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  • Eels ‘End Times’ album + FREE “Little Bird” download »

    Eels’ End Times out January 19, 2010; Free download from new EELS record

    Eels - End Times

    EELS are currently offering a FREE download of the track “Little Bird” from their new record, ‘End Times,’ in anticipation of the album’s release via Vagrant Records.


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    Eels on Jimmy Kimmel Live July 24th – ‘Hombre Lobo’ rave reviews »

    Eels Hombre Lobo

    Fresh on the heels of appearances on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” and “Late Night with David Letterman,” EELS will be featured on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” July 24, 2009 performing a track from their latest record, ‘Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire’, out now on Vagrant Records …


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    Watch video: Eels Tremendous Dynamite – making Hombre Lobo trailer »

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    Check out Tremendous Dynamite, from Eels new album ‘Hombre Lobo’! …


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    Eels reveal cover art and track listing for new album ‘Hombre Lobo’ »

    Eels - Hombre Lobo

    Eels have revealed the tracklisting and cover art for their upcoming album ‘Hombre Lobo’ …


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    Eels return with ‘Hombre Lobo’ – first new album in 4 years »

    Eels - Hombre Lobo

    Eels will release their first new album since 2005’s acclaimed double ‘Blinking Lights and other Revelations’ …


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    Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives w/ Mark Oliver Everett from the Eels on NOVA (PBS) »

    Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives on PBS

    Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives will air on NOVA (PBS) Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 8pm ET/PT. For most of Mark Oliver Everett’s life, things didn’t add up. Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives follows Mark, better known as E, the lead singer of the band the EELS, across the country …


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    Eels – Live at the New Theatre Oxford review »

    Last Sunday (March 23), I went to the New Theatre in Oxford for the Eels show. Before moving to England I didn’t know much about the Eels – even though the founder of Eels, Mark Oliver Everett, AKA E, is originally from Virginia and now LA. Here in England though, the handful of musicians that [...]


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    Mark Oliver Everett – Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives nominated for BAFTA + Eels tour dates »

    Mark Oliver Everett

    In addition to a Royal Television Society award nomination, Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives, the acclaimed BBC documentary about Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett …


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    Mark Oliver Everett (Eels) sends letter with invitation to the Queen »

    Mark Oliver Everett

    Mark Oliver Everett from the Eels has written a letter to Her Majesty The Queen, inviting her to one of his gigs – I mean – shows (somehow ‘gig’ seems inappropriate under these circumstances) at the Royal Festival Hall …


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    Patriots lose Super Bowl, Tom Petty half-time show + no Eels ad »

    It’s been a slow start this morning, after staying up until well past three in the morning here in England, watching the Patriots lose the Super Bowl. Boooo. I was so disappointed with the loss, I wondered why I bothered to stay up at all. Now I’m paying for it today. Not only that – [...]


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    Eels plan to make shortest Super Bowl TV ad ever for Useless Trinkets album »

    Eels - Mark Everett

    Eels plan to make the shortest Super Bowl TV ad break ever! If it goes ahead, I believe that the proposed one second advert for Eels’ new ‘Useless Trinkets’ album will be the shortest ever TV ad used during the Super Bowl …


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    Eels UK tour dates + watch videos from bonus DVD »

    Eels with dog Bobby Jr.

    The Eels have announced more dates in the UK and Ireland on the back end of their European tour, which will come around to the UK again in mid-March 2008. This announcement comes two weeks before the January 21st 2008 release of the Best of Eels rarities …


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    Mark Oliver Everett (Eels) book release: Things The Grandchildren Should Know »

    Mark Oliver Everett

    On 17 January 2008 the book Things The Grandchildren Should Know is released in the UK. That evening the author, Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett, who appeared in the BBC documentary Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives, will make a special appearance …


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    Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives BBC Four documentary about Eels founder Mark Everett and his father »

    Eels - Mark Everett

    Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives follows the lead singer of US rock band Eels, Mark Everett, on his journey of discovery across America to learn about the father he never knew, Hugh Everett III, the quantum mechanic. The BBC Four one hour documentary …


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    EELS to release Best Of and Useless Trinkets rarities + tour dates »

    Eels - Mark Oliver Everett

    The ever-changing lineup of musicians that play the songs of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett (aka E), unveils both its first “best of” compilation, ‘Meet The EELS: Essential EELS Vol. 1, 1996-2006 (CD+DVD)’, and its first collection of rarities, B-sides, film contributions and unreleased tracks, the EELS Useless Trinkets …


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