also got a brand new album ready called Travellers in Space and Time. It will be available April 20 on the Yep Roc label. In the meantime you can check out an interview with the Apples while they were working on the album last fall on Stereogum's website.

There's going to be a special event here in Athens, GA as part of the AthFest. There will be a screening of "Major Organ and the Adding Machine" as well as a collection of rare short films, music videos and live footage from The Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Circulatory System, Apples in Stereo, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Sunshine Fix, Elf Power, Dixie Blood Moustache, The Music Tapes and more. They dug into the vaults and there's a bunch of stuff that's never be shown anywhere before. This is a great chance to see a nice variety of new and old E6 footage. The screening are at Cine on Tues. June 23, Thurs. June 25 and Sat. June 27 at 10pm.

Ok, I said I'd have the site all back up in March but I'm busy working on several other E6-related projects right now and i don't have a lot of free time. So i'm just going to add pages as i get them done. Thanks for checking in...

The Holiday Surprise tour is kicking off in just over a week and we're all very excited to be travelling around to see all of you nice people. I will be hanging around at the merch table if you'd like to say hello. It's going to be a fun adventure so we hope you can make it out to one of the shows.