Emeralds (band)

Emeralds' sound has been noted for drawing from Ambient music, minimal music, and Kosmische.{{cite web|url=http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2009/02/05/and-we-have-lift-off-emeralds-gives-us-a-guide-to-kosmiche-aka-music-you-float-to |title=PRIMER: From Klaus Schulze To Conrad Schnitzler, Emeralds Give Us a Guide To Kosmische Musik |website=Self-titledmag.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-07}}

John Elliott, Steve Hauschildt and Mark McGuire began playing music together under the name Fancelions in 2005{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/features.php?which=395 |title=> foxy digitalis : features < |website=Digitalisindustries.com |accessdate=2012-11-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624065212/http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/features.php?which=395 |archivedate=2013-06-24 }} in Cleveland's western suburbs of Bay Village and Westlake. Shortly thereafter, they re-formed as Emeralds, playing their first show under that name in June 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/698 |title=Dusted Features : Destined: Emeralds |website=Dustedmagazine.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-07}} Since then the group has released over forty recordings on various independent labels. The album Does It Look Like I'm Here?, released on Editions Mego in 2010, is their most widely known release to date. It received the Best New Album designation from Pitchfork Media,{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14275-does-it-look-like-im-here |title=Emeralds: Does It Look Like I'm Here? | Album Reviews |website=Pitchfork.com |date=2010-06-09 |accessdate=2012-11-07}} the Album of the Year award from Drowned in Sound,{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Sean |url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4141667-drowned-in-sounds-albums-of-the-year-2010--10-1 |title=Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2010: 10-1 / In Depth |website=Drownedinsound.com |date=2010-12-04 |accessdate=2012-11-07 |archive-date=2012-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105102331/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4141667-drowned-in-sounds-albums-of-the-year-2010--10-1 |url-status=dead }} and accolades from many other publications. Mark McGuire and Steve Hauschildt also perform and record under their own names, while John Elliott does so under a number of monikers including Outer Space and Imaginary Softwoods. The band also maintains multiple labels including McGuire & Elliott's Wagon, Hauschildt's Gneiss Things and Elliott's curated imprint Spectrum Spools.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.factmag.com/2012/02/14/emeralds-john-elliott-on-how-mind-altering-substances-and-goofball-music-brought-his-spectrum-spools-label-to-life |title=Emeralds' John Elliott on how mind-altering substances and goofball music inspired his Spectrum Spools label|website=Factmag.com |date=2012-02-14 |accessdate=2012-11-07}}

Emeralds were invited by Godspeed You! Black Emperor to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in December 2010 and again in 2012 by The Afghan Whigs.{{cite web|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymusa2012/lineup.php |title=Line Up - I'll Be Your Mirror USA 2012 curated by Greg Dulli & ATP - All Tomorrow's Parties |website=Atpfestival.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-07}}{{cite web|author=Leah Pritchard |url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/weird-al-yankovic-emeralds-white-magic-more-added-to-godspeed-atp-30137 |title="Weird Al" Yankovic, Emeralds, White Magic & More Added to Godspeed! ATP |website=Thelineofbestfit.com |date=2010-06-07 |accessdate=2012-11-07}}

In April 2009, the band opened for Throbbing Gristle's reunion tour in Chicago and New York.[http://www.yourfleshmag.com/artman/publish/printer_1374.shtml]{{dead link|date=November 2012}}

From 19 September through 31 October 2010, the band opened for Caribou on a North American tour.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/39730-caribou-tours-with-emeralds/ |title=Caribou Tours With Emeralds | News |website=Pitchfork.com |date=2010-08-11 |accessdate=2012-11-07}}

In January 2013, Emeralds announced that Mark McGuire had left the band.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/49035-mark-mcguire-is-no-longer-in-emeralds/ |title=Mark McGuire is No Longer in Emeralds |website=Pitchfork.com |date= 3 January 2013|accessdate=2013-01-03}} Though initially expected to continue as a duo, just weeks later Steve Hauschildt announced his own departure, saying that "the band is now over".{{cite web|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/steve-hauschildt-leaves-emeralds-effectively-ending-the-group |title=Steve Hauschildt leaves Emeralds, effectively ending the group |website=Tinymixtapes.com |date= |accessdate=2013-01-18}}

