(1970-10-24) October 24, 1970 (age 53) Ruston, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres
Indie rock
psychedelic folk
lo-fi
sound collage
psychedelic pop[1]
Instrument(s)
Guitar
drums
bass
keyboards
organ
accordion
xylophone
floor toms
chair
Years active
1987–1998
2001–2002
2006
2008–2015
Labels
Merge
Orange Twin
Formerly of
Neutral Milk Hotel
Circulatory System
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Apples in Stereo, Major Organ and the Adding Machine
Spouse(s)
Astra Taylor
(m. 2008)
Website
walkingwallofwords.com
Musical artist
Jeffrey Nye Mangum[2][3] (born 24 October 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who gained prominence as the founder, songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of Neutral Milk Hotel, as well for his co-founding of The Elephant 6 Recording Company.[4] Mangum is characterized for his complex, lyrically dense songwriting, exemplified on the critically lauded album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea,[5] as well as for his public image as a recluse associated with his extended periods of musical inactivity and minimal press interaction. An article published in Slate described Mangum as the "Salinger of Indie Rock."[6] In 2023 Jeff Mangum received a Grammy award nomination for "Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package".[7]
^Beaumont, Mark; Aston, Martin (10 March 2011). "From Elephant 6 to Deerhunter: The US's new psychedelia". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
^Taylor, A: Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone, page 4. Metropolitan Books, 2019.
^Chad Stockfleth (2022). The Elephant 6 Recording Co (Documentary). Elephant Films, LLC.
^"Neutral Milk Hotel". Pitchfork. February 2002.
^"Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea". Pitchfork.
^Clark, Taylor (26 February 2008). "Jeff Mangum, The Salinger of Indie Rock". Slate.
^"Here are the 2024 Grammy Award winners". NPR. February 4, 2024.
interaction. An article published in Slate described Mangum as the "Salinger of Indie Rock." In 2023 JeffMangum received a Grammy award nomination for "Best...
Neutral Milk Hotel was an American band formed in 1989 by musician JeffMangum in Ruston, Louisiana. They were active until 1998, and then from 2013 to...
to September 1997. Producer Robert Schneider worked with bandleader JeffMangum to improve upon the low-quality sound of Neutral Milk Hotel's debut album...
the time, Neutral Milk Hotel was a solo project of American musician JeffMangum, who recorded the album with producer Robert Schneider from February...
Will Cullen Hart, JeffMangum, and Robert Schneider. After high school, Schneider formed the Apples in Stereo; Doss, Hart, and Mangum formed the Olivia...
JeffMangum. The two moved to Athens, and reworked Cranberry Lifecycle songs as a new band called Synthetic Flying Machine. After Doss joined, Mangum...
spending time with his childhood friends Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss and JeffMangum. He discussed the idea of starting a record label with them (which soon...
sister of painter and disability activist Sunny Taylor, and is married to JeffMangum of Neutral Milk Hotel. She joined Neutral Milk Hotel onstage for a number...
Jonathan Mangum (born January 16, 1971) is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member of the variety show The Wayne Brady Show and is the announcer...
Nevermore Jeff Lynne, British singer-songwriter and record producer JeffMangum, American singer-songwriter and founder of Neutral Milk Hotel Jeff Mills,...
Paving Company") with directors Karni & Saul. Newsom was selected by JeffMangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival...
maintain their anonymity. It is believed that the main contributors are JeffMangum, Julian Koster, Robert Schneider, and Kevin Barnes, whose vocals are...
2010 Grand Jury Prize for Feature Documentary. The band was chosen by JeffMangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform a rare festival performance at the All...
Mountain Goats LP, All Eternals Deck, in 2011. They were also chosen by JeffMangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival...
documentary Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King by Jeff Feuerzeig. The band was chosen by JeffMangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform at the All Tomorrow's...
chosen by JeffMangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform "I Often Dream of Trains" at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, to be curated by Mangum in March...
albums, Clear Moon and Ocean Roar. He was also chosen to perform at JeffMangum's All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead, England. An admirer of...
Bill Callahan, The Mountain Goats, The Bats, The Chills, The Verlaines, JeffMangum, The Nothing (including Chris), Tall Dwarfs and Lou Barlow. The Greenwich...
shortlisted (one of 10) nominee for the 2011 award. Stetson was chosen by JeffMangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival...
has been published by IOP Publishing. The current editor-in-chief is JeffMangum of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. PASP has been published...
up in Ruston, Louisiana, with Bill Doss, JeffMangum and Robert Schneider. Doss and Hart (and, early on, Mangum) combined their musical efforts in The Olivia...
Tomorrow's Parties in Minehead, Somerset, on 9 May 2009 – they were chosen by JeffMangum of Neutral Milk Hotel for a return performance at the All Tomorrow's...
cassette boxed set released by Joyful Noise in 2012. They were chosen by JeffMangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival...
the PopRally series at MoMA in New York City. The band were invited by JeffMangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform their debut album live at the All Tomorrow's...
a high school musical project of singer-songwriter JeffMangum, and the band was largely a Mangum solo project in the group's earlier days. The group...
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