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History

Early Years: 1996-1998

The band was formed by Miles Kurosky and Bill Swan in San Francisco in 1996, while the pair were both working in the same office mail room. The pair discovered that they shared similar musical tastes and, disregarding their infamous mutual dislike, decided to form a band. This early incarnation of Beulah recorded a song every 6 weeks for 16 months, on their 4-track recorder. The band received attention from The Apples in Stereo frontman and Elephant 6 member Robert Schneider, who expressed interest on releasing what was to be their first single, A Small Cattle Drive in a Snow Storm, on Elephant 6 records. Their first album, Handsome Western States, was released in the same year, also on Elephant 6 and mastered by Schneider. The record soon sold out. This association with the collective has continued throughout their career, despite the fact that they did not release anything more on the label - they are listed as being part of the close family of Elephant 6 bands, on the unofficial Elephant 6 website[1] (apparently the most accurate source of information available for such things), and they have toured with other collective members, such as Dressy Bessy, Ladybug Transistor, The Olivia Tremor Control and of Montreal. In order to tour in support of the album, Steve La Follette, Steve St. Cin, and Pat Noel joined the band, with the band playing their first shows in support of the Apples. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... See also: 1995 in music, other events of 1996, 1997 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // January 8 - Madonnas stalker, Robert Hoskins is found guilty and convicted on five charges of assault, stalking, and threatening to kill the singer. ... This article is about the American rock band. ... The Elephant Six Collective were a group of American musicians who spawned some of the most notable independent bands of the 1990s, including the Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Apples in Stereo and of Montreal. ... This article is about Robert Schneider, the musician. ... A Small Cattle Drive in a Snow Storm is a single released by Beulah in 1997, and was recorded after Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo, a member of the Elephant 6 collective, took notice of the band. ... Handsome Western States was the first album released by indie rock band Beulah in 1997. ... Dressy Bessy is an indie rock band from Denver, Colorado, associated with the Elephant Six Collective. ... The Ladybug Transistor is a Brooklyn-based indie pop group associated with the Elephant Six Collective]]. Started in 1995 by Gary Olson, Edward Powers and Javier Villegas, the band quickly released Marlborough Farms on Sit N Spin records, adding and subtracting a couple members and going on an international tour. ... The Olivia Tremor Control was an Athens, Georgia indie rock band in the mid- to late 1990s which, along with The Apples in Stereo and Neutral Milk Hotel, was one of the three original Elephant Six projects. ... Of Montreal is an American indie pop band formed in Athens, Georgia, fronted by Kevin Barnes. ...

Middle Years: 1999-2002

Their second album, When Your Heartstrings Break, followed two years later, to critical acclaim. The sound of the band had shifted — as Kurosky put it, the band's production values had shifted "from lo-fi to mid-fi" [2], and it incorporated a very wide range of instruments, utilising eighteen additional musicians — strings and horns were heavily incorporated, along with more exotic instrumentation, the instruments totalling a number of several dozen. Also, at this time, the band added keyboardist Bill Evans to their line-up. Shifty Disco Records, an Oxford, UK based label, also released two UK-only singles in 1999, namely Sunday Under Glass and Score From Augusta, with Emma Blowgun's Last Stand released the following year. These singles featured b-sides culled from Handsome Western States, which remained unreleased in the UK, and had fallen out of print in the U.S.A., until 2000 further copies were made available by the band in 1999, with different artwork. Incidentally, Emma Blowgun's Last Stand was also released in Australia by Elastic Records, this time with two exclusive bonus tracks. When Your Heartstrings Break was the second album by San Francisco indie rock band Beulah. ... A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ... In a symphony orchestra the horn section is the group of musicians who play the horn (sometimes referred to as the French horn). ... See also: 1999 in music (UK) other events of 1999 Musical groups established in 1999 Record labels established in 1999 list of years in music 1990s in music // January 7 After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...

