http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.56398&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rssPhil Elvrum is the Microphones, or at least the leader who gathers together enough talented cronies to make some stunningly beautiful, twisted and simple recordings. What's one to think when a song is nothing more than two-and-one-half minutes of painfully vulnerable male/female vocals, gently picked guitar and simple rhythms underscored by scorching guitar noise that seems to be welling up from the pit of the songwriter's stomach? Other tunes find Elvrum in a more mechanistic mood, sort of like a poor man's Gary Numan: creepy, crawly Casio sounds drift across the speakers, buoyed by Moog madness and even a guitar chord here and there. But the singer's laconic voice is still there for your enjoyment and, mostly, your contemplation. Can the Microphones have fun? Well, they're certainly not afraid of having their audience dance, as one number is propelled by vaguely Latin rhythms that shift to breakbeat proportions as the female singer intones an ode to a woman named Anna. An extremely clever use of sounds, arrangements and emotions. - Will LernerLo-Fien720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:28:51 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.56398&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Phil Elvrum is the Microphones, or at least the leader who gathers together enough talented cronies to make some stunningly beautiful, twisted and simple recordings. What's one to think when a song is nothing more than two-and-one-half minutes of painfully vulnerable male/female vocals, gently picked guitar and simple rhythms underscored by scorching guitar noise that seems to be welling up from the pit of the songwriter's stomach? Other tunes find Elvrum in a more mechanistic mood, sort of like a poor man's Gary Numan: creepy, crawly Casio sounds drift across the speakers, buoyed by Moog madness and even a guitar chord here and there. But the singer's laconic voice is still there for your enjoyment and, mostly, your contemplation. Can the Microphones have fun? Well, they're certainly not afraid of having their audience dance, as one number is propelled by vaguely Latin rhythms that shift to breakbeat proportions as the female singer intones an ode to a woman named Anna. An extremely clever use of sounds, arrangements and emotions. - Will Lerner http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.4003655&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 4003655 tra.4003655 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 alb.253400 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/0/3/0/650309_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true I Want to Be Cold tra.4003655 101000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.4003655&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.4003655&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6462972&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 6462972 tra.6462972 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 alb.253400 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/0/3/0/650309_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true Samurai Sword tra.6462972 247000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6462972&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6462972&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6462973&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 6462973 tra.6462973 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 alb.253400 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/0/3/0/650309_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true My Warm Blood tra.6462973 567000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6462973&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6462973&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186607&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:52 -0800 Top Tracks by 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186624&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.4003619&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 4003619 tra.4003619 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 alb.253400 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/0/3/0/650309_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 true I Want Wind To Blow tra.4003619 332000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.4003619&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.4003619&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186646&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:53 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186646 tra.20186646 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true the Mooooon (version) tra.20186646 113000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186646&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186646&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186608&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:52 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186608 tra.20186608 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true the Glow pt. 2 tra.20186608 298000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186608&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186608&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186613&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:52 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186613 tra.20186613 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true the Mansion tra.20186613 232000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186613&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186613&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186611&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:52 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186611 tra.20186611 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true My Roots Are Strong and Deep tra.20186611 112000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186611&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186611&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186609&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:52 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186609 tra.20186609 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true the Moon tra.20186609 316000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186609&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186609&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6819044&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 6819044 tra.6819044 Microphones art.56398 0.99 Song Islands alb.6816487 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/6/5/675690_170x170.jpg 2002-08-20 00:00:00.0 2002-08-20 00:00:00.0 true Phil Elvrum's Will tra.6819044 85000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6819044&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6819044&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186619&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:53 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186619 tra.20186619 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true You'll Be In The Air tra.20186619 161000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186619&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186619&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186616&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:53 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186616 tra.20186616 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true I'll Not Contain You tra.20186616 170000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186616&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186616&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186614&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:52 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186614 tra.20186614 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true (Something) tra.20186614 98000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186614&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186614&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186615&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:52 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186615 tra.20186615 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true (Something) Continued tra.20186615 161000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186615&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186615&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186618&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:53 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186618 tra.20186618 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true Map tra.20186618 300000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186618&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186618&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186612&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:52 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186612 tra.20186612 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true Instrumental tra.20186612 98000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186612&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186612&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186617&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:53 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186617 tra.20186617 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true the Gleam pt. 2 tra.20186617 117000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186617&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186617&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14153894&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:25:10 -0700 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 14153894 tra.14153894 Microphones art.56398 0.99 Don't Smoke/Get Off the Internet alb.14149230 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/5/5/1005599_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 null true Don't Smoke tra.14153894 169000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14153894&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14153894&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14153895&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 20:11:31 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 14153895 tra.14153895 Microphones art.56398 0.99 Don't Smoke/Get Off the Internet alb.14149230 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/5/5/1005599_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 null true Get Off the Internet tra.14153895 132000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14153895&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14153895&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1963589&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Fri, 1 Jan 1999 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 1963589 tra.1963589 Microphones art.56398 0.99 Don't Wake Me Up alb.234722 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/2/0/650298_170x170.jpg 2000-02-08 00:00:00.0 1999-01-01 00:00:00.0 true You Were In The Air tra.1963589 200000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1963589&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1963589&variant=data&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.20186625&variant=play&rws=%2Fmicrophones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Lo-Fi Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:13:53 -0800 Top Tracks by Microphones on Rhapsody Online 20186625 tra.20186625 Microphones art.56398 0.99 The Glow Pt. 2 (Reissue w/ Bonus Disc) alb.20184480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/8/2/1222854_170x170.jpg 2008-04-08 00:00:00.0 null true Samurai Sword tra.20186625 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