Dan Elkan (born September 7, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and producer, who is best known as the singer and guitarist for the

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Them Hills. Elkan has performed live with

Broken Bells Broken Bells is an American indie rock band composed of artist-producer Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) and James Mercer, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins. Broken Bells compose and create as a duo, ...

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, and

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, and has appeared on recordings by

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and

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Allmusic.com Credits. Elkan produced Aaron Ross' 2007 album "Shapeshifter" and tracks for

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' "Get Reasonable" 2009. Elkan also co-produced Zach Hill & Holy Smokes' "Masculine Drugs" 2004 and Holy Smokes' "Talk to Your Kids about Gangs" 2006 as well as

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's 2009 album "

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". ''The Union'' (Western Nevada County, CA) in 2009 called him "instrumental in much of the music that has come out of Nevada County in the last 10 years".

Discography

;With Pocket For Corduroy * S/T EP (1998) * ''As Soon As Impossible'' (2001) ;With

* ''Bitches Ain't Shit But Good People'' (2003) ;With

* ''Friendship Is Deep'' (2004) * ''Get Reasonable'' (2009) ;With

and Holy Smokes * ''Masculine Drugs'' (2004) ;With

* ''

'' (2005) ;With Daisy Spot * ''Daisy Spot (album)'' (2005) ;With Holy Smokes * ''Talk To Your Kids About Gangs'' (2006) ;With Aaron Ross * ''Shapeshifter'' (2007) ;With Them Hills * ''Greener Grassing'' (2007) * ''Process'' (2009) ;With

* ''

Astrological Straits ''Astrological Straits'' is the debut full-length studio album by American recording artist Zach Hill. It was released on August 12, 2008 by Anticon and Ipecac Records. Critical reception ''Astrological Straits'' has received generally favorabl ...

'' (2009) ;With

* ''

To Be Still ''To Be Still'' is the second studio album by indie folk musician Alela Diane, released February 17, 2009 on Rough Trade Records. Track listing References

{{DEFAULTSORT:To Be Still 2009 albums Alela Diane albums ...

'' (2009) ;With

* ''

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'' (2012) ;With Zavalaz * '' All Those Nights We Never Met'' (2014) ;With Pluralone * '' To Be One With You'' (2019)

Tours

* Pocket For Corduroy (Vocals & Guitar, 2001) *

(vocals, guitar, keyboard & sampler, 2005) * Them Hills (vocals & guitar, 2006-2011) *

(vocals & guitar, 2010) * Zavalaz (guitar & vocals, 2013)

References

External links

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