Eels
Eels is an American alternative/acoustic indie rock band formed by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, better known as "Mr. E" or simply E. Born in 1963, he grew up experimenting with music in Washington D.C. and later moved to Los Angeles, California, United States emerging as the frontman of a band, calling Eels a vessel for his music. Other members rotate frequently, both in the studio and on stage. Their live shows include interesting interpretations of older songs, and usual...
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End Times
Long overdue introspectionproves unsatisfying Mark Everett has had a lifetime’s worth of heartbreak in his 46 years on earth, but family tragedy has never burdened Eels records; there was always... Read more
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End Times
EELS, eels. To have a specific typeface of how you want your name as an artist presented has a certain personality about it, as if the artist is saying, âThis is exactly who I am, get it right.â... Read more
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End Times
Eels frontman Mark Everett, better known as E, has to be the most unhappy man in the world. His father was an alcoholic, his sister – long troubled by mental illness – committed suicide in 1996. Tw... Read more
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End Times
Mark Everett is back at it. His Eels have been quite busy in the last few years, recording a record in each of the last three years if you include the soundtrack to Yes Man, which was comprised mo... Read more
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End Times
"I'll lock the world away/Haunted by my better days," Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, wheezes dejectedly on "Nowadays," exhibiting the dignified sense of resignation that colors End Times, the second E... Read more
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Unhinged
"Unhinged" starts with a young girl in bed, innocently reading the classic satirical novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. By the end of the video, we're dealing with a bizarre stop-motion se... Read more
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End Times
Stellen dat Mark E. Everett een getormenteerde ziel is, moet zowat het understatement van het jaar zijn. Op zijn nieuwste plaat, End Times, klinken zijn sores echter navranter dan ooit tevoren. Voo... Read more
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End Times
The album is actually a little of everything.End Times features some of E's most engaging and reflective tunes in quite some time. The painful "In My Younger Days", emotionally wrenching "A Line I... Read more
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End Times
"Elevé à la rude école du malheur, il y remportait tous les prixâ, écrivait Alphonse Allais, qui sans le savoir chroniquait déjà lâoeuvre du Californien Eels. On pensait lâexplorat... Read more
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End Times
Ein Wolkenbruch. Der Himmel verfinstert sich schlagartig. Plötzlich bricht das Gewitter aus allen Wolken erbarmungslos hervor. Regenfäden ergießen sich in schier endlosen Schleifen aus der Höhe. In... Read more
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