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Album Review: Mount Eerie – Wind’s Poem

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Up Close and Personal with Phil Elverum

By Drew Litowitz on March 23rd, 2010

If it’s answers you’re after, Elverum may not be the person to look to. But, if you’re searching for one of the few wholly earnest musicians around, he may just be your man.

Album Review: Mount Eerie – Wind’s Poem

By Drew Litowitz on August 12th, 2009

What is this beast and where did it come from? If you stare intently enough through the dense trees and claustrophobic winds of Elverum’s latest triumph, you might be able to excavate some fragment of an answer. But the true beauty here is that, like in nature, there really isn’t one to find; just a collection of thoughts and reactions to the very dilemma of attempting to draw conclusions from something so vast and complex that it’s frightening.

List ‘Em Carefully: The Top 10 Sleepiest Albums

By Drew Litowitz on January 21st, 2009

Sleep. We all need it. Most of us love it to the point of overindulgence. Sometimes, however, it’s hard to fall into that perfect slumber. Throughout our long days, we become restless and stressed, but just can’t shut off immediately when the time comes. That’s why God invented the sleep timer, lullabies, ambien CR, and [...]