Found 369 posts matching Grouper:
For some of you, each weekend is a new opportunity to do something exciting and life-affirming. For worthless cretins like myself, it's just another two days in the middle of my work week. Hopefully you will pick up the slack and do something doubly entertaining for the both of us. I'm with you in spirit, people. I mean that in the sense that I've broken into all your homes and left a load in your hair while you were sleeping. I...have a lot of free time to travel. It was not my intention to open today's post with [...]
New Wax Grouper is Portland songwriter Liz Harris, and information on her is somewhat scarce so the music will have to do the talking. Listening to her new album Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill feels like a Vicodin-induced haze. Like that time I flipped my car on the interstate and wrecked my arm and they gave me enough pills to numb a killer whale. Grouper's new album is chalk-full of beautiful bedroom melodies cloaked with enough murk to create a sustained sense of melancholy. [...]
from portland, oregon, grouper creates delicate music perfect for dark late nights. sounding as if surrounded inside a crowd full of sullen angels, liz harris has released her third album dragging a dead deer up a hill . cleared aside from her past noise efforts, grouper lightly conveys in the beauty of gentle acoustics, electric piano keys and layered soft melodies that weave in and out, exposing hidden vulnerabilities within an intense bedroom-recorded atmosphere. l i s t e n heavy water/id rather be sleeping [...]
Nicholas from Connecticut! Alex from Florida! Bill from San Diego! You are all upstanding citizens, and your greatness cannot be measured by mere complex mathematics. Surely you will all go to heaven when you die, where you will be fellated by beautiful women for all eternity. If you have not already, please donate, dear readers. If you have donated, there's no need to donate again. Let the other readers pick up the slack. If you're wondering why I am holding a fundraiser, it is because my roommates are moving out and taking their turntable with them, and I don't have [...]
HANK ALTOGETHER/ Grouper is Elizabeth Harris. You probably remember this poem by William Stafford from an English lit class you took once upon a time: "Traveling through the Dark" Traveling through the dark I found a deer dead on the edge of the Wilson River road. It is usually best to roll them into the canyon: that road is narrow; to swerve might make more dead. By glow of [...]
I'm actually wide awake this morning, something I haven't been able to do in weeks it seems. What a way to kick of an otherwise typical Monday than with this downright beautiful song that was posted on Gorilla vs. Bear recently from Portland's Grouper , aka Liz Harris. I'm not really familiar with her music, so any kind of useful information is some what scarce. Her new third album, Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill , was recently released on the newly revived Type Records . Though i've [...]
Grouper Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (06.2008, Type) Verdict = Dreamy and blissfully accessible After last year's maddeningly limited yet gloriously beautiful Cover the Windows and the Walls LP through the wonderful Root Strata imprint, Liz Harris' Grouper project is back and this time around things are increasingly accessible in more ways than one. First off, as the second release this year from the rejuvenated Type label (he first being the incredible Float by Peter Broderick), you can rest at ease knowing that Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill [...]
Song Grouper ~ " Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping " myspace plays: 2,531 download (MP3 via gvsb ) bonus: Invisible (MP3 via gvsb ) Pretty, low key, and haunting. Grouper (aka Liz Harris) is based out of Portland, Oregon and recently released the album Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill . This album makes for great background and zoning out music. Video [...]
Liz Harris' latest record revives the Type records line up from their hiatus in fine fashion. Peeking forward out of the omnipresent fog that has typically shrouded her work; Harris' voice is gently lifted into the clearing making this her most expressive and emotional album yet. With a title like Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill I'd definitely gone in with dark expectations but it turns out just the opposite is true. This is the lightest and most deliriously dreamy Grouper album yet, and it just so happens that these are all pleasant dreams. With the gentle [...]
