On 12 July 2023, The Microphones was a guest on Plastic Language. The Microphones has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 5 April 2015. The Microphones's music has been featured on 20 episodes.

The Microphones is the name of a project that Anacortes, WA's Phil Elverum has headed since 1996. Its sound is best described as lo-fi "fuzz folk," including drum-crashing, bass-thrashing sonic freakouts, strummy classical guitar love songs, angelic vocal choirs, and almost-whispered vocals over harmoniums and bell kits.

In 2004, Elverum abandoned the "Microphones" name to begin recording as Mount Eerie, briefly returning in December 2007 when he began selling…