Topic: Elvis Perkins

Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins was born in New York City, New York on April 4, 1932. The pair had two sons, Osgood Robert Perkins and Elvis Perkins. Perkins' signature role was that of Norman Bates in the Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho , which he reprised ...

Lake Fever Sessions Podcast, Volume 2

You might recall that, back in February, the gents over at Lake Fever decided to start putting together podcasts with material culled from their now-legendary sessions. Well, Volume 2 is here, and this one features tracks from Elvis Perkins in Dearland, The ...
The first Lake Fever Session of the year is up, and word is that Elvis Perkins inspired quite the party atmosphere while he was in the house. See the tastefully sparse folk jam "Stay Zombie Stay" above, or head over to the ...
It's a dreary gray November afternoon when I pull off of Music Row and into the alley that bisects the Office Park of Broken Dreams. In the almost five years since Lake Fever partners Jason Bullock, John Baldwin and Joe Baine ...

Ash Tuesday

After being named for The King, Elvis Perkins had a hell of a legacy to uphold when he decided to go into music. " A.A. Bondy opens Perkins' first gig in Nashville-excluding an in-store at Grimey's.

follow-up album

We were happy once, you and me, when we were sad," (Unlike 2007's blog-buzzed Ash Wednesday, Elvis Perkins in Dearland is credited to Perkins's oddly named band. (Perkins isn't letting the latter bother him, he announces in "Doomsday. Compared ...

Elvis Perkins in Dearland

We were happy once, you and me, when we were sad," (Unlike 2007's blog-buzzed Ash Wednesday, Elvis Perkins in Dearland is credited to Perkins's oddly named band. (Perkins isn't letting the latter bother him, he announces in "Doomsday. Compared ...

8th Annual Bonnaroo Tickets On Sale

The initial and official lineup for the eighth annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has just been released and includes over 75 performers. It's a normally occurrence to see Bonnaroo sell out early on and this year's tickets go on sale ...

CDs of the week

FOLK Elvis Perkins Ash Wednesday (XL) ***** Since my first encounter with Elvis Perkins, I have become quite the groupie. POP Robin Thicke The Evolution of Robin Thicke (Interscope) **** This is going to be huge. Imagine, if you will, a grown-up's Justin ...

Songs made for quiet contemplation

Shepherd's Bush Empire has seen plenty of riotous evenings in its long, hard life - nights when bands such as Oasis, Muse and the Rolling Stones offered enough noise, vitriol and thunder to ensure the owners feared for its century-old foundations. It ...