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Elf Power
Psychedelic / Psychedelic / Folk Rock

"Dark Developments" with Vic Chesnutt OUT NOW!



ATHENS, Georgia
United States

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Member Since11/22/2005
Band Websitewww.elfpower.com
Band MembersElf Power has had a lot of help over the years with a variety of wonderful musicians playing from album to album. The current lineup is:

Andrew Rieger- vox and guitar
Jimmy Hughes- guitar, keys
Derek Almstead- bass
Eric Harris - drums
Laura Carter- keys, clarinet, accordian
Heather McIntosh- cello, keys
John Fernandes - violin
Sounds Likefor mailorder of our music you'd want to check Orange Twin for our new album collaborating with Vic Chesnutt or Rykodisc for our latest 2 Elf Power records and Orange Twin for our previous records.

Download Elf Power tunes at daytrotter.com

Elf Power in Spin Magazine:



Elf Power on The Onion's "A.V. Club":



Andrew's personal mixtape for You Ain't No Picasso

"Dark Developments" review in Pitchfork

Vic Chesnutt interview in The Village Voice regading "Dark Developments"

"Dark Developments" review in Crawdaddy

Elf Power article in SouthEast Performer Magazine

Comic Strip on Toothpaste For Dinner referencing Elf Power

Scottish interview with Andrew of Elf Power

Elf Power new song for download on You Ain't No Picasso

Elf Power article in Time Out New York

Elf Power article in Phoenix New TImes

Elf Power article in Charleston City Paper

Elf Power interview with PopMatters

"In A Cave" Review in PopMatters

"In A Cave" Review in Optical Atlas

"In A Cave" Article in Flagpole Magazine

"In A Cave" Article in The Athens Banner-Herald

Interview with Andrew from SXSW 2008

Record LabelRykodisc / Orange Twin
Type of LabelIndie


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   About Elf Power
Our newest release is titled Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power, and The Amorphous Strums "Dark Developments" out now on Orange Twin Records

EPISODE 1: Vic Chesnut & Elf Power European Tour Video



EPISODE 2: Vic Chesnut & Elf Power European Tour Video



EPISODE 3: Vic Chesnut & Elf Power European Tour Video



Also, our latest Elf Power album, titled In A Cave is out worldwide on Rykodisc.

Available at Insound on vinyl and CD or at Elf Power - In a Cave

Elf Power formed in 1994 and have spent the last 14 years releasing nine albums, two eps, a handful of singles, and touring America, Europe,and Japan. Elf Power’s ninth album blasts them past the familiar territories of beautiful records past – landing them on exciting new terrain. Granted, the Elves’ sound is still founded on the bedrock attributes that make them memorable: leader Andrew Rieger’s otherworldly lyrical stances and his easy way with the rare and amazing melody, their instrumentally-eclectic reappraisal of classic rock, and a propulsive rhythm section that’s tight as ever. In A Cave, though, finds them filtering their powerful live approach through a varied, experimental series of recording processes and approaches; the new album plays like a spirited, exploratory series of treatments on the tried-and-true Elf Power sound.

Derek Almstead’s production balances the elements perfectly: lean and muscular with a layer of warmth overtop, he opens ample windows for the band to expand and explore all available spaces. Drummer/multi-instrumentalist Eric Harris returns to the fold for this record, and his rhythmic interaction with bassist Almstead provides the supportive spine for each tune; notice how the two bury a chugging Krautrock underpinning in the sing-song pop of “Paralyzed” and provide the swagger inherent to the marching fuzz-boogie of “Spiral Stairs”. Harris’ homemade “tape-organ” -- a Thriftstore Mellotron, of sorts -- assumes a starring role on several of these songs, enveloping the driving jams and harmonically-dense balladry in a loopy, warbly aura. Truly, this is one of the most psychedelic Elf Power records in years; droned-out, interstitial songs like “Window to Mars” and the Eno-esque “Heads of Dust, Hearts of Lust” lend a sense of wholeness to this diverse album, and glue the longer tracks together perfectly.

Elf Power has been busy in 2009, touring steadily, and releasing two albums (one with folk rock legend Vic Chesnutt); the interplay between Rieger’s twelve-string and Jimmy Hughes’ overdriven lead guitar is as subtle and important as ever. Present, too, are those strange sonic touches that have long made the band distinctive: that edifying layer of melody that comes courtesy of Heather Macintosh’s virtuoso cello-playing and Laura Carter’s accordion and Moog Synthesizer.

Members of Elf Power also own and operate Orange Twin Records, an independent record label focused squarely on the local community; besides earlier Elf Power albums, Orange Twin has also released records by Neutral Milk Hotel, The Gerbils, Madeline, Vic Chesnutt, Nana Grizol, Jack Logan, Visitations, Ham 1, The Instruments, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, and other stalwarts of the vibrant Athens scene. A percentage of proceeds generated by the label helps fund The Orange Twin Conservation Community, which owns 155 acres of beautiful land on the outskirts of Athens and has initiated the development of a highly progressive, self-sustainable and ecologically-minded cluster village and nature preserve.

This sort of thoughtful, perpetual motion through the years has sharpened the band’s instincts powerfully and all-inclusively, and the results are joyously evident here; with In A Cave, Elf Power finds a perfect synthesis of their solid, instinctual ensemble playing and open-hearted experimentation, and the result is one of the best, most assured records to come soaring out of Athens in a long, long time.

