Elephant 6
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Oct 12, 2026
Tom PowerHOST
And I remember you saying, we're wearing Husker Du t-shirts.
Tom PowerHOST
And all you wanted to do was join in on the conversation about this new Husker Du album or this new Jameel Kotel album or this other Elephant 6.
Tom PowerHOST
These are weird indie references I'm making right now for people listening.
Tom PowerHOST
And there I see it very much in this movie.
Greg GloverHOST
The Olivia Tremor Control here on The Bottom 40 with Advice from the Oceans.
Greg GloverHOST
They were part of that Elephant 6, kind of an offshoot of that from Athens, Georgia.
Greg GloverHOST
Other members of Elephant 6, of course, Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, Apples and Stereo, to name a few.
Greg GloverHOST
But Bill Doss, one of the founding members of the Olivia Tremor Control, passed away last year.
Greg GloverHOST
a little over a decade ago, but they took some of the songs they had been working on for a third album and finally finished them.
PatrickHOST
As fans of this podcast, anybody who's listening to this, I'm sure that they will...
PatrickHOST
The one thing about doing this podcast is we've gotten to meet new Elephant 6 fans, old Elephant 6 fans.
PatrickHOST
We get messages all the time on Instagram and Facebook about people being excited about this record.
PatrickHOST
There is a...
MatthewHOST
Now
Ron KwasmanGUEST
head to the beach! And then Matthew and Patrick, I did want to say one last thing.
Ron KwasmanGUEST
The work that you guys are doing with this podcast and turning people on to Elephant 6...
Ron KwasmanGUEST
And continuing the lineage of what we've all loved for so long and spreading the word of it is just a magical thing.
JD RyznarHOST
Athens? Everyone! You have Athens, Greece? Do they have a Riviera? Nobody's talking about Athens, Georgia.
JD RyznarHOST
Do they have a river walk? Home of Elephant 6.
JD RyznarHOST
Upstairs is a German group from Frankfurt.
JD RyznarHOST
This was recorded in Germany, so no personnel.
Ian CohenHOST
The same place.
Ian CohenHOST
Elephant Six Band.
Ian CohenHOST
I don't think they put out anything in like 27 years.
Ian CohenHOST
And who knows if this is going to be any good.
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It was recorded using vintage analog equipment.
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It became a staple of the Elephant 6 Collective, had hits like Get in the Car and Signal in the Sky.
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In 1997, the iconic Miss Patti Smith released her seventh studio album called Piece of Noise.
speaker_0HOST
It peaked at number 152 on the Billboard Albums Chart.
Azniv KorkejianGUEST
And then when she started a family, I think it was maybe her son, when he got older and he like really started to appreciate her recordings, he... put him out.
Azniv KorkejianGUEST
Maybe it was like Elephant 6 or something.
Azniv KorkejianGUEST
It was like a small record label community that he like put him out.
Azniv KorkejianGUEST
And so there was just like, and I feel like maybe it was coincided with like the folk resurgence of like Vashi Bunyan and, you know, that kind of stuff.
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[upbeat music] Pylon Reenactment Society is a band that is steeped in Athens, Georgia music history from long before the Elephant Six collective was born from a bunch of kids with cassette multi-track recorders.
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Taking their name and one of its members from the highly influential Pylon, this new/old band is proof that great music can't be defined by a place or time, it simply exists.
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[upbeat music] If you are confused by that statement, take a listen to this episode of Don't Bother Wearing Seat Belts.
MatthewHOST
All right.
MatthewHOST
So Rudy, uh, typically kicks us off with a little explanation of what the show is.
RudyHOST
The original concept o- of the podcast is that Matthew's a guy that knows way too much about sort of Elephant Six adjacent stuff.
RudyHOST
I'm a guy who knows way too little.
RudyHOST
This was a little different because it's kind of before and after.
Steven HydenGUEST
like they were pretty...
Steven HydenGUEST
In the 90s, Pet Sounds was pretty revered in the... rock circles, you know, that was around the time when it felt like every band had to make their own version of Pet Sounds, you know, or be influenced by it in some way, you know, whether it was Summer Teeth, or, you know, Soft Bulletin, or other bands that just were sort of super, like all the Elephant Six stuff.
Steven HydenGUEST
So that would surprise me if they, you know, maybe they did.
JaredHOST
So I think they gave it a 7 out of 10, and they said...