Grizzly Bear

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

Nice new song played on kcrw.

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

why are they not bad?

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".

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).

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

seriously brilliant.

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.

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 just saw them live, and I'm more impressed with them as a live act than I am with them on record. The harmonies just seemed so much stronger and less buried in the mix. They should really bring them out more on the recordings, because that's their strongest point.

don't you like the ambiguity that it lends?

I saw Grizzy Bear do live backing vocals (of Knife) to a Girl Talk song on Pitchfork.tv recently (I think it happened at last year's Pitchfork festival). Based on that live clip, I think Melissa's OTM.

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.