Watch: Jeff Mangum makes rare public appearance

By Alex Young on May 7th, 2010

His first performance in nine years.

At Your Funeral: Neutral Milk Hotel – “Ghost”

By Megan Ritt on January 25th, 2010

Fitting song title given the feature, don’t you think?

CoS remembers the year that was 2009

By Alex Young on December 31st, 2009

Before we turn the page on the 2000s, we wanted to take one more look at the year that was the last 365 days.

Neutral Milk Hotel gets reissue treatment

By Alex Young on September 22nd, 2009

It might not be a reunion, but it’s the next best thing.

Big surprise, Elephant 6 keep things weird and mysterious

By Drew Litowitz on June 4th, 2009

At this point strange factoids should be expected with any mention of the Athens, Georgia collective known as Elephant 6. Let’s look at some of the ingredients: Jeff Mangum has been a recluse for a decade, Kevin Barnes is, well, Kevin Barnes, and Julian Kaster released a Christmas Singing Saw album last year. Weird would [...]

List ‘Em Carefully: The Top 10 Awesomely Bearded Songs

By Drew Litowitz on October 21st, 2008

Let’s be honest, we all love lists. Simplifying complex ideas into a ranking system is just fun, no matter what the subject may be. Therefore, COS has decided to rank random things in a feature we’d like to call, List ‘Em Carefully. Debates will ensue, but isn’t that the point? This week it’s all about [...]