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Elefant

American indie rock band

Elefant was an indie rock band from New York City that released two albums in the 2000s.

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Elefant
what
a band
from
New York
since
2000
until
2010
on the air here
11 songs

File card: Elefant

members: Diego Garcia

formed in: New York City

labels: Kemado Records

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Background

Born in Detroit to Argentine parents in the late 1970s, Diego Garcia immersed himself in the sounds of Iggy Pop and MC5 at an early age. Music carried him throughout his tenure until his cardiologist father moved the family back to Tampa, Florida when Garcia was a young teenager, and by age 14 he got himself an acoustic guitar and started writing songs. As Garcia approached college life at Brown University in 1996, music was still calling him despite his course load in economics. During his junior year, Garcia realized he wanted a career in music instead. He left for New York City upon his 2000 graduation and began to look for musicians, eventually playing with the band Circus for a brief time. A year later, Garcia formed Elefant with...

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Career

Along with bands such as Interpol, Elefant was involved in the indie rock scene in New York City in the 2000s. They signed with Kemado Records in 2002. Their debut EP Gallery Girl was released on February 4, 2003. Their full-length debut, Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid, was released on April 8, 2003, and included the single "Misfit".

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American indie rock band founded in 2000 in New York City and disbanded in 2010. From Discogs (free to use). Their entry

Liner notes

Elefant, the records, oldest first
  1. Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
    2003 album
    on the air
  2. Gallery Girl
    2003 ep
    on the air
  3. The Black Magic Show
    2006 album
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Elefant on the air

Side A: on Broken Record Radio

  1. Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
  2. Annie
  3. Bokkie
  4. Ester
  5. Love
  6. Misfit
  7. Now That I Miss Her
  8. Static On Channel 4
  9. Tonight Let's Dance

Underlined songs have their story further down.

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Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid

2003 studio album by Elefant

Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid is the debut full-length album by American rock band Elefant. Originally released on April 8, 2003 by Kemado Records, it was re-released in October 2004 on Hollywood Records following the success of the single "Misfit".

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