WAVVES - Gun In The Sun I haven't really gone over the chill, laidback lo-fi, noise-pop darling that is WAVVES - also known as Nathan Williams (accompanied by Ryan Ulsh live). Aside from putting on a good show, and being hyped the heck up by Gorilla vs Bear , I wasn't too sure about this kid from San Diego. And after some slight confusion and correction , I gave WAVVES a good, hard listen this weekend (I'll admit that up until now, I've only put an half-assed effort into listening [...]
The always great blog gorillavsbear posted a great new live Grizzly Bear track "Cheerleader". It is from the band's live performance at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston back in August of last year. The track is another stellar offering from the band who so far have given nothing but flawless previews of songs from the new album. I am pretty sure they played this at All Points West, because it does sound vaguely familiar to me. Ed's voice really shines here, reminding me why his songs just may (barely) edge out Daniel's as my [...]
The always great blog gorillavsbear posted a great new live Grizzly Bear track "Cheerleader". It is from the band's live performance at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston back in August of last year. The track is another stellar offering from the band who so far have given nothing but flawless previews of songs from the new album. I am pretty sure they played this at All Points West, because it does sound vaguely familiar to me. Ed's voice really shines here, reminding me why his songs just may (barely) edge out Daniel's as my [...]
fever Ray This is another Pampelmoose edition of the New Music Hour on Portland's 94.7FM. You can hear me on air every Tuesday and Thursday at 8PM and you can also stream the entire show and the show archives here. And as always, if you like what you hear you can click on the Amazon banner [...]
:: More Record Store Day goodness: independent record stores will be getting the new Wilco DVD a day earlier than the big boys. :: Mastodon will be at the New York Comic Con today at 1:00 p.m. for a meet-and-greet. :: A Plea For Purging has posted two new tracks from Depravity , which is out March 3 from Facedown. :: Thao and the Get Down Stay Down just announced some tour dates . [...]
This track has been floating around for a minute under the working title " 2HUD ," which references the fact that it was the second song the band "recorded while on the hudson last spring." If you love this one as much as us, you might be interested to know that the official title, straight from Ed Droste (via twitter ), is " Cheerleader ." Some other extremely vague new album info that Ed has offered up on twitter: there's a song called " About Face ," and the album title "begins with the letter [...]
Feist recently lent her voice for Dark Was The Night , a great cause raising awareness and money for HIV/Aids. She appeared on two of the 31 songs that span the 2 discs that make up the compilation. The first song Feist appears in, "Train Song" features vocals from Death Cab For Cutie/Postal Service vocalist Ben Gibbard. You know how I love boy-girl songs, and I can't picture a more perfect vocal coupling than Feist and Ben Gibbard. Well maybe Gibbard's real-life fiance Zooey Deschanel - but I'll leave my dreams for the [...]
All my bitchin and complaining about the music in 2008 must have fallen heavily on the ears of the music gods that be, because 2009 is starting to look like it has some real potential. Here are a few of the 2009 releases that warrant some attention: Dark Was The Night Feb 16th (worldwide) 17th (North America): I'm not often one for compilations, being a fan of complete albums, but the collection of artists on this release is [...]
O selo 4AD lançará no dia 4 de fevereiro mais uma coletânea da Red Hot Organization [nada a ver com a banda e sim a ONG internacional que cuida das campanhas de conscientização e combate à AIDS bem conhecida de quem assistia a MTV nos anos 90 ]. O disco vai se chamar " Dark Was The Night " [nome de uma canção do bluesman Blind Willie Johnson], tem produção da turma do The National e trás só o filé do cenário alternativo com músicas inéditas naquele clima melancólico-positivista [...]
dan rossen Grizzly Bear recorded a new full-band version of " Deep Blue Sea ," for the upcoming Dark Was the Night charity compilation, which features every indie band ever. I'll always be partial to the sparse, haunting version Dan Rossen premiered on our blog radio show back in early '07 , but the subtle instrumentation the band adds here is a nice touch. Listen on myspace for the rest of the day, then it's gone until the comp comes out on [...]
