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05.21	Lee "Scratch" Perry SubAtomic Soundsystem Illuminati Congo Impala Sound Champions
05.22	Ane Brun Gemma Ray Elin Ruth Sigvardsson
05.23	Alejandro Escovedo Jesse Malin
05.24	Ben Sollee Justin Lewis
05.25	Shaun Of The Dead vs. Dawn Of The Dead
05.26	A Friend Called Fire Holding Mercury Workout Music
05.27	DMaC Significant Others Secondary Dominance
05.28	Apparat Endian Abstract Science DJs
05.29	I Break Horses California Wives
05.30	Emeli Sandé Guest Guest
05.31	Langhorne Slim Honey & Buffalo
06.01	Patrick Watson Cat Martino
06.02	Margot & The Nuclear So and So's Dinosaur Feathers Whispertown
06.03	INSTRUMENT Paul Kelvinton (Econoline) Jay Ryan (Dianogah) Kevin J. Frank (Gauge/Haymarket Riot) Adam Reach (The Poison Arrows) plus When Flying Feels Like Falling

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Lincoln Hall is located at 2424 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago, IL.
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Tue. Mar 15 2011

Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour

Elephant 6 Orchestra

Tuesday, March 15 2011 9:00 PM
18+ $12.00 ($15.00 Door)

Lincoln Hall

Featuring Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss, Peter Erchick, John Fernandes, Julian Koster, Scott Spillane, Andrew Rieger, Laura Carter, Derek Almstead, Heather McIntosh, Bryan Poole, Theo Hilton, Robbie Cucchiaro and others playing the music of The Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, Circulatory System, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Gerbils, Nana Grizol, Major Organ and Adding Machine, Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t plus games, films & other surprises (more details as the develop)

A Collective, a Label.. a Cult?

Elephant 6 may be all of these things or none of these depending on your point of view. And we're certainly not going to try to define what it is now! But we'll give you a brief history and you can decide...

Elephant 6 began in the late 1980's in Ruston, Louisiana. A group of 4 high school friends, Robert Schneider, Bill Doss, Will Cullen Hart and Jeff Mangum, started recording at home on boomboxes and 4-track cassette recorders. They traded these tapes with each other, making album artwork and liner notes, even if only one copy ever existed. Eventually, recording collaborations and bands formed from these friendships.

But it wasn't until 1991, after Robert Schneider had moved to Denver to attend the University of Boulder, that the collective got a logo. The Apples in Stereo were about to release their first 7" single and Robert asked Will Cullen Hart to draw a logo for their new label. Robert began selling cassette releases by mailorder including titles by Marbles, Sunshine Fix and Always Red Society. In June 1993, 500 copies of the Apples in Stereo - Tidal Wave EP were pressed, including a twelve-page booklet illustrated by Will Hart. This became the first record to be released by the Elephant 6 Recording Company.

Meanwhile, Jeff and Will had moved to Athens, Georgia and started a band called Synthetic Flying Machine (formerly known as Cranberry Lifecycle). Bill moved to Athens after playing on New York band Chocolate USA's second (and final) album, Smoke Machine and joined Synthetic Flying Machine, which eventually became The Olivia Tremor Control. California Demise was the Olivias' first and Elephant 6's second release. Jeff then left to roam the country and pursue Neutral Milk Hotel, his solo recording project which he had begun back in high school.

Fast forward into the late 1990's...