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[last days of gerry the elephant]

I found my fix until the promised 2008 Phoenix album hits shelves...
Thanks to thooor posting a collection of links, you too can test drive this magnificent Van She album.

[Reinhold]

i'm listening to Microcastle by Deerhunter. So far, so good.

[tpfkabi]

for whatever reason i've had a Pumpkins revival as of late.
i never got any of the post Iha Pumpkins/Corgan stuff, so now i'm wondering how that is (zwan/futureembrace/zeitgeist).

[Stefen]

i'm listening to Microcastle by Deerhunter. So far, so good.

This is quite possibly my favorite album of the year.

Bradford Cox left his mediafire folder open and everyone ascended on it an downloaded all the unreleased Deerhunter and Atlas Sound shit. He was pissed and called music fans a bunch of leechers and swine, but he should be flattered that people like his music so much they'll go to great lengths to hear it. He needs to chalk this one up to him being a dumbass and blame it on himself, not the fans.

[tpfkabi]

i'm listening to Microcastle by Deerhunter. So far, so good.

This is quite possibly my favorite album of the year.

Bradford Cox left his mediafire folder open and everyone ascended on it an downloaded all the unreleased Deerhunter and Atlas Sound shit. He was pissed and called music fans a bunch of leechers and swine, but he should be flattered that people like his music so much they'll go to great lengths to hear it. He needs to chalk this one up to him being a dumbass and blame it on himself, not the fans.

when did that happen?
i just downloaded some stuff from that blog last week.

[Stefen]

Couple days ago. That's where he had all the stuff from his blog stored. There were even Avey Tare remixes on there.

[cinemanarchist]

Byrne & Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Not a classic or anything but just hearing them work together again is enough to make my day and most likely my week. Very poppy in the best way possible.

[Stefen]

I've been listening to alot of Andrew Bird lately. I never realized how utterly amazing this guy is.

[tpfkabi]

Couple days ago. That's where he had all the stuff from his blog stored. There were even Avey Tare remixes on there.

i imagine that it will actually help him in the long run - the same way the Wilco/YHF/label thing helped them.
it gives the press an easy story to latch on, and also probably makes some fans that wouldn't usually buy the physical copy buy it because they feel sorry for him.

i still haven't got Let the Blind..., only because i'd have to order it since it's in no stores around here.
i did see the UK version had a bonus EP, so i wondered - had he already shared those tracks on his blog, or are those exclusive to the UK version?

[squints]

Grampall Jookabox - Ropechain

great stuff.

Check out his earlier stuff from Scientific Cricket


www.myspace.com/grampalljookabox

Listen to the song "Take Me From Diamond Head"

[cinemanarchist]

Couple days ago. That's where he had all the stuff from his blog stored. There were even Avey Tare remixes on there.

i imagine that it will actually help him in the long run - the same way the Wilco/YHF/label thing helped them.
it gives the press an easy story to latch on, and also probably makes some fans that wouldn't usually buy the physical copy buy it because they feel sorry for him.

i still haven't got Let the Blind..., only because i'd have to order it since it's in no stores around here.
i did see the UK version had a bonus EP, so i wondered - had he already shared those tracks on his blog, or are those exclusive to the UK version?

Cox's blog entry about the whole deal...taken from Pitchfork.

Here is the deal.

I accept my mistake. I apologize for my reaction, especially since it was misinterpreted so widely to be directed at fans. I appreciate and am very grateful for the fact that people want to hear my music and the music we make with deerhunter. I don't take that for granted. My anger was very much directed at dickwads who mock the dead. And my anger was directed at myself. Sorry for projecting.

I have researched it and am not going to make excuses but the fact is that Mediafire has made several upgrades recently when I was taking a break from blogging. In all seriousness, I AM THE ONE WHO FUCKED UP by not realizing that without creating an account, Mediafire has been archiving my uploads "for my convienience" via my "browser chache (!?!)" and that as part of their new "convienient" features they offer automatic "folder sharing" which must be turned off. I don't blame anyone for, and am not accusing anyone of STEALING things. How many songs have I given away on this blog? I have always uploaded the same way and copied and pasted the link from the same place. I didn't expect this to be any different.

TO ACTUAL FANS, SUPPORTERS, AND FRIENDS: I don't blame you for my mistake. I'm NOT pissed if you download the stuff. Please don't apologize. I'd probably do the same thing. I feel like a hypocrite for making people feel guilty on that end. I will finish Logos, but for now I'm taking a quick break to get away from this weird glowing box that makes me insecure and feel like i have to defend myself all the time. Please enjoy Microcastle and Weird Era Cont., and the Logos demos that I probably would have posted for free here anyway AFTER the album was finished.

Please keep in mind that these records are made possible by our record labels, Kranky and 4AD. Microcastle was released today on iTunes. If you downloaded it in advance through the leak and you can afford it I urge you to support those labels and us by downloading it legally.

Also, although I am grateful, please do not send paypal donations. I have refunded the ones that I received.

I also want to make something very clear and I'm going to keep it short: I don't sit around scheming up ways to get publicity. Nobody affiliated with us our any of our labels leaked Microcastle. I had no intention of leaking Weird Era or Logos. When I make records by myself or with Deerhunter, I enjoy taking into consideration LOTS of aspects about the WHOLE RELEASE. I wanted Microcastle and Weird Era to be a Fall / Winter record. That might sound stupid to some of you but its the whole truth. I don't blame you for listening to it now that its widely available, but its just another part of the project that was taken out of my hands by someone not associated with the band or label. Weird Era, I reiterate, was MY MISTAKE.

I have disabled the comments on this blog, not for fear of negative feedback, but because several of my friends and band mates urged me to do so. I apologize to our friends and fans that will no longer be able to communicate here but there is always the deerhunter forum maintained by Oliver, Madeline, and Gaurav. My intention is not censorship. I despise censorship. But friends and family come before politics for me.

I am seriously ending all bad vibes here.

Cox

[Stefen]

Cinema, I was going to post that. You know I was going to since I'm the guy that posts things from P4K, ALWAYS!

Does your assholeness know no bounds? 

[cinemanarchist]

Cinema, I was going to post that. You know I was going to since I'm the guy that posts things from P4K, ALWAYS!

Does your assholeness know no bounds? 

I really thought me saying "I love you" was going to make things better for us but it seems like it's only torn us further apart. I'm so disillusioned.

[edison]

Like this so much more than Without Feathers

[Pedro]

Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

Very dense, very interesting, very good.