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broadcast seems more off base than grizzly bear? not sure I follow

― owen reading, Friday, 21 January 2005 04:00 (twenty-one years ago)

hmmm...i think i know the blonde haired guy from my nyc daze. anyway this is nice. i'm wary of the similarities to AC tho, who i am pretty well sick of at this point.

― Overbite (Roger Fidelity), Friday, 21 January 2005 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

i think they are NYU kids. did you know him from there? yeah I don't see the AC connections either, who I love, but I like grizzly for other reasons. I think they've got their own thing going. i feel kinda lame posting about them so much. they are kinda my band du jour. or du month. what's month in french? ok I'm dumb.....err.....

― owen reading, Friday, 21 January 2005 04:40 (twenty-one years ago)

i heard atleast one of grizzly folks went to nyu. but i must disagree with cameron; their cd and live performance are two completely different and amazing experiences and can't really be compared. though the cd grows on you like nothing else, the performance has a more immediate effect.

― bicky retardo, Friday, 21 January 2005 06:08 (twenty-one years ago)

i haven't heard shit on their live show. whatever. i like their CD. i hope they are similar

― owen reading, Friday, 21 January 2005 06:11 (twenty-one years ago)

owen, you are missing out!! they're quite endearing live. think raw, stripped down, innocent, dirty, and adorable. it's rare to feel so connected with musicians at shows these days, or maybe it's because i've become more jaded as the years have passed, but either way grizzly bear takes you onto this whole other level. it's quite beautiful, actually.

― bicky retardo, Friday, 21 January 2005 06:24 (twenty-one years ago)

what level are you talking about? i'm NOT convinced. loved the album. but people talk up the live show too much. i don't believe it...

― owen reading, Friday, 21 January 2005 06:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't know, i admit i've only seen them once, but they posted some live mp3s from an acoustic performance they did on WBAR (barnard college radio) in the fall, and they sound pretty great. just go to the french kicks/calla show in february and see how they are for yourself. if you like the cd, you'll probably like their performance just as much, if not more.

― bicky retardo, Friday, 21 January 2005 06:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw GB back in NYC and am covering their West Coast debut for a bunch of Hollywood mags. I figured them to be just a New York band, but I've mentioned them to one of my indie Silverlake friends and says he's been at three or four parties where 'Horn of Plenty's' been playing. It's the most aggressivley mellow thing I've heard in a good long while.

― Japhy, Wednesday, 26 January 2005 07:06 (twenty-one years ago)

i hear that. agressively mellow, in a good way. silverlake you say. haha

― owen reading, Wednesday, 26 January 2005 07:25 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread annoys the shit out of me. if you're gonna come to hype your band, just fucking announce that you're hyping your band instead of coming up with names / email addresses for a single post. you'll get more respect.

― john'n'chicago, Wednesday, 26 January 2005 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

if you'd read it it's mostly a conversation between myself and firstworld, hardly what I'd call hype. with a few randoms chiming in. some to say they don't like it too, might i add. i don't even think musicians even know about this site. seems pretty much blogger/critic oriented to me.

― owen reading, Wednesday, 26 January 2005 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

started as a real thread, john.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 19:16 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

so let's tabula rasa on this thread how about?

they got reviewed in pitchfork today in a favorable way and got listed on dusted. they're coming to my town soon and for this i am very happy. in the full disclosure area, the singer is my friend which is perhaps somewhat awkward to note given the latter bit of this thread. but they are fully deserving of the attention... anyone feeling this shit yet?

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Saturday, 12 February 2005 00:30 (twenty-one years ago)

yes indeed I do. i wrote chris dahlen about them weeks ago. was pleased to see they were back on the circuit. apparently others on ILM don't seem to pay much heed

― zach faver, Saturday, 12 February 2005 08:14 (twenty-one years ago)

it's still me and you first world. but man i feel good saying "i told you so"!
pitch sure took their time with them...didn't see the dusted thing. don't read that much.

― owen reading, Saturday, 12 February 2005 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

i saw these guys two nights ago, and was really blown away by how wonderfully they reinterpret the songs live. the record is a sort of quaint cavernous affair, but live they're so incredibly dynamic. like the kind of shit that'd happen if crosby, stills, nash & young were exiled in a cave for years on end. the harmonies were just gorgeous and they've got this clarinet player who works as a sort of pseudo-bassist. suffice to say i fell in love.

― rob mackey (mackey), Saturday, 26 March 2005 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

From the Washington Post:

Friday, March 25, 2005; Page WE08

GRIZZLY BEAR "Horn of Plenty"Kanine

While hip-hop, teen-pop and nu-metal battle for the future, a new generation of psychedelic folkies has unexpectedly arisen. From Tokyo to Stockholm to (of course) Brooklyn, N.Y., these troubadours make music that's odd, quiet and sometimes irksomely childlike; they may use electronics, but rely heavily on acoustic guitars and intimate vocals. Although hardly the goofiest of the lot, Grizzly Bear is not unrepresentative.

The 14 tracks on "Horn of Plenty" began as Brooklyn singer-songwriter Edwin Droste's demos and didn't become substantially more ornate once Christopher Bear appended his singing and playing. (Since the album was recorded, multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor has also joined.) Actually, there are many layers to these recordings; they aren't simply unplugged guitar and untempered sincerity. Yet the album's sound is deliberately scruffy, a blend of homemade electronica, languid raga-rock and lots of reverb. With their drowsy melodies, boys' choir harmonies and low-tech effects, such songs as "Showcase" and "Merge" resemble a back-porch jam session's take on "Good Vibrations."

If such comparisons suggest Grizzly Bear is a little precious and more than a little half-baked, that's about right. By the standards of this newly reborn genre, however, "Horn of Plenty" is reasonably focused and unusually tuneful. It's a somewhat vague trip, but not a bad one.

