Video: jeff mangum - a baby for pree/where you'll find me now (chris knox benefit NYC 5/6/10)

Indie-rock's most revered recluse makes a rare appearance in New York City and in so doing, manages to overcome his own myth, one song at a time. Last Thursday night, 500 indie-rock fans packed into Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan's Greenwich Village for a marathon seven-hour show, a benefit to raise money for Tall Dwarfs co-founder Chris Knox, who suffered a series of strokes last year. By all accounts, the show was an unqualified success. Tickets sold out within minutes, over $40,000 was raised for Knox's recovery and fans were treated to a night of outstanding performances from some [...]

Mangum's back! Well, maybe (see video)

At the Chris Knox benefit show at Le Poisson Rouge. According to OneThirtyBPM , the reclusive Neutral Milk Hotel brainchief played five songs from his much beloved (and raaaaaaarely performed) catalogue, one of which is embedded above: "Baby For Pree" a bracer from On Avery Island , a record that definitely changed our life. Corny but true. Also, though the video quality is awfully bad due to camera restrictions, the audio echoes Live At Jittery Joe's to the max. #nerdgasms

by Andrew Frisicano I snuck this picture of the t-shirt... " Chris Knox (born September 2, 1952) is a New Zealand rock and roll musician, cartoonist, and DVD reviewer who emerged during the punk rock era with his bands The Enemy and Toy Love. After Toy Love disbanded in the early 1980s, he formed the group Tall Dwarfs with guitarist Alec Bathgate, much loved for their honest, unpolished sound and intense live shows. His 4-track machine was used to record most of the early Flying [...]

The benefit Le Poisson Rouge hosted last night for Tall Dwarfs frontman and New Zealand rock godfather Chris Knox, who suffered a devastating stroke last summer, raised over forty thousand dolla... Continue reading "Jeff Mangum Performed Neutral Milk Hotel Songs For Chris Knox Last Night at Le Poisson Rouge" >

Last night in New York City, Neutral Milk Hotel singer Jeff Mangum made an extremely rare public performance. It was for a benefit for Chris Knox, the legendary musician from New Zealand who is currently in rehab after suffering a stroke last year. Mangum performed songs from the now-classic second Neutral Milk Hotel album In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - the first time he has done so in over a decade - as well as other Neutral Milk Hotel songs. The full five song set was: "In The Aeroplane Over [...]

Last night Jeff Mangum made his first scheduled public performance in many years to support Chris Knox, who recently suffered a stroke. Cameras weren't allowed, but pretty much everything is a recording device these days, so... Here's Jeff Mangum performing "Oh Comely" and "A Baby for Pree." [via CoS]