Optical Atlas

Here is the fifth installment:

Here is the fourth installment of the video chronicles of Vic Chesnutt and Elf Power, touring Europe last spring to promote their collaborative album Dark Developments.  Edited by Vic Chesnutt and Jimmy Hughes.  Featuring a visit to Dante’s tomb! (UPDATE: Glitches in the video rendering have been fixed by Jimmy…)

As a last-minute reminder, the AUX Festival is being held this weekend in Athens.  Events include:

Tonight – October 9th: The Orange Twin Fall Festival at the Orange Twin Conservation Community
8:00 pm – Scott E. Spillane EXP
8:45 pm – Nana Grizol
9:30 pm – Elf Power
10:15 pm – Vic Chesnutt and Elf Power
11:00 pm Neil Hamburger

Saturday – October 10th: Krautrock legends Faust and Circulatory System perform at the 40 Watt

Sunday – October 11th: Faust master class workshop at the Cine Lab

Today I’ve got the continuing chronicles of Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power’s 2009 European tour (Part 1 was posted here), with footage shot by Vic Chesnutt and edited by Jimmy Hughes.  Vic has a new album out, At the Cut, which the Onion AV Club just gave an A.  Here’s part 2 & 3 of their tour video:

Friday, October 9th, head out to the Orange Twin Conservation Community in Athens, Georgia, for an all-day Fall Festival including performances by Neil Hamburger, Elf Power, Vic Chesnutt, Nana Grizol, and the Scott E. Spillane Explosion.  Camping is available at Orange Twin for the entire weekend (which will also feature the AUX Festival, as we just mentioned).  Tickets are available at Athens’ Wuxtry Records, Schoolkids Records, and the Orange Twin website.

Vic Chesnutt and Elf Power recently wrapped up a worldwide tour to promote their joint release, Dark Developments.  Vic chronicled the European leg of their trip with his camera, and Jimmy Hughes has edited the footage together into a multi-part series.  Here’s part one:

The Elephant 6 Townhall has assembled an album of covers of E6 songs, from of Montreal through Major Organ and the Adding Machine, Elf Power, Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, and more.  You can download Elephant 6 Fanfare through this thread.  Thanks to lenn9o9n for assembling the project, and everyone who contributed.

As intimated in a recent interview with Eric Harris, there will be an Elephant 6 Night at the Movies presented by Orange Twin Records at the Athens Cine next week.  Now that it’s official, we can tell you that featured will be the Major Organ and the Adding Machine film, plus never-before-seen short films and music videos by the likes of The Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, Dixie Blood Moustache, The Apples in Stereo, The Sunshine Fix, Circulatory System, The Music Tapes, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, and more.  You have three chances to catch the program: Tuesday June 23rd, Thursday June 25th, and Saturday June 27th, all at 10pm at the Athens Cine (234 West Hancock Avenue, Athens, GA 30601).  Thanks to Eric for the head’s-up.