-Bio written by Jim McHugh


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aaric van

aaric van



Nov 6 2009 5:57 AM

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Storie Grubb and the Holy Wars

Storie Grubb and the Holy Wars



Nov 1 2009 11:01 PM

i heard your version of "walk with a zombie" last night on Portland's KBOO station. it warmed me inside...by the way, everyttime i hear "will my feet still carry home" i want to cry. thank you for writing beautiful songs and splendid lyrics.
AlaskaV V

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Nov 1 2009 4:20 PM


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IMAGINE LOVIN' PEACE

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Oct 22 2009 4:04 PM


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GIVE PEACE ! ! - - Give Peace a Chance.


Peace Sunday, June 5, 1982, Rose Bowl, no nukes - nuclear disarmament - stop nuclear madness concert - NYC - Central Park - June 12, 1982, 1,000,000 person march and rally for Nuclear Freeze. Photography and presentation by Curtis Rainbow. 'Give Peace a Chance' music by Achim Schultz. Inspiration by Yoko Ono. Dedicated to John Lennon.


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Folklore

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Oct 21 2009 5:17 PM

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Oct 16 2009 3:42 PM

Just stopping in to say hello! ;)
Necessary Bandwidth

Necessary Bandwidth



Oct 15 2009 7:37 PM

Awesome show at Orange twin, great folks
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Oct 13 2009 4:44 PM

come up to toronto soon! before the frost gets really frosty! missin you! xo col (album almost finished!)--is laura coming up with nana grizol? i booked a show--hope so!
Marlene

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Oct 13 2009 4:46 AM

I'd love to be friends with you.
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Oct 7 2009 4:04 AM

Thanks for the add.
Merci pour l'ajout.


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Oct 7 2009 4:04 AM

yall is awthum!
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Oct 4 2009 4:48 PM

Cheers!
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Oct 3 2009 6:36 AM

Thankss for theadd!
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Sep 25 2009 8:25 PM

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Folklore

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Sep 23 2009 1:35 AM


NobleBässe

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Sep 9 2009 11:46 PM

THANKS FOR ADDING!



junkie "a fairy tale"

Magik bilbo Changeling



Aug 20 2009 3:42 PM

A single rose. . . . . . . “thanks jack”

I planted a single rose. I needed thirty more.
It was hard for me but I suppose what made it easier,
I had seen the row of rose before.

It was my humble way to keep track of tracks
And count the numbers of the dead from the demons, precious score.
One by one they had come to me, all elves with no fucking apple tree.
Twisted, bent with souls for rent. Crying, pleading, bleeding, dying!
One common hope, to kill the demon feed,
To kill the demon need and never need more fucking dope!
A plea for a little hope.

I planted a single rose for the elf who tried to fly
While driving off a cliff as he fed his manik high.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . He fucking died.

I planted six for those who couldn’t satisfy their fix.
Instead they slit their wrists and clenched their fists
And now they’re dead,
Not to mention the ones with bullets in their heads.

Another four decided to tie the magik knots of death
Around the silence of their screaming throats
And kicked the chair.
Too late, not a soul was fucking there.

I heard it once from a book of tragic words of life.
“A rose by any other name be not the same,”
The same with tortured, little elves through out their life,
So lost deep within themselves.
They felt the need to stash themselves and slash themselves away
With the dullest of the gun and knife.
The demon doesn’t give a flying fuck about which name we use.
His one and only goal is to help the junkie, fairy, trollish elf to lose,
To take his fucking life!

To all the little elves out there, let me show to you, the humble fairy cares.
Beware! . . . . . . . . . . Don’t help me plant a rose for you.
To live or die or crave the rotten, demon high!
Little elf, it’s time for you to choose!
The number is now at thirty-five.
Don’t be the next to die. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don’t be the next to loose!

Bilbo, the changeling
Agent Ribbons

Agent Ribbons



Aug 12 2009 3:41 PM

Hello friends!  Hope all is well with you little prolific geniuses!

Cooking up a new album for winter and a U.S. tour to support it.  Can we play with you in Athens, possibly?  We only ever get shows in Atlanta...

Anyway, take care and please consider it!

much affection,
natalie
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Aug 10 2009 3:46 PM

Thanks for the add! New music to come.
dan

Daniel Lopes



Aug 5 2009 7:38 PM

LOVE!
junkie "a fairy tale"

Magik bilbo Changeling



Aug 3 2009 9:31 PM

A glow of red and dead

It was a sad day in the frowning town,
A cry was heard with absent tears from the liquid down.

An elf, in his madness,
Had done his slowly, quickened run away.
He scored to score and scored to score some more
From the self centered, ego feeding, trollish horde
While all the other elves were drunk and stoned at play.

A younger elf with ears to make him fly,
To fly away and for a minute lose his high.
With flowing hair of red
To counteract the flowing black of dead,
Not knowing “the secret setup” just to die,
“The secret setup” just ahead!

The insecure of security ended everywhere.
His freedom was removed for a moment of his time
With secret, private, dancing, danger deals.
He dealt his own restrictions with his mind.

A darkness came.
All elves had their safest place to go
To seek and find the pleasant of insane.
Surely, with the deepest of their secret ways
No elves, no elves would ever know
The truest nature of their cruelest game,
The cruelest game embarked today.

With the purist innocence of the sheep
A meet was made.
No truth would sing its’ song.
The healthy elves began to weep
As the demon sang along.

The tools of choice were greed and lust.
The sharpened dullness of a proven point was made.
To be proven in the secret, silent shade
Was the bravest must.
All elves must see and hear,
With damage done.
The price you pay is dear!

The changeling
Stormclouds

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Jul 10 2009 3:50 PM

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Jul 6 2009 8:41 PM

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Angel LaCanfora

Angel LaCanfora



Jun 16 2009 9:55 PM

I really dig your sound!

Thanks for the add.

Angel
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