After a decade-long absence; in November 2022, Primavera Sound announced the band have reunited and will perform at the original Barcelona and new Madrid locations of the 2023 Spanish music festival.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/primavera-2023-lineup-blur-kendrick-lamar-depeche-mode-more/ |title=Primavera 2023 Lineup |website=Pitchfork.com |date=2022-11-29 |accessdate=2023-01-23}}

• Solar Bridge (Hanson Records, 2008) - CD/LP
• Emeralds (Hanson Records, Wagon/Gneiss Things, 2009) - CD/LP
• What Happened (No Fun Productions 2009, Editions Mego 2010) - CD/2xLP
• Does It Look Like I'm Here? (Editions Mego, 2010) - CD/2xLP
• Just To Feel Anything (Editions Mego, 2012) - CD/LP

• Demo no. 1 (Wagon, 2006) - CDr
• Demo no. 2 (Wagon, 2006) - CDr
• Hidden Field (Wagon, 2006) - CDr mini
• Dirt Weed Diaries Vol. 1 (Maim & Disfigure, 2006) - CDr
• Bullshit Boring Drone Band (American Tapes, 2006) - CDr
• No More Spirits Over The Lake (Wagon, 2006) - CDr
• Dirt Weed Diaries Vol. 2 (Maim & Disfigure, 2007) - CDr
• A Row of Exposed Columns (Chondritic Sound, 2007) - CDr mini
• Hallucinations (Wagon, 2007) - CDr mini
• Golden Swirl (Wagon, 2007) - CDr mini
• Ledges (Gneiss Things, 2007) - CDr
• Queen of Burbank Vol. 2 (Editions Brokenresearch, 2007) - CDr
• Live (Gneiss Things, 2008) - CDr
• "Fresh Air" (A Soundesign Recording, 2009) - 7"
• "Candy Shoppe" / "The Cycle of Abuse" (Wagon/Gneiss Things, 2010) - 7"
• "Lake Effect Snow" / "Science Center" (Wagon/Gneiss Things, 2010) - 7"
• "In Love" / "Summerdata" (Wagon/Gneiss Things, 2010) - 7"
• "Shade" / "August" (Wagon/Gneiss Things, 2010) - 7"
• Does It Look Like I'm Here? (Daphni Mixes) (Jiaolong, 2012) - 12"

• Laying Under Leaves (Wagon, 2006)
• Emeralds (Hanson Records, 2007)
• Smoke Signals (Wagon, 2007)
• Servant (Wagon, 2007)
• Grass Ceiling (Fag Tapes, 2007)
• A Real Clean Gang (Together Tapes, 2007)
• Allegory of Allergies (Gods of Tundra, 2007)
• Planetarium (Tapeworm Tapes, 2008)
• The Overlook (Wagon, 2009)

• with Tusco Terror (Tusco/Embassy 2006, 2007) - cass
• with Sam Goldberg (Wagon, 2007) - cass
• with Birds of Delay (Wagon, 2007) - cass
• with Sunburned Hand of the Man (Manhand, 2007) - cass
• with Tusco Terror (Ecstatic Peace!, 2008) - LP
• with Quintana Roo (Arbor, 2008) - LP
• Under Pressure with Aaron Dilloway (Hanson Records, 2008) - cass
• with Pain Jerk (No Fi, 2009) - CD

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• [http://www.editionsmego.com Editions Mego]
• [http://www.hansonrecords.net Hanson Records]
• [http://mcguiremusic.blogspot.com McGuire Music Communications]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20101017074338/http://clevelandwagon.blogspot.com/ Cleveland Wagon]
• [http://www.gneissthings.com Gneiss Things]
• [http://www.kranky.net/artists/stevehauschildt.html Steve Hauschildt]
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