6.25.2007 | 2:43 pm

Bootleg: Mount Eerie @ Kerckhoff Grand Salon, UCLA, 11.16.03


Photo by David Greenwald

I don’t know how Phil Elverum makes a living, but somehow he does. It’s not often you see the names the Microphones or his more recent project, Mount Eerie, thrown around in the blogosphere — although I suppose Elverum’s K Records background and grassroots fanbase predates the whole “Internet” thing by a wide margin.

I’ve seen the man perform twice. The photo above is from the second time; the concert below is from the first time. He took my request (“I Felt Your Shape”!!) and played a number of gorgeously naked songs that wouldn’t make their way onto albums for years to come. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ve heard it before, but it’s a real classic and now that I have file hosting I figured it was time to put it up permanently. If you’re not familiar with Elverum or his strange, wonderful brand of folk music, now’s the time.

Mount Eerie @ Kerchkoff Grand Salon, UCLA – 11.16.03

1. Let’s Get Out of the Romance: mp3
2. I Felt Your Shape: mp3
3. I’ll Shut Up: mp3
4. A Show of Hands: mp3
5. As Good As It Got (later recorded as “You Swan, Go On”): mp3 (BEST ELVERUM SONG EVER)
6. Wooly Mammoth’s Mighty Absence: mp3
7. See Me: mp3
8. Great Ghosts: mp3
9. The Dead of Night: mp3
10. (Dialogue with Cody): mp3
11. Human, Human: mp3

Related: All Mount Eerie/Microphones Posts

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  • Jordan

    I remember he went on some sort of backyard tour, where he only played parties or celebrations at people’s houses. For free, I think. So yeah, no idea how he makes a living.

  • Anonymous

    This is lovely stuff. Thanks for taking the time to post these and many other concerts on this page. (any chance of fixing the links that don’t connect on the Mt Eerie tunes? ‘You give them something for free and they just want more…’) thanks again, LD

  • Dave Rawkblog

    hey anon – sorry! didn’t realize they were down. all fixed now.

  • Mick Testa

    Thank you! What a nice show and great sound quality.

  • Patrik Nilsson

    Hey Dave! Looks like these links don’t work anymore. Any chance you could fix this? Cheers!

  • David Greenwald

    Yup, check back tomorrow.

  • http://www.mattmorrell.com Matt Morrell

    I realized when I stumbled on this page that for as many hundreds of hours I’ve spent listening to Phil Elverum I’ve never actually seen a picture of him. There is something subversive about the quiet moments of his records that definitely comes through in his show. I like how the audience waits for a few seconds after he finishes to clap, like at a ballet or something. I know it can’t be measured, but his influence on the direction (and quality) of indie pop over the last decade must be huge. With the microphones, he kind of inverted the whole bedroom recording idea, making a bedroom record with a huge studio and tons of instruments and time.

    Anyway this sounds great. Thanks for putting it up.

  • ld

    More thanks. Love your taste in music. Eternally grateful for these bootlegs & rarities.