Elephant Micah
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Elephant Micah
| image = Elephant Micah at House Show.JPG
| caption = Elephant Micah performing live.
| landscape = yes
| background = solo_singer
| occupation = Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
| instrument = Guitar, vocals
| birth_name = Joseph O'Connell
| years_active = 2000–present
| genre = Lo-fi, indie, folk rock
| label = Luddite Rural, BlueSanct, Time-Lag
| website = {{URL|www.elephantmicah.com}}
}}
Elephant Micah is a musical band or stage name of southern Indiana songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joseph O'Connell. Recording mostly at home, O’Connell has produced an eclectic body of work since beginning the project in 2000. Elephant Micah's inconsistently available music has become a cult favorite among some lo-fi/indie and folk rock audiences.{{cite web |url=http://youcrazydreamers.com/2008/01/02/elephant-micah/ |title=Elephant Micah |publisher=You Crazy Dreamers |date=January 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715135702/http://youcrazydreamers.com/2008/01/02/elephant-micah/ |archivedate=July 15, 2010 }}
O'Connell has released recordings with BlueSanct Records, the experimental-leaning Time-Lag Records, and a number of other very small labels. In addition, he has issued several short-run CDs on his own LRRC (Luddite Rural Recording Cooperative) imprint,{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Elephant+Micah |title=Elephant Micah |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=May 7, 2013}} also home to music by collaborator Jason Henn.
In 2005, Elephant Micah shared bills with Jason Molina's Magnolia Electric Company during a string of shows in the United Kingdom.
Discography
=LPs=
- Low Energy Dance Music (2002, Landmark Records)
- The Untied States of Elephant Micah (CD-R) (Original release) (2002, Orphanology)
- Elephant Micah, Your Dreams Are Feeding Back (2003, BlueSanct Records)
- The Untied States of Elephant Micah (Reissue) (2004, BlueSanct Records)
- Elephant Micah and the Palmyra Palm (CD-R) (2004, Time-Lag Records)
- Elephant Micah and the Loud Guitars (CD-R) (2004, Time-Lag Records)
- Elephant Micah and the Agrarian Malaise (CD-R) (2005, Time-Lag Records)
- Futile Sessions (CD-R) (2005, LRRC)
- Hindu Windmills (2006 [Vinyl], 2007 [CD], Time-Lag Records)
- Exiled Magicians (2008, Third Uncle Records)
- Elephant Micah Plays the Songs of Bible Birds (2010, Time-Lag Records)
- Echoer's Intent (2010, Time-Lag Records)
- Louder Than Thou (2012, Paradise of Bachelors Records)
- Globe Rush Progressions (2013, Product of Palmyra Records)
- Where in Our Woods (2015, Western Vinyl)
- Genericana (2018, Western Vinyl)
- Vague Tidings (2021, Western Vinyl)
=EPs=
- Lost Sense Recollected (Tape) (2001, LRRC)
- Home of Astronauts 7-inch EP (2004, Third Uncle Records)
- Tropical Depression (2006, LRRC)
- Embarrassment of Riches (2006, LRRC)
- Alsatian Sunlight (2007, self-released)
- Equine Emblem 7-inch (2008, The Great Pop Supplement)
- In Midnight / Ocean Floor 7-inch (2008, L'Animaux Tryst)
- The Mayor of Rocky Ripple (2011, Palmyra)
- Mistook the Rainbow/In Whose Shadow (2016, Third Uncle/Magnetic South)
=Collaborations=
- Mingus Plays Electric Guitar (7-inch EP w/ Jason Henn) (2003, LRRC)
- Hiss Golden Messenger Plays Elephant Micah Plays Hiss Golden Messenger (7-inch EP w/ Hiss Golden Messenger) (2012, Paradise of Batchelors)
References
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External links
- [http://www.elephantmicah.com Official website]
- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p559555}}
- {{cite web |last=Metivier |first=Michael |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/93936-elephant-micah-exiled-magicians |title=Elephant Micah: Exiled Magicians |publisher=PopMatters |date=June 19, 2007}}
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Category:Earlham College alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Western Vinyl artists
Category:American folk singers