Grouper 's overwhelmingly beautiful (and unfortunately titled) new LP, Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill , has turned into something of a late night staple around here over the last week or so. Give this one your time, as there are some subtly gorgeous melodies to be found floating just below the murky depths, and Liz Harris ' transcendent vocals always lend some hope to the hazy sadness. The impossibly heart-wrenching " Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping " has quickly become one of my favorite songs of '08: [...]
bobby digital in TX Our weekly GvsB Sirius radio show airs today at noon + midnight EST on Left of Center . Our guest this week is legendary producer/emcee/actor/composer RZA aka Bobby Digital from the Wu-Tang Clan . This week's show also features new music from Deerhunter, Grouper, Weezy, Vivian Girls, Bodies of Water , and more. You can listen right here , for free. Full playlist [...]
I stumbled upon Grouper randomly perusing some blogs I keep in my bookmarks. I downloaded it on a whim as it was described as ambient/folk/shoegaze. Interested in seeing how folky shoegaze would sound, I listened to the first track and knew that I had found something special. "Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill" is the 3rd album from Portland based musician Liz Harris. To define her music as folky shoegaze is incomplete. Her songs exist as hazy memories, lacking in detail, yet full enough to trigger a nexus of emotions difficult to describe. The instrumentation is mostly limited to [...]
In the pre-SXSW installment of the Outsiders, I posted "Invisible" by Grouper, aka Liz Harris. The song came from her then unreleased Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill , which finally arrived yesterday and is a stunner. Harris's past collections -- Way Their Crept and Wide -- were noisier than this new one and she's upped her vocals in the mix. You might think a bit of fellow Oregon resident (and shop owner ) Valet, but with bedroom-recorded Cocteau Twins or Dead Can Dance atmospherics, less acid-dripped psychedelics. Or, as a [...]
Ah, Tuesdays. My Fridays. Ever since I started working at the record store five days a week, I look to Tuesday the way many regular working stiffs do Friday. For me, a weekend is Wednesday/Thursday. Next to the pay, it's probably the thing I dislike most about my job. Still, I push on; I endure it because I pretty much have to. Also, I like the fact that I get to see a lot of very weird artifacts that -- as a music obsessed individual -- I would otherwise never get to see, no matter how long I live. Like, [...]
Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. This installment's eclectic virtual milk crate contains a few SXSW suggestions. . A bunch of bands are currently getting a bunch of SXSW attention. A bunch aren't. The following haven't been grabbing the biggest headlines, but they just might blow you away if you part the hype a little. Thing is, once I started scratching the surface, taking day [...]
"Here, take these blankets. No Smallpox, I promise!" Happy Thanksgiving to all. I hope everyone is celebrating in the company of friends or loved ones. The slightly anorexic voice inside me is begging me to tell you, "Do not over-eat," but I guess if you're going to gorge yourself on tasty, savory foodstuffs, today would be the day to do it. Here's a brief list of things I am thankful for this year. I can't be bothered to devote a lot of time or thought to this today, because I doubt anyone is spending their holiday [...]
Grouper Cover The Windows And The Walls (2007, Roots Strata) 10.0/10.0 Grouper is the musical mystery of Portland native Liz Harris. With a purposely limited palette Harris has created and spectral feast that relies completely on her vocals after they are drowned in reverb and manipulated with multiple layers and effects, with occasional guitar and piano strumming or plunking their way along like a noble lapdog. The simple idea of it has always been a strong persuasion for me but has, up to this point, fallen slightly short of what [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping Link Text: Heavy Water / Id Rather Be Sleeping File Name: 02 Heavy Water_Id Rather Be Sleeping 1.mp3 Bitrate: 258 kbps Year: 2008
Top Ten Records of 2008: January - June
For some of you, each weekend is a new opportunity to do something exciting and life-affirming. For worthless cretins like myself, it's just another two days in the middle of my work week. Hopefully you will pick up the slack and do something doubly entertaining for the both of us. I'm with you in spirit, people. I mean that in the sense that I've broken into all your homes and left a load in your hair while you were sleeping. I...have a lot of free time to travel. It was not my intention to open today's post with [...]
