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The stunning new video for 'Chains, Chains, Chains' (directed by Sean Pecknold) debuts today on AOL's Spinner site. Check it out here:http://www.spinner.com/2009/06/30/elvis-perkins-in-dearland-chains...

Musical visionary types take care of their own. Mark Mulcahy was the frontman for the 1980s Connecticut-based alt-rock band Miracle Legion, who released a few hard-to-find albums of R.E.M.-esque colle...

Musical visionary types take care of their own. Mark Mulcahy was the frontman for the 1980s Connecticut-based alt-rock band Miracle Legion, who released a few hard-to-find albums of R.E.M.-esque college rock jangle before breaking up in the mid-90s. He also led Polaris, the band who did the music for the beloved Nickelodeon kids' show "The Adventures of Pete & Pete". Since then, he's released three solo albums.

Late last year, Mulcahy's wife Melissa died unexpectedly, leaving him to take care of his three-year-old twin daughters. If Mulcahy is going to keep making music, he'll need help. And fortunately, he's getting it.

On September 29, Shout! Factory will release Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy, a tribute album to Mulcahy that will also serve as a benefit for him. An amazingly stacked lineup of indie rock greats have contributed their versions of Mulcahy songs. Thom Yorke takes on "All for the Best", Michael Stipe turns in his version of "Everything's Coming Undone", and the National handle "Ashamed of the Story I Told". Dinosaur Jr., Mercury Rev, and Frank Black also contribute songs.

Tracklist below.

Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy:

01 Thom Yorke: "All for the Best"
02 The National: "Ashamed of the Story I Told"
03 Michael Stipe: "Everything's Coming Undone"
04 David Berkeley:...

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New dates have been added for the Fall in Portland, OR, London and France. Check the tour section for specifics. More dates will be added soon.

Elvis will be performing at Joe's Pub on July 8th as part of the Happy Ending Music and Reading Series.The theme of the evening is Confession and Jealousy and will include readings by Binnie Kirshenba...

Kasabian, Maximo Park, Akron/Family and Elvis Perkins in Dearland have just been added to the bill for 2009 Bumbershoot Festival.

Elvis Perkins in Dearland are confirmed to join Modest Mouse, Franz Ferdinand, World Party and many others at this years Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, WA. Go to www.bumbershoot.org for more info.

Elvis Perkins in Dearland will be joining Bon Iver in Birmingham, AL on June 6th at the Workplay Theater.Also, Those Darlins ( www.myspace.com/darlins) will be supporting EPID on the June dates in Col...

Help Elvis Perkins In Dearland celebrate five decades of folk music in historic Newport, RI, Aug 1 & 2 alongside co-founder and legend Pete Seeger, The Decemberists, Joan Baez, Neko Case, Arlo Guthri...