Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest
Having spent 2008 opening for Radiohead, appearing on late night... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsEvery Day Should Be Record Store Day: 10 Reasons to Visit Your Local Indie Music Shop
Today marks the second-annual celebration of Record Store Day, a holiday that, around these parts, we think deserves as much recognition as any of those other days that Hallmark exploits to try and sell you stuff. We've said it before, but it bears repeating: The record store is a good thing. Visit a local shop near you today and spend some money. Here are but a few reasons why:... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayGrizzly Bear's Veckatimest set for release May 26, tour unveiled
The members of Brooklyn foursome Grizzly Bear are set to release their sophomore album, Veckatimest, on May 26 via Warp Records.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsDavid Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, Gillian Welch, The National, Feist, many more contribute to Dark Was the Night comp
Today is World AIDS Day. Appropriately enough, it's also the day that the line-up was revealed for Dark Was the Night, a compilation release which will benefit AIDS/HIV awareness group, The Red Hot Organization.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsGrizzly Bear's Ed Droste reveals new album details
During the wait for Grizzly Bear's followup to 2006 opus Yellow House, we've been somewhat assuaged by covers touch-up Friend and Department of Eagles' In Ear Park from Grizzly's Daniel Rossen (and his old NYU roommate Fred Nicolaus). But we hadn't really slaked our thirst for album details until a recent interview Grizzly Bear founder Ed Droste gave Drowned in Sound. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDepartment of Eagles: In Ear Park
A beautiful swell of experimental folk The songs of In Ear Park, the sophomore effort from Grizzly Bear's Dan Rossen and his college classmate Fred Nicolaus, are not so much heard as absorbed. After repeated listens, the densely layered and often distorted instrumentals begin to parse themselves out, the hooks of “Floating on The Lehigh” proving particularly arresting. Dedicated to Rossen's recently-deceased father, the title a nod to the Los Angeles park they used to visit together, the album is more nostalgic than mournful; on occasion, like the lighthearted and impossibly catchy "No One Does It Like You," it's downright... read more
Found in: Music, Reviews, Paste:LocalGrizzly Bear announces summer tour plans
The news has been hit by a slew of animal-related disturbances: mountain lions prowling the suburbs, alligators trespassing into home kitchens, and even a group of ducklings holding up traffic on the interstate. Rest assured that our Faunomusicology Society is on the case, researching the phenomenon. In the meantime, there are reports of a Grizzly Bear wreaking havoc on concert venues everywhere... Coming out of hibernation, the group has paired up with two rock 'n' roll titans, Radiohead and the New Pornographers, for a summer tour. Grizzly Bear has also added a string of solo dates including appearances at Lollapalooza... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGrizzly Bear to perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall
As if we haven't covered Brooklynites Grizzly Bear enough in the past week or so, more news has flown in via a little bird (that we fondly call "Press Release") that the quartet will co-headline a show with the Los Angeles Philharmonic on March 1. Although they won't play together at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Philharmonic will perform pieces chosen to mirror what has inspired Grizzly Bear, and the band will play a regular set with songs from Yellow House. Tickets are $24-$34 and went on sale here last Saturday (Feb. 2). Not too shabby for a genre-crossing... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBand of the Week: Grizzly Bear
Paul Simon likes Grizzly Bear. At least that’s what drummer Christopher Bear deduces from Simon staying for the entirety of one of the band's recent New York City sets, one which wrapped up with a cover of the legendary songwriter's jaunty “Graceland”... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesGrizzly Bear makes new Friend
Question: What kind of bear is best? Jim as Dwight says black bear, but we've always had a penchant for Grizzly Bear. Since Yellow House's release last year, Beirut, Born Ruffians and college a capella groups have covered the band's standout song "The Knife." Now Grizzly Bear has announced its latest project, Friend, which features 10 tracks of new, reworked and re-recorded songs, due Nov. 6. Friend will feature covers by Band of Horses, Atlas Sound (Bradford Cox of Deerhunter) and Brazilian dance punks CSS, along with guest appearances from Zach Condon (of Beirut) and Dirty Projectors. Grizzly Bear kicked... read more
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