A bus crash forced Brooklyn's Grizzly Bear to pull their scheduled show in Milan, Italy this week. Happily, no injuries were received unless you count automobiles as sentient creatures. The incident happened overnight as the band were driving from their show in Munich, Germany the night before.
Laura Snapes met bassist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor to talk orchestral accompaniment, essential classical composers and finding yourself caught off guard by your own music.
Grizzly Bear have premiered yet another music video of a track off their latest album, ‘Veckatimest‘.This time the band are releasing the video for “Ready, Able“.The claymation video was created by artist Allison Schulnik.‘Veckatimest‘ is out now.Grizzly Bear
With critical darlings Grizzly Bear accompanied by the world-renowned London Symphony Orchestra, this had Gig Of The Year potential scrawled all over it.
So, here we are, edging towards the end of 2009. Now seems a perfect time to take stock, sit back and mull over the best and worst music of the year so far....more here.
(Photo by Music Snitch)“I don’t know how to talk about music,” admitted lead singer Victoria Legrande halfway through Beach House’s set at The Hollywood Palladium last night. Even though her between song stage banter could have been slightly more articulated (it was still pretty amusing), Legrande instead spoke to the audience through her band’s ever-alluring, [...]
(Editor's note 1 - We know that Veckatimest was released on May 26. We also realize that's like six months ago. We don't care. It was nearly criminally negligent editorial decision-making that prevented us from commenting on this record when it was released. For that, we apologize. However, you will receive the benefit of six [...]
Brooklyn based Grizzly Bear is made up of Daniel Rossen (songwriting/guitar), Ed Droste (songwriting/guitar), Chris Taylor (bass/woodwinds/electronics/vocals) and Christopher Bear (drums/vocals). All four members of the acid-folk/neo-psychedelic lo-fi quintet contribute vocals.Grizzly Bear connected while students at New York University. During freshman year, Daniel met Chris Taylor in the do...
--- - |- LiveNation handles the most rock shows in the US, and many of their newest venues answer to a higher authority: churches and synagogues have become popular concert spots. One good example is Washington DC's Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, where UK chart-topper Adele recently perfomed, and rockers Grizzly Bear will appear in August. The acoustics, intimate setting, [...] ~~- ...
Laura Snapes met bassist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor to talk orchestral accompaniment, essential classical composers and finding yourself caught off guard by your own music.
A bus crash forced Brooklyn's Grizzly Bear to pull their scheduled show in Milan, Italy this week. Happily, no injuries were received unless you count automobiles as sentient creatures. The incident happened overnight as the band were driving from their show in Munich, Germany the night before.
You know how sometimes you listen to a highly touted band or singer, but something about the artist(s) just doesn’t click. Maybe it was after a recommendation by someone you trust - if you know what I mean, fellow MOGgers. Then, later in the game, you hear an irresistible song that you think that you’ve never heard before, and you’re so excited and delighted, and you must find out who it is.
Last week, I gushed about one of my favorite tracks of the year, Grizzly Bear’s “Foreground”. It seems I’m not the only one in love, as Ontario-based duo Memory House has put together an acoustic rendition of the Veckatimest closer. While the cover isn’t quite saturated in epic as the original, we’ll give [...]