Funny Grizzly Bear(ish) story.
― Billy Pilgrim, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:51 (sixteen years ago) link
xxxpost i hate when reviewers go through an album song-by-song in a review.
― stephen, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Nice new song played on kcrw.
― Freedom, Sunday, 22 June 2008 22:00 (fifteen years ago) link
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/images/2008/06/20/animal_style.jpg
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 23 June 2008 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
why are they not bad?
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 01:18 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
One of the few remaining arguments for paying attention to indie.
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:14 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Melissa W, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:25 (fifteen years ago) link
don't you like the ambiguity that it lends?
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:26 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
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?
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost, this nearly put me off them
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
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?)
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I assume all you Knife enthusiasts haven't heard Alligator (choir version) then?
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
On A Neck, On A Spit is better than Knife, surely?
― Scik Mouthy, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
^this
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Freedom, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Not to me, but I may be bats--t crazy, I guess. In fact, in ILX talk, Knife >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On A Neck (to me).
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:45 (fifteen years ago) link
blogotheque grizzly bear made me realise this
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Knife isn't even in the top tier of the songs on Yellow House.
― jed_, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:51 (fifteen years ago) link
i think my favourite of theirs is the alternate version of Easier. they are incredible live.
― jed_, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link
-- 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
― skygreenleopard, Friday, 8 August 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Scik Mouthy, Friday, 8 August 2008 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 9 August 2008 02:37 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone feeling dept. of eagles?
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Friday, 7 November 2008 05:48 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Kevin Keller, Friday, 7 November 2008 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link
i like the record because it's a sunny pop album that you can listen to as it gets cold without feeling perverse
― barack husession (J0rdan S.), Friday, 7 November 2008 07:09 (fifteen years ago) link
So apparently they had a guest star or two today.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 30 August 2009 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
a grizzly bear?
― post-contrarian meta-challop 2009 (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 August 2009 23:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Is that what they call him these days:
http://twitter.com/skeetonmytwitts/statuses/3653814003
http://twitpic.com/fwg04
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 30 August 2009 23:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I like Maura's take:
http://twitter.com/maura/status/3653827386
Haha. Beardos and Beyonce.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 30 August 2009 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't do it jay
― fo shza my tza (Curt1s Stephens), Sunday, 30 August 2009 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link
already fucking around w/coldplay but grizzly bear? don't give them any more undeserved legitimacy
― fo shza my tza (Curt1s Stephens), Sunday, 30 August 2009 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Future Jay-Z collaborators: Foghat, Air Supply, They Might Be Giants.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 30 August 2009 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm sure there are one or two last remaining mashup artists out there who will oblige you.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 30 August 2009 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually Jay-Z/Air Supply has potential.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 31 August 2009 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, never mind.
if only jay-z would consult w/ ilm before deciding which indie rock bands he's supposed to like
― iatee, Monday, 31 August 2009 00:29 (fourteen years ago) link
No, no; I was just clowning. I like the new Grizzly Bear disc, and the Jay-Z collaboration sounds cool.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 31 August 2009 00:36 (fourteen years ago) link
So sick of hearing about this mediocre indie dribble.
― Spinspin Sugah, Monday, 31 August 2009 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
ya your life must be pretty tough
― iatee, Monday, 31 August 2009 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
HAHAHAHA
― Turangalila, Monday, 31 August 2009 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
― 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!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 31 August 2009 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― kshighway, Monday, 31 August 2009 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― kshighway, Monday, 31 August 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link