The band continued to tour extensively throughout 1999, taking a break in 2000. Steve St. Cin left the band after this extensive touring, to be replaced by Danny Sullivan. In this time, Kurosky went to Japan, staying with a friend for eight weeks, here writing the songs that would eventually turn into their third album. He then mailed demo tapes of the songs to each band member, who would in turn mail back their own versions of, and additions to, the songs. This process created interesting juxtapositions in the band's songwriting process, as Kurosky describes: "Bill might have heard it as a soul song and Pat might have heard it as a country song — and I might happen to like both parts, and use them both"[3]. Kurosky then turned these recordings into the basis of the band's new record, The Coast Is Never Clear. During the recording process, however, Kurosky was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and took daily therapy sessions [4], which informed the lyrical mood of the record, which was often incredibly downbeat, very much at odds with the breezy, summery feel of the music. This also made the recording of the record difficult — Bill Swan's studio diary often contains excerpts such as, "Miles threatened to hit me over the head with a mic stand. This is going to be a long record" [5]. To add to these personal problems, Beulah also encountered other problems with the release of the record, primarily the buy-out of Capricorn Records, which had previously signed Beulah after When Your Heartstrings Break was released, which included the purchase of all of the label's acts save Beulah and three others [6]. In the end, the record was released on newly-founded independent label Velocette Records on September 11, 2001. The record again gained a great degree of critical acclaim, and the band continued to tour, despite having to cancel their European dates in the winter of that year. Shortly after the release of the record, Steve La Follette and Bill Evans left the band, to be replaced by Eli Crews and Pat Abernathy. See also: 2000 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels established in 2000 other events of 2000 list of years in music 2000s in music // John Tavener is knighted in the New Years Honours List. ... Danny Sullivan was a Formula One driver from the United States. ... The Coast Is Never Clear was the third album released by indie rock band Beulah in 2001. ... It has been suggested that Creativity and bipolar disorder be merged into this article or section. ... Capricorn Records was launched by Phil Walden in 1969 in Macon, Georgia (with offices in Atlanta). ... This article is about the date September 11 in general. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Later Years: 2002-2004

2002 saw the now long out of print Handsome Western States being repressed for the third time, along with another U.S. tour, after which the band settled into rehearsing material for their next album. The period surrounding Yoko's conception and recording was one of great personal strife for the band - Kurosky split with his long-term girlfriend and three of the six band members went through divorce while the record was being written, rehearsed and recorded. Amid all this, the foundations of the band appeared to be shaking; rumours of a break-up were rife and well-founded. The mood of the album was certainly much darker and the band phased back much of their instrumentation, preferring to create more of a live sound than layering multiple overdubs atop the mix. The album took a much rockier direction than their previous efforts; yet, upon its release in 2003, attracted a similar lauding that had greeted their previous two records. An album of demos, appropriately titled Yoko Demos, was released in the December of this year. See also: 2002 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2002 Record labels established in 2002 other events of 2002 list of years in music 2000s in music // 2002 was marked by significant trends in Rock Music. ... Yoko is Beulahs final album, released on Velocette Records in 2003. ... See also: 2003 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels established in 2003 other events of 2003 list of years in music 2000s in music // January - following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands...

At this time, Beulah appeared to be falling apart. Cryptic messages alluding to a break-up appeared on the band's website, and the state of the band was in much speculation. Beulah themselves had stated that, if Yoko did not achieve gold status, the band would split. Though it received the best reviews of the band's career, scoring Universal Acclaim on Metacritic and described as a "career-spanning epic" by Dusted Magazine[7], the record still failed to achieve gold status, and consequently the band, after one final tour, split up, ending with a free concert at New York's Battery Park at Castle Clinton on August 5, 2004. Recently, a DVD chronicling their last tour in fall 2003, titled A Good Band is Easy to Kill (Referring to the band's song "A Good Man is Easy to Kill", which, in turn, references lead singer Miles's love for Flannery O'Connor) was released, again to much praise, with Tiny Mix Tapes heralding it as one of the best music DVDs of the year [8], as it was the only music DVD release of the year. The description Gold Album is applied to recorded music albums that have sold a minimum number of copies (in the US, currently 500,000 sales). ... NY redirects here. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton is a circular sandstone fort and national monument in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DVD (commonly Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Mary Flannery OConnor (b. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand the article to establish its notability, citing reliable sources, so as to avoid its being considered...

In 2005, all four Beulah albums, as well as the single "My Horoscope Said It Would Be a Bad Year," were released on iTunes after fans suggested they be easily accessible [9].

Members

Discography

Albums

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Singles

A Small Cattle Drive in a Snow Storm is a single released by Beulah in 1997, and was recorded after Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo, a member of the Elephant 6 collective, took notice of the band. ... The Elephant Six Recording Company was a musical collective founded in Athens, Georgia, USA, by Bill Doss, Will Cullen Hart (both, now formerly, of Olivia Tremor Control), Jeff Mangum (of Neutral Milk Hotel), and Robert Schneider (of the Apples in Stereo), the four of whom grew up making music in... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... See also: 1996 in music, other events of 1997, 1998 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit ÄŒeskÃ© DrÃ¡hy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers DatorfÃ¶rening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... See also: 1999 in music (UK) other events of 1999 Musical groups established in 1999 Record labels established in 1999 list of years in music 1990s in music // January 7 After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation. ... See also: 2000 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels established in 2000 other events of 2000 list of years in music 2000s in music // John Tavener is knighted in the New Years Honours List. ... See also: 2001 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2001 Record labels established in 2001 other events of 2001 list of years in music 2000s in music // January 1 Comeback of Guns N Roses in House of Blues Hum disbands. ...