Artist: 5ive Title: Gulls Link Text: [Listen to "Gulls"] File Name: top2008c.mp3 Bitrate: 290 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: Daturah Title: Ghostlight Link Text: [Listen to "Ghostlight"] File Name: top2008f.mp3 Year: 2008
Artist: Earth Title: Rise To Glory Link Text: [Listen to "Rise To Glory"] File Name: top2008a.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: Grouper Title: When We Fall Link Text: [Listen to "When We Fall"] File Name: top2008b.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: Harvey Milk Title: Goodbye Blues Link Text: [Listen to "Good Bye Blues"] File Name: top2008d.mp3 Bitrate: 216 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: James Blackshaw Title: Gate of Horn Link Text: [Listen to "Gate Of Horn"] File Name: top2008e.mp3 Bitrate: 171 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: Spiritualized Title: Sitting On Fire Link Text: [Listen to "Sitting On Fire"] File Name: top2008g.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2008
Grouper: Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (2008)
New Wax Grouper is Portland songwriter Liz Harris, and information on her is somewhat scarce so the music will have to do the talking. Listening to her new album Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill feels like a Vicodin-induced haze. Like that time I flipped my car on the interstate and wrecked my arm and they gave me enough pills to numb a killer whale. Grouper's new album is chalk-full of beautiful bedroom melodies cloaked with enough murk to create a sustained sense of melancholy. [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping Link Text: Grouper - Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping File Name: 02 Heavy Water.mp3 Bitrate: 258 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: Grouper Title: Invisible Link Text: Grouper - Invisible File Name: 07 Invisible.mp3 Bitrate: 256 kbps Year: 2008
i'd rather be sleeping…
from portland, oregon, grouper creates delicate music perfect for dark late nights. sounding as if surrounded inside a crowd full of sullen angels, liz harris has released her third album dragging a dead deer up a hill . cleared aside from her past noise efforts, grouper lightly conveys in the beauty of gentle acoustics, electric piano keys and layered soft melodies that weave in and out, exposing hidden vulnerabilities within an intense bedroom-recorded atmosphere. l i s t e n heavy water/id rather be sleeping [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping Link Text: heavy water/id rather be sleeping File Name: heavy.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Grouper Title: Invisible Link Text: invisible File Name: invis.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Film Review: Wall-E
Nicholas from Connecticut! Alex from Florida! Bill from San Diego! You are all upstanding citizens, and your greatness cannot be measured by mere complex mathematics. Surely you will all go to heaven when you die, where you will be fellated by beautiful women for all eternity. If you have not already, please donate, dear readers. If you have donated, there's no need to donate again. Let the other readers pick up the slack. If you're wondering why I am holding a fundraiser, it is because my roommates are moving out and taking their turntable with them, and I don't have [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Cover the Windows and the Walls Link Text: Cover The Windows And The Walls File Name: group01.mp3 Bitrate: 224 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: Grouper Title: Down to the Ocean Link Text: Down To The Ocean File Name: group03.mp3 Bitrate: 224 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: Grouper Title: Follow In Our Dreams Link Text: Follow In Our Dreams File Name: group07.mp3 Bitrate: 235 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: Grouper Title: Heart Current Link Text: Heart Currents File Name: group04.mp3 Bitrate: 228 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: Grouper Title: It Feels Alright Link Text: It Feels Alright File Name: group05.mp3 Bitrate: 223 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: Grouper Title: Opened Space Link Text: Opened Space File Name: group02.mp3 Bitrate: 227 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: Grouper Title: You Never Came Link Text: You Never Came File Name: group06.mp3 Bitrate: 237 kbps Year: 2007
Grouper
HANK ALTOGETHER/ Grouper is Elizabeth Harris. You probably remember this poem by William Stafford from an English lit class you took once upon a time: "Traveling through the Dark" Traveling through the dark I found a deer dead on the edge of the Wilson River road. It is usually best to roll them into the canyon: that road is narrow; to swerve might make more dead. By glow of [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Fishing Bird (Empty Jutted In The Evening Breeze) Link Text: Grouper - Fishing Bird (Empty Jutted In The Evening Breeze) File Name: 06 Fishing Bird (Empty Jutted In The Evening Breeze).mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: Grouper Title: Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping Link Text: Grouper - Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping File Name: heavy water.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2008
friday. west on the border.
