Elephant 6 documentary soundtrack announced featuring rare and unreleased music


The upcoming release of the official Elephant 6 documentary soundtrack was announced today. This will be a vinyl-only single LP release exclusively in retail stores in the US and Canada for Black Friday Record Store Day on Friday, November 29, 2024. It features rare, live, and previously unreleased music heard in the film, including two brand new songs by the Olivia Tremor Control. These are songs from their forthcoming third album, The Same Place.

Tracklisting:
Side A
The Olivia Tremor Control – Garden Of Light
Neutral Milk Hotel – Gardenhead / Leave Me Alone (Hype City Soundtrack version)
Marbles – Telescope
The Gerbils – Glue (Live)
W. Cullen Hart – All Day Owl
Elf Power – The Arrow Flies Close (Live)

Side B
The Olivia Tremor Control – The Same Place
Dixie Blood Moustache – Oh Hi
The Always Red Society – Minute By Minute (Instrumental)
The Wedding Band & Friends – The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
The Apples in stereo – Ruby (Live)

Here’s a promo video with a preview of one of the Olivia Tremor Control songs:

The Ladybug Transistor announce album reissue and tour dates

The Ladybug Transistor will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their third album, The Albemarle Sound, with a deluxe reissue and tour dates in December. The reissue will be out November 8, 2024 via Happy Happy Birthday to Me (vinyl / CD) and Merge Records (digital). The deluxe CD edition comes with 11 bonus tracks, including demos, b-sides, alternate versions and more. The vinyl LP is the original album that comes with a digital download of the bonus material. Check our tour dates page for more info.

New Music Video from Giant Day

“Ignore the Flood”, the 3rd single from Giant Day is out now with a music video. See it on the new E6 YouTube Channel (more videos coming soon). Be sure to also check out the first 2 singles “Walk With a Shadow” and “We Were Friends”, available anywhere you stream music. Their debut LP ‘Glass Narcissus’ will be out August 23. You can pre-order the vinyl now in our shop.

Giant Day to release debut album this Fall

We are excited to announce the upcoming release of the debut album Glass Narcissus by Giant Day. This latest musical project by multi-instrumentalist Derek Almstead and singer Emily Growden finds the duo eschewing the sonic maximalism of their E6 peers and adopting a minimalistic electro-pop sound with danceable, krautrock rhythms and psychedelic aesthetics. The album arrives August 23, 2024!

Listen to the first single:

The documentary roll out continues!

On August 25, 2023 The Elephant 6 Recording Co. documentary had its official theatrical release! It’s currently being screened in over 40 theaters with more being added daily. Several of the screening events feature Q&As with the film’s producers or E6 members. Check this link for the most up-to-date listings: https://www.elephant6movie.com/screenings

On September 1, 2023 the film will be available via Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video for rental or purchase in the US:
• Apple TV
• Amazon Prime (link coming soon)

If you are outside the US, many countries will able to purchase a download from Vimeo on Demand on Sept. 1st. (You can also use Vimeo in the US)
• Vimeo On Demand

Canada will get a digital home video release September 26th. Details TBA!

More countries will be added to the release schedule. Please check back if it’s not offered in your country yet. We’ll be updating this post as more info becomes available.

It’s Our Birthday!

On June 2, 1993 The Apples (in stereo) released the very first record on their brand new label, The Elephant 6 Recording Company! The Tidal Wave 7″ EP carried the catalog number E6-001 and the freshly designed logo by their friend Will Cullen Hart. 30 years later we’re so proud of all our friends’ great music & art! We want to thank all the people over the past 3 decades who supported our bands, wrote to us, bought records, came out to our shows, wore our t-shirts, told your friends about us, and let us crash on your floor. So celebrate with us by revisiting your favorite Elephant 6 records!

Elephant 6 Documentary World premiere

It’s finally here! The long-awaited Elephant 6 Documentary will have its world premiere screening at the DOC NYC film festival on November 10, 2022. Filmmaker C.B. Stockfleth spent nearly 14 years assembling this film and we’re happy to finally see it released. Lots of great interviews and archival footage and photos. The movie will be screened on the US film festival circuit over the next few months and then have a wider, global release in 2023. You can also rent the film Nov. 11-27 for streaming (in the US only). More info at this link.

New High Water Marks LP in 2022

It feels like deja vu to tell that The High Water Marks have announced they have ANOTHER full length album on the way! “Proclaimer of Things” arrives February 4, 2022 on Minty Fresh Records. But in the meantime the band will be releasing the first single from the album, a song called “Jenny”, via all the streaming services on September 24, 2021. Here’s the link to Spotify: https://smarturl.it/b2qxev