Hello and welcome to the first ever Blog Wars hosted by Pretty Much Amazing! This is the first of hopefully many Blog Wars to come. This particular Blog War pins bloggers and their music libraries against each other. Utilizing iTune's "Genius Playlist" feature, 10 bloggers will go head to head and compete for your votes! This is how it works: I get two bloggers to create a Genius Playlist stemmed from the same song. I will publish said playlists here and you, the readers, will decide which one you like [...]
As 2008 comes to a close, we at Stranger Dance are starting to look forward to what 2009 holds. A number of our favorite artists ( Andrew Bird , Bon Iver , Wilco , etc.) have confirmed upcoming albums and even more are flirting with the idea. A few things stuck out to us while compiling this this. First, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy promises his "biggest and most ambitious album" to date. The New Pornographers crew have obviously been busy with a new release scheduled for the group as well as members [...]
Well it was inevitable, the much anticipated 9th studio album by Animal Collective , ' Merriweather Post Pavillion ', has leaked. The album, which is officially out January 20 has leaked onto several torrent sites. In November a track off the forthcoming album, ' Brothersport ', leaked online but was later removed. The leaked track was posted by the band Grizzly Bear on their blog leading to several false reports that the band were the original leakers of the song. Animal [...]
The Decemberists , Grizzly Bear , Feist , Spoon , and Arcade Fire are only a few of the artists featured on the forthcoming ' Dark Was the Night '. The double-disc album, due out February 17, is a benefit compilation album whose proceeds will benefit the Red Hot organization's work with AIDS research. The benefit album, which features a slew of collaborations including Feist and Grizzly Bear , was curated by the National 's Aaron and Bryce Dessner . [...]
A delicious treat and truly compelling listen. Parenthetical Girls is equal parts purposefully clumsy orchestra, pop divining rod, and androgynous vocals. A more energetic and instrumentally varied Grizzly Bear, Parenthetical Girls (which, it should be noted, claims a membership of 22, ought to be instrumentally varied) have crafted a stellar record, Entanglements , that has gone largely unnoticed this year. "A Song For Ellie Greenwich" is hinged on a looped piano pulse and a brassy little phrase, the percussion spits and coughs, and the strings positively soar as dramatically as can be done. Halfway through, the [...]
Grizzly Bear are one of the most promising bands making music right now. Yellow House is a gorgous album that will stand as one of the most cherished albums of this decade. We are still waiting to see how amazing their follow up to "Yellow House" will be. They put on dreamy live performances and absolutely impressed me live at All Points West . Now Ed Droste has given me another reason to adore him and his band. The band runs their own blog , with most of the posts coming from Ed. The other day [...]
Department Of Eagles are a band you have to know about. I can tell you all about their history, while Daniel went on to join Grizzly Bear and decided that he and Fred should continue making albums too. But lets get straight to the point, In Ear Park was released a few months ago but i heard their hit single since early last year. It was just one track, but i could never forget it. No One Does It Like You was constantly looping in my head. [...]
Akhil mentioned Department of Eagles briefly in one of his brilliant song of the day collections (check them out here and here for oh-so-much music), but this song, and the album In Ear Park , totally deserve a post of their own. Department of Eagles is the product of Daniel Rosen and Fred Nicolaus, who met at NYU in 2000. Rosen joined Grizzly Bear in 2004, just in time to contribute to it's masterpiece, Yellow House and enlisted the help of his band mates for the recording of In [...]
Today is a day that will go down in history. It is a huge election that will impact our nation greatly. It is a big decision, and every one of your votes matters! So make sure that you leave room to vote, it is really important that each and everyone of us puts our mark down in history. Whether it is for Obama or Mccain, make sure you go out and make an impact!! Here are some tunes that have helped me get through the last few days. [MP3] : Gang Gang Dance - House [...]
Insound asked us to give away the exclusive, extremely limited Grizzly Bear poster pictured above, designed by the great Small Stakes . " Insound teamed up with Jason Munn of the Small Stakes to create a series of 20 designs for 20 bands, dubbed The Insound 20 . Each design was screened on limited edition T-Shirts, Hoodies and Hand-Numbered Posters. The super limited posters were screened once in a run of 200 and after these are gone they won't be reprinted. Gorilla vs. Bear [...]
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