Grizzly Bear

They sound so fucking great it's near annoying. The Letterman version of Two Weeks sounds a bit muddy though is there a proper take on it anywhere?

xpost, this nearly put me off them

With Daniel: Knife is amazing, nothing else by the band has appealed to me half as much. Think they're better than okay, though.

(Was that faint enough? Is it still coming through?)

I assume all you Knife enthusiasts haven't heard Alligator (choir version) then?

On A Neck, On A Spit is better than Knife, surely?

^this

The new song on their MySpace page -- While You Wait for the Others -- is okay, but indistinct
Madness. The letterman version is what I'm basing my Two Weeks appreciation so can't be that muddy. The harmonies are certainly clear.

On A Neck, On A Spit is better than Knife, surely?

Not to me, but I may be bats--t crazy, I guess. In fact, in ILX talk, Knife >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On A Neck (to me).

blogotheque grizzly bear made me realise this

Knife isn't even in the top tier of the songs on Yellow House.

i think my favourite of theirs is the alternate version of Easier. they are incredible live.

Knife isn't even in the top tier of the songs on Yellow House.

-- jed_, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 12:51 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

In the context of what most closely approximates popping 4 Tylenol PMs, I'd have to agree

The "each day / spend it with me yeah / all my time / spend it with you year" bit was perhaps my favourite thing in all music from 2006 that I heard.

Knife is like a hit but surely there are a lot of other great stuff, it's just not stuff of hits, it's something else. great band

anyone feeling dept. of eagles?

i like it fine. it's no yellow house, but I think it stands on its own just fine. it's more of an exploration of dan's styles, which is cool. i'm really really looking forward to the next grizzly bear album though.

i like the record because it's a sunny pop album that you can listen to as it gets cold without feeling perverse

So apparently they had a guest star or two today.

a grizzly bear?

Is that what they call him these days:

http://twitter.com/skeetonmytwitts/statuses/3653814003

http://twitpic.com/fwg04

I like Maura's take:

http://twitter.com/maura/status/3653827386

Haha. Beardos and Beyonce.

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't do it jay

already fucking around w/coldplay but grizzly bear? don't give them any more undeserved legitimacy

Future Jay-Z collaborators: Foghat, Air Supply, They Might Be Giants.

I'm sure there are one or two last remaining mashup artists out there who will oblige you.

Actually Jay-Z/Air Supply has potential.

Oh, never mind.

if only jay-z would consult w/ ilm before deciding which indie rock bands he's supposed to like

No, no; I was just clowning. I like the new Grizzly Bear disc, and the Jay-Z collaboration sounds cool.

So sick of hearing about this mediocre indie dribble.

ya your life must be pretty tough

HAHAHAHA

So sick of hearing about this mediocre indie dribble.

― Spinspin Sugah, Monday, August 31, 2009 2:24 PM

Yeah, because it's not like there are any currently updated threads on the front page about Neil Young, Mariah Carey, Chris Brown, Kraftwerk, Rush, Womack & Womack, Bert Jansch, ZZ Top, James Brown and Terence Trent D'Arby that you could visit instead. ILM = All Grizzly Bear, All The Time!

enthusiasm for what you spontaneously like --> enthusiasm for indie + disdain for what you used to spontaneously like --> disdain for indie + enthusiasm for what you spontaneously like + enthusiasm for obscure/difficult music and pop music --> enthusiasm for what you spontaneously like, conditioned by a deeper appreciation of many genres + disdain for what you genuinely dislike

Spinspin Sugah is probably somewhere in the "disdain for indie + enthusiasm for what you spontaneously like + enthusiasm for obscure/difficult music and pop music" stage.

Anyone heard the version of "While You Wait For The Others" with Michael McDonald on vocals? Fairly WTF.

I was just looking for that. Guess I'll have to wait until I get home to download it from iTunes.

I streamed it from here
http://volume-knob.blogspot.com/2009/08/jay-z-hearts-grizzly-bear.html

this sort of sounds like the band can't count

Excellent, thanks, NN!

Is Michael McDonald really singing about 'the perfect cleft' in that chorus?

wow, I wish Michael McDonald did this more often

oh, I guess I was standing about 15-20 yards away from Jay-Z yesterday, then.

Heard "Two Weeks" on Conan recently and the song is like a jammier version of the Rascals' "Beautiful Morning."

I think that a lot of the Nu-Pagan bearded animal bands sound like the kind of music mid-60s pop bands made around 1968 or 1969, when they were trying to adapt to the hippie-era before their popularity ran dry, and hiring an Eastern guru was a sound business decision. The touchstones seem to be the Hollies' Butterfly, Notorious Byrd Brothers, the Beach Boys' Sunflower et al.

Just got back from seeing them with the london symphony orchestra. Epic amazingness.

Bear's drumming, it never ceases to amaze.

Maybe I had built this up too much in my mind, but i was a little disappointed. It was still very good though. I liked the way that the orchestration added more details to some of the songs, but at times I struggled to hear the orchestra under the band.

Owen, were you there? I thought I saw someone who looked like you.

I think it depends on where people were sitting; i was on front row so got a lot of drums and guitar, but thought maybe further back the mix would be more balanced? Regardless of that they seem to get better every time i see them and the orchestra was a big added bonus

That's probably true. I was at the front last night too. For efterklang I was sat halfway up in the stalls and it sounded a lot better