Artist: Fabulous Diamonds Title: Track 3 File Name: t3.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: Grouper Title: Invisible File Name: nvs.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2008
Grouper, Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (Type)
First time I encountered the records of Grouper I was more than a little worried about what would happen to the girl who appeared to be trapped down the well. She sounded distressed, and quite a long way down. Fortunately, it sounds like Sting stopped scratching his tantric bollocks for long enough to answer the [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping Link Text: Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping File Name: 02-heavy-water_id-rather-be-sl eeping.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Grouper :: Dragging a Dead Deer Up A Hill
I'm actually wide awake this morning, something I haven't been able to do in weeks it seems. What a way to kick of an otherwise typical Monday than with this downright beautiful song that was posted on Gorilla vs. Bear recently from Portland's Grouper , aka Liz Harris. I'm not really familiar with her music, so any kind of useful information is some what scarce. Her new third album, Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill , was recently released on the newly revived Type Records . Though i've [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping Link Text: Grouper :: Heavy Water/Id Rather Be Sleeping File Name: Grouper - Heavy Water_I'd Rather Be Sleeping.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
Grouper Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (06.2008, Type) Verdict = Dreamy and blissfully accessible After last year's maddeningly limited yet gloriously beautiful Cover the Windows and the Walls LP through the wonderful Root Strata imprint, Liz Harris' Grouper project is back and this time around things are increasingly accessible in more ways than one. First off, as the second release this year from the rejuvenated Type label (he first being the incredible Float by Peter Broderick), you can rest at ease knowing that Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping Link Text: Heavy Water / I'd Rather Be Sleeping File Name: Heavy_Water_Id_Rather_Be Sleepin.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Daily Dose 6/19 ~ Grouper, The Notwist
Song Grouper ~ " Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping " myspace plays: 2,531 download (MP3 via gvsb ) bonus: Invisible (MP3 via gvsb ) Pretty, low key, and haunting. Grouper (aka Liz Harris) is based out of Portland, Oregon and recently released the album Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill . This album makes for great background and zoning out music. Video [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping Link Text: download File Name: heavywater.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Grouper Title: Invisible Link Text: Invisible File Name: invisible.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Sally Shapiro Title: Time To Let Go (CFCF Remix) Link Text: Time To Let Go File Name: Time_To_Let_Go_CFCF_Remix.mp3 Bitrate: 183 kbps Year: 2008
Grouper
Liz Harris' latest record revives the Type records line up from their hiatus in fine fashion. Peeking forward out of the omnipresent fog that has typically shrouded her work; Harris' voice is gently lifted into the clearing making this her most expressive and emotional album yet. With a title like Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill I'd definitely gone in with dark expectations but it turns out just the opposite is true. This is the lightest and most deliriously dreamy Grouper album yet, and it just so happens that these are all pleasant dreams. With the gentle [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: A Cover Over Link Text: A Cover Over File Name: A_Cover_Over.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Grouper Title: Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping Link Text: Heavy Water/ I'd Rather Be Sleeping File Name: Heavy_Water_Id_Rather_Be Sleepin.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
i'd rather be sleeping
Grouper 's overwhelmingly beautiful (and unfortunately titled) new LP, Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill , has turned into something of a late night staple around here over the last week or so. Give this one your time, as there are some subtly gorgeous melodies to be found floating just below the murky depths, and Liz Harris ' transcendent vocals always lend some hope to the hazy sadness. The impossibly heart-wrenching " Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping " has quickly become one of my favorite songs of '08: [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Invisible Link Text: grouper :: invisible File Name: invisible.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
blog radio + rza