External links

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Elf Power Elf Power is an indie rock band whose style often resembles psychedelic rock. ... The Essex Green, as pictured on the cover of their album The Long Goodbye. ... Frosted Ambassador was an enigmatic release on Kindercore Records in 1999. ... The Gerbils were an indie rock band that formed in Athens, GA in 1998. ... The High Water Marks is an indie rock band from Lexington, Kentucky that formed in 2004. ... Major Organ and the Adding Machine is thought to be the side project of Neutral Milk Hotels Jeff Mangum and Julian Koster. ... Robert Schnieder, right, pictured with his main band, Apples in Stereo. ... The Minders are one of the more popular Elephant Six bands. ... The Music Tapes, an indie pop/experimental outfit from the U.S.A., are effectively the project of Elephant 6 member Julian Koster, also of Neutral Milk Hotel, and the earlier Chocolate U.S.A.. Music Tapes releases are characterised by their unusual orchestration (the singing saw and banjo are... 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Bablicon was an Elephant Six-related post rock band consisting of members of Neutral Milk Hotel and The Gerbils. ... Fablefactory is a band from Athens, GA, associated with the Elephant Six collective. ... Great Lakes is an indie pop band from Athens, GA largely associated with the Elephant Six collective. ... Jeremy Barnes is best known as the drummer for Neutral Milk Hotel. ... Icy Demons is an experimental music project started by Bablicons Griffin Rodriguez (credited as Blue Hawaii) and Need New Bodys Chris Powell (as Pow Pow). ... The Instruments are the musical project of Heather McIntosh, cellist in a number of Athens, Georgia groups including Circulatory System, Elf Power, and Japancakes. ... The Ladybug Transistor is a Brooklyn-based indie pop group associated with the Elephant Six collective. ... The Late B.P. Helium is the solo recording project and, at times, stage name of Elephant Six musician Bryan Poole, who also goes by Bryan Helium. ... M Coast is an indie rock band associated with the Elephant Six Collective. ... Jeremy Barnes is best known as the drummer for Neutral Milk Hotel. ... M Coast is an indie rock band associated with the Elephant Six Collective. ... My First Keyboard was the psuedonym used by Of Montreal to release the song The You I Created on the Kindercore singles club. ... Of Montreal is an American indie pop band formed in Athens, Georgia, fronted by Kevin Barnes. ... Synthetic Flying Machine was an early project of the Olivia Tremor Controls Will Cullen Hart and Bill Doss, and Neutral Milk Hotels Jeff Mangum. ... Jill Carnes is an Elephant Six-related musician and artist. ... Fablefactory is a band from Athens, GA, associated with the Elephant Six collective. ... Bill Doss is among the co-founders of the influential Athens, Georgia, U.S.A. based Elephant 6 Collective, and also one of the key creative forces behind The Olivia Tremor Control, one of the leaders of the collective, and later, following the bands break-up, The Sunshine Fix. ... Jefferson Nigh Mangum, or Jeff Mangum is the founder and driving force behind what was the band Neutral Milk Hotel and one of the cofounders of the Elephant Six Collective. ... This article is about Robert Schneider, the musician. ... Will Cullen Hart is one of the co-founders of the Elephant 6 Collective, as well as The Olivia Tremor Control. ... Hilarie Sidney is a musician most famously recognized as the longtime drummer for The Apples in Stereo. ... Laura Carter is a multi-instrumentalist musician from Athens, GA. She is more notably in the indie rock band Elf Power, but has performed with a number of bands within The Elephant Six Collective, such as The Gerbils, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Dixie Blood Moustache. ... Jeremy Barnes is best known as the drummer for Neutral Milk Hotel. ... Jill Carnes is an Elephant Six-related musician and artist. ... The album cover for Of Montreals Satanic Panic in the Attic, artwork by David Barnes. ... Leader of American indie bands Chocolate U.S.A. and the Music Tapes, as well as member of seminal indie legends Neutral Milk Hotel. ... Derek Griffin Almstead is an American musician/engineer closely tied to the Elephant 6 Collective. ...

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