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The Microphones

American indie rock band
Organization musical_group Q7751265

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
musical group
Inception
1998[6]
Genre
indie rock, indie folk[1][2]
Country of origin
United States[4]
Has part(s)
Phil Elverum[5]
Location of formation
Olympia[7]
Record label
K Records[3]
Start of work period
1996[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Microphones fa مایکروفونز it Mount Eerie it The Microphones ja ザ・マイクロフォンズ ko 마이크로폰스
🔖 Identifiers · 18
ISNI
0000000089549710
VIAF cluster ID
130527454
Library of Congress authority ID
no2002106729
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Elverum1.jpg ↗
Album of the Year artist ID
584
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000405732, mn0000517078
Apple Music artist ID
14836623
Deezer artist ID
73696, 61583
Discogs artist ID
303929, 347965
Freebase ID
/m/01lxk9g
Last.fm ID
The+Microphones, Mount+Eerie
MusicBrainz artist ID
6f2f87e7-3ce9-4f1c-81dd-6f068a78cf26
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Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
65313
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000154682
Rate Your Music artist ID
the_microphones, mount-eerie
Songkick artist ID
362389, 321526
Spotify artist ID
7Ht57YadlBXcFJDK3plmhO, 4Sw0SFu1fFdYXdAEVdrqnO
Tidal artist ID
3941394

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 8
Don't Wake Me Up, It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water, Microphones in 2020, The Glow Pt. 2, Little Bird Flies into a Big Black Cloud, Mount Eerie, Song Islands, Tests
← Performer 4
Don't Wake Me Up, It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water, Microphones in 2020, The Glow Pt. 2
Genre 2
indie rock, indie folk
Country of origin 1
United States
Has part(s) 1
Phil Elverum
Instance of 1
musical group
Location of formation 1
Olympia
Named after 1
Tigers Jaw
Record label 1
K Records
← Category combines topics 1
Category:The Microphones albums
← Mb:member of band 1
Phil Elverum
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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for The Microphones include Tigers Jaw[9], a musical group[10], founded in 2005[11].

Why It Matters

Entities named for The Microphones include Tigers Jaw[9], a musical group[10], founded in 2005[11].

Related Entities

United States

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 2d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Phil Elverum
    Location of formation → Olympia
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'gl', 'it', 'ko', 'nso', 'pt', 'ru', 'uk']
    Inception → +1998-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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