bobby digital in TX Our weekly GvsB Sirius radio show airs today at noon + midnight EST on Left of Center . Our guest this week is legendary producer/emcee/actor/composer RZA aka Bobby Digital from the Wu-Tang Clan . This week's show also features new music from Deerhunter, Grouper, Weezy, Vivian Girls, Bodies of Water , and more. You can listen right here , for free. Full playlist [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping Link Text: Grouper :: Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping File Name: heavywater.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Grouper
I stumbled upon Grouper randomly perusing some blogs I keep in my bookmarks. I downloaded it on a whim as it was described as ambient/folk/shoegaze. Interested in seeing how folky shoegaze would sound, I listened to the first track and knew that I had found something special. "Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill" is the 3rd album from Portland based musician Liz Harris. To define her music as folky shoegaze is incomplete. Her songs exist as hazy memories, lacking in detail, yet full enough to trigger a nexus of emotions difficult to describe. The instrumentation is mostly limited to [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Disengaged Link Text: Grouper - Disengaged File Name: 01 Disengaged.mp3
Artist: Grouper Title: When We Fall Link Text: Grouper - When We Fall File Name: 04 When We Fall.mp3
New Grouper - "Disengaged" & "Heavy Water / I'd Rather Be Sleeping"
In the pre-SXSW installment of the Outsiders, I posted "Invisible" by Grouper, aka Liz Harris. The song came from her then unreleased Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill , which finally arrived yesterday and is a stunner. Harris's past collections -- Way Their Crept and Wide -- were noisier than this new one and she's upped her vocals in the mix. You might think a bit of fellow Oregon resident (and shop owner ) Valet, but with bedroom-recorded Cocteau Twins or Dead Can Dance atmospherics, less acid-dripped psychedelics. Or, as a [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Disengaged Link Text: Grouper - "Disengaged" File Name: Grouper - Disengaged.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
A Scribe On Daily Life
Ah, Tuesdays. My Fridays. Ever since I started working at the record store five days a week, I look to Tuesday the way many regular working stiffs do Friday. For me, a weekend is Wednesday/Thursday. Next to the pay, it's probably the thing I dislike most about my job. Still, I push on; I endure it because I pretty much have to. Also, I like the fact that I get to see a lot of very weird artifacts that -- as a music obsessed individual -- I would otherwise never get to see, no matter how long I live. Like, [...]
The Outsiders: Vol. 8 - Special SXSW Edition
Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. This installment's eclectic virtual milk crate contains a few SXSW suggestions. . A bunch of bands are currently getting a bunch of SXSW attention. A bunch aren't. The following haven't been grabbing the biggest headlines, but they just might blow you away if you part the hype a little. Thing is, once I started scratching the surface, taking day [...]
Artist: GROUPER Title: Invisible Link Text: Grouper - "Invisible" File Name: Grouper - Invisible.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
I'm Thankful...
"Here, take these blankets. No Smallpox, I promise!" Happy Thanksgiving to all. I hope everyone is celebrating in the company of friends or loved ones. The slightly anorexic voice inside me is begging me to tell you, "Do not over-eat," but I guess if you're going to gorge yourself on tasty, savory foodstuffs, today would be the day to do it. Here's a brief list of things I am thankful for this year. I can't be bothered to devote a lot of time or thought to this today, because I doubt anyone is spending their holiday [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Giving It To You Link Text: Giving It To You File Name: givingtoyou.mp3 Bitrate: 256 kbps Year: 2006
Artist: Oneida Title: Thank Your Parents Link Text: Thank Your Parents File Name: thankparents.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2006
Artist: Oxbow Title: It's The Giving, Not The Taking Link Text: It's The Giving, Not The Taking File Name: givingtaking.mp3 Bitrate: 191 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: Swans Title: Thank You Link Text: Thank You File Name: thankyou.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 1983
Grouper - Cover the Windows and the Walls
Grouper Cover The Windows And The Walls (2007, Roots Strata) 10.0/10.0 Grouper is the musical mystery of Portland native Liz Harris. With a purposely limited palette Harris has created and spectral feast that relies completely on her vocals after they are drowned in reverb and manipulated with multiple layers and effects, with occasional guitar and piano strumming or plunking their way along like a noble lapdog. The simple idea of it has always been a strong persuasion for me but has, up to this point, fallen slightly short of what [...]
Artist: Grouper Title: Cover the Windows and the Walls Link Text: Grouper - "Cover the Windows and the Walls" File Name: Cover_the_Windows_and_the_Wall s.mp3 Year: 2007
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