Music Under Fire

El Ten Eleven's menagerie of full bloom electronica and working-class guitar/bass wailing continue to set them apart. For a group that doesn't sing, the word is still getting out and tour dates for the next few months are aplenty.

Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty control this L.A.-based experiment which is capable of entrancing a live audience or soothing a casual at-home listener. Each of their three albums, These Promises Are Being Videotaped (2008), Every Direction is North (2007) and the self-titled debut (2005), expand upon the already vibrant tunes from the previous albums.

For more on the group, check out their MySpace, their videos on Youube and the videos, mp3s and tour dates below. Enjoy.

MP3: El Ten Eleven - My Only Swerving (buy)
MP3: El Ten Eleven - Jumping Frenchmen of Maine (buy)

"Jumping Frenchmen of Maine" may seem like something out of a dream, or perhaps an odd nonsensical thought you had while you were driving in your car today, but don't consider yourself so clever. Jumping Frenchmen of Maine is a new song released by El Ten Eleven, the post rock duo from L.A. The group consists of only Kristian Dunn and drummer Tim Fogarty. Their simple, playful approach to the post rock genre has been refreshing for me since I stumbled upon them in 2006, a brief year after their self-titled release off of the Bar/None Records. Bar/None has had other successes with talented bands such as Architecture In Helsinki, Of Montreal, They Might Be Giants and even the indispensible Yo La Tengo back in 1990; El Ten Eleven truly is the label's little known secret.