-- Mark Jenkins

Appearing Monday at DC9 with the Chance and Something for Rockets

― steve-k, Saturday, 26 March 2005 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Booking them with Something for Rockets seems really odd.

― Mr. Harvey Weinstein (mr harvey weinstein), Saturday, 26 March 2005 20:42 (twenty-one years ago)

i saw them recently too and was really impressed. something for rockets are terrible. not sure why they are playing with Grizzly Bear. Never heard of the CHance. Think that W post reviewer was referring to ms. newsom when he described artists in that genre as irksomely childish? duh....

― breezy, Sunday, 27 March 2005 03:42 (twenty-one years ago)

SFR are alright, but they can't win on that bill. Dunno what the deal is with that ... it seems really strange. That's like an Animal Collective + Maroon 5 bill. Weird.

― Mr. Harvey Weinstein (mr harvey weinstein), Sunday, 27 March 2005 04:41 (twenty-one years ago)

my freind is gonna go tonight more to see the silliness of SFR than Grizzly Bear although I assured herr they were good, but I don't think they are her type of music (she thinks bloc party is the answer to everything)
regardless---i've never seen SFR, she told me they are ridiculous and thus entertaining, kind of like going to see the Ring 2 or something. making sense?

― breezy, Monday, 28 March 2005 22:38 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

this is still one of those albums that keeps coming back to me. was re reminded of it today on said the gram. probably one of the most under recognized bands in nyc right now. not sure why.

― still, Wednesday, 27 July 2005 03:50 (twenty years ago)

i've never seen SFR, she told me they are ridiculous and thus entertaining, kind of like going to see the Ring 2 or something. making sense?

makes no sense whatsoever

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 03:53 (twenty years ago)

blah. it makes enough sense for a band like that. off the point. way to steal my thunder of having a "moment" with a cd. hah

― still, Wednesday, 27 July 2005 04:00 (twenty years ago)

i'm sorry that i stole the thunder of you not being sure why grizzly bear is so under-recognized in nyc.

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 04:03 (twenty years ago)

thank you for acknowledging me glen

― stilllllllllll, Wednesday, 27 July 2005 04:15 (twenty years ago)

http://www.rvingclassifieds.com/whyroamalone/wra1.jpeg

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 04:23 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

new music video:
http://www.encyclopediapictura.com/grizzlybear.mov

A++++ highly recommended

― critique de la vie quotidienne (modestmickey), Friday, 9 February 2007 02:59 (nineteen years ago)

Yes! I love this video, especially since I'm a sucker for prosthetic effects. I DEMAND MORE AIR BLADDERS AND GOO IN YOUR "POP MUSICAL VIDEO FILMS"

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Friday, 9 February 2007 03:09 (nineteen years ago)

eight months pass...

Man, the acappella version of "Knife" from the kexp compilation is quite astounding.

― van smack, Saturday, 3 November 2007 01:39 (eighteen years ago)

love that video

― am0n, Saturday, 3 November 2007 02:00 (eighteen years ago)

I was literally listening to Knife when I came on ILM and this was the top thread.

Freaky.

― three handclaps, Saturday, 3 November 2007 02:03 (eighteen years ago)

Been listening to Yellow House a lot lately. Wonderful record.

― Scik Mouthy, Sunday, 4 November 2007 11:18 (eighteen years ago)

yes it really is wonderful. the alternate version of "Easier" that they released as a single is much greater than the, already great, original version.

― jed_, Sunday, 4 November 2007 15:01 (eighteen years ago)

It cracks me up that they played with Something for Rockets.

― St3ve Go1db3rg, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:45 (eighteen years ago)

Schreiber reviewed the new Friend EP today and gave it BNM.

― three handclaps, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:22 (eighteen years ago)

I may have to go pick this up.

― three handclaps, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:22 (eighteen years ago)

good show in ny couple of days ago.nice atmosphere.
good band for watching while seating.

― Zeno, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:40 (eighteen years ago)

Funny Grizzly Bear(ish) story.

― Billy Pilgrim, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:51 (eighteen years ago)

xxxpost i hate when reviewers go through an album song-by-song in a review.

― stephen, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:52 (eighteen years ago)

seven months pass...

Nice new song played on kcrw.

― Freedom, Sunday, 22 June 2008 22:00 (seventeen years ago)

http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/images/2008/06/20/animal_style.jpg

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 23 June 2008 15:21 (seventeen years ago)

two weeks pass...

why are they not bad?

― Surmounter, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 01:18 (seventeen years ago)

four weeks pass...

Anyone up for a bit of verbal masturbation over the songs they've been previewing recently? "While You Wait for the Others" and "Two Weeks" are far and away the best things I've heard this year. And I second the love for the acapella on the street version of "Knife".

― Freedom, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 15:57 (seventeen years ago)

Very nice harmonies, but aside from that, this is another band whose appeal I don't get (aside from the awesome Knife). The new song on their MySpace page -- While You Wait for the Others -- is okay, but indistinct (which is my complaint about most of their songs).

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:08 (seventeen years ago)

One of the few remaining arguments for paying attention to indie.

― I know, right?, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:14 (seventeen years ago)

seriously brilliant.

― I know, right?, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:14 (seventeen years ago)

I keep hearing "brilliant!" about Grizzy Bear. Maybe they're just not made for my (lol old lol) ears. I'll try listening to the band again.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:17 (seventeen years ago)

It's good to listen to them in order, that is start with horn of plenty. First few tracks of Friend EP are probably the best thing they've ever done though. Alligator Choir version esp

― I know, right?, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:20 (seventeen years ago)

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what's the feel that they'll do another album

― bw, Wednesday, 3 December 2025 00:50 (six months ago)

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