Neutral Milk Hotel
 

This band is amazing.

I like them too. I'm currently listening to their "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" CD. The Holland, 1945 song is really captivating.

Neutral Milk Hotel
 

I've loved this band for ages, but I've only heard In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. It's, in my opinion, a classic album.

Has anyone heard or got On Avery Island? I've looked through a few CD stores but I've had no luck finding it.

Try harder, its out there and pretty damn good. Also check out the band Olivia Tremour Control.

Aeroplane Over the Sea is a great album, and I just got On Avery Island on vinyl. It's pretty good as well, it sounds a lot like Aeroplane except a couple of the tracks are more experimental and overall more lo-fi, though that might just be because it's on vinyl...

All of Elephant 6 is amazing.

TONS of live stuff from Elephant 6 groups here - http://www.elephant6.com/sound.html

Neutral Milk Hotel Rules, enough said.

Agreed!

On Avery Island is much more experimental. It's still worth getting though.

NMH is another one of my favourites, OTC is good too. I havn't really heard much of their stuff though.

agreedx2

I love this band. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is my favorite album.

It's probably in my top 5. It's extraordinary.

In The Aeroplane Over the Sea is like omg, and becoming one of my favorite albums at the moment. Two-Headed Boy Part II is like holy shit, one of the best songs ever. Jeff Mangum is becoming one of my favorite songwriters.

Yeah!

i thought i posted in here already...i guess not...but, how could you not love Nuetral milk hotel.

I like Kevin Devine's versions of any song by NMH. They're even better than the originals.. Especially when Jesse Lacey is screaming along to Cotton Crush. uhhhhorgasm

I just purchased that yesterday and it is amazing. I like the first part of Two Headed Boy the most I think. Holland, 1945 is another great song.

In the Aeroplane over the Sea is in my top twenty albums of all time, now this is my list, but I went to a Mason Jennings show last summer and he covered King of Carrot Flowers, very cool cover.

sweet communist, the communist daughter
standing on the sea-weed water
semen stains the mountaintops
semen stains the mountaintops

best song on ITAOTS

On, Avery Island and In the Aeroplane... are both fantastic albums. Did anyone ever hear the Everything Is EP. It sounds so much different than anything they've ever done. It came out in 2001.

By the way, this is my first post.

Congrats on making a good first post and no, I haven't heard Everything Is but I would like to.

=D its you
im teh guy Lando_griffin by the way >.>

This is one of the best twee bands ever. good thread

Hey, How are you doing?... Thanks for the invite to this site.

NMH are cool. I have the classic album (does it really need mentioning my name?) and I love it. I haven't checked out their ealier album, is 'On Avery Island' worth a look?

Yes! Yes! Yes!
 

On, Avery Island is definitely worth a look. One of the greatest debuts of all time (in my opinion).:hphones:

Jeff Mangum is so amazing, Neutral Milk Hotel is now my 2nd favorite bumping Bright Eyes to 3rd place.


Neutral Milk Hotel "When It All Caved In"
-http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9WZPYI1C

Its like, the epitome of a neutral milk hotel bootleg. Jeff took a brief break from being dead and for one night to perform NMH songs in New Zealand his only show in a few years, the NZ stuff at the end is considered the last Neutral Milk Hotel show.

Tracklist:
Various NMH live rarities
1. Worms In The Wind (4/3/98 Mermaid Lounge, New Orleans, LA)
2. Through My Tears / Goldaline (8/9/97 Seven South, Denver, CO)
3. Someone Is Waiting (8/9/97 Seven South, Denver, CO)
4. Avery Island / April 1st (7/30/98 The Bug Jar, Rochester, NY)
5. April 8th (10/5/96 Other Music, New York, NY)
6. Song For Ché (9/18/98 Pusterviksbaren, Gothenburg, Sweden)
7. All The Colors of the Rainbow (4/25/97 Knitting Factory, New York, NY)
8. You've Passed / unknown ["You've Passed Pt. 2"] (7/23/96 Sudsy Malone's, Cincinnati, OH)
9. Through My Tears / Goldaline / unknown ["Now There Is Nothing"] (5/2/97 Rathskeller, Madison, WI)

February 4, 2001 King's Arms, Auckland, New Zealand (last known NMH performance)
World of Wild Beards Incorporated (Jeff Mangum solo, with Laura Carter on some songs)

10. Two-Headed Boy
11. I Love How You Love Me
12. Song Against Sex
13. King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1
14. King of Carrot Flowers Pts. 2 & 3
15. Everything Is
16. Gardenhead / Leave Me Alone
17. Ghost
18. Oh Comely
19. Engine
20. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
21. World of Wild Beards explanation [Jeff speaks]
22. Mother [John Lennon cover] (with Chris Knox)

never complains when it's hot

I have heard this name being bandied around on these forums, so I decided to give them a go. I got hold of HYPE CITY-but was this a good place to start? There are a couple of really good tracks on there and some not so good, but I would definitely like to hear some more.

You're amazing, simply put, I'm downloading these now.

No, thats a really really really bad place to start. Get In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and if you can't find that get On Avery Island.

Thanks Crowquill-will take your advice-I'm never too old to take advice! Got Aeroplane-will give that a listen.

The only bad thing about NMH is 'invent yourself a shortcake'.

They are awesome, I just don't like how everyone worships them when they essentially only put out one great album.

I think On Avery Island was just as good as In the Aeroplane Over the Sea its just harder to get into.

i uploaded this for someone this morning so i thought i would put it up for you guys too.

2 sets one file
jeff mangum - live at jittery joes
jeff mangum - live at XFN

^Very nice, I'll be downloading those later. Thanks for them.

I only have a few NMH songs such as Holland 1945 and Oh Comely. I'm a fan of folk music and I like what I've heard. What would you guys recommend.

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.