Video: Grizzly Bear, “Ready, Able”
- story Matthew Schnipper
Five years, countless months and a loan/ Hope I’m ready, able to make my own good home totally makes us think of rainbow Play-Doh monsters. We actually directed this, Alison Schulnick is our pen name. We had the interns take turns melting.
Premiere: Pivot, “Colorado” (Grizzly Bear Cover from Warp20) MP3
- story Matthew Schnipper
- photo Jason Nocito (F61)
It is feasible that, since the release of their deservedly beloved Veckatimest, no one does not like Grizzly Bear. You could play them for your smelly calculus professor who only listens to Brahms, the dude who sold you that sweet riding lawnmower at a tag sale jamming Collective Soul b-sides, your tiny little nephew who only likes Destiny’s Child tracks from when they were a four piece and whose mom dubiously puts up YouTube videos of him dancing to “Bills Bills Bills.” All of these people are like, “Ah pleasant folk with a hint of eccentric percussion and peppy melody.” But “Colorado,” a track we’ve pledged our allegiance to before, is a bit different than the church harmonies of the current Grizz, more centered on Ed Droste’s lost plea of What now?. For Warp20, the anniversary box set celebrating the label’s history as a behemoth, features many of their artists covering or reinterpreting each other. Pivot, a newer Warp signing who make a hefty electronic rock, stay fairly faithful to the track, though keeping the vocal less obscure and adding a number of what can only described as bloops. The song—and Pivot and Grizzly Bear’s involvement—is a testament to the house that Warp built, a melding of genre, country and status.
Download: Pivot, “Colorado” (Grizzly Bear cover)
Video: Grizzly Bear, “While You Wait for the Others”
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
It seems like every time Grizzly Bear releases a video lately, it’s some super weird/borderline creepy stop-motion deal, and every time we get really into it. The dudes are back with a video for the compact stomper “While You Wait for the Others,” directed by Sean Pecknold aka brother of Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold aka director of these videos. It features fencing masks and claymation, which is not as trippy (or shiny) as this, but definitely worth a couple viewings. (via Spinner)
Jay-Z f. Kanye West, “Hate” MP3
- story Peter Macia
Though “Ghetto Techno” is getting some support in the comments, “Hate” just might be the homerun (okay, maybe a triple) we’ve been waiting for. Current playcount: 10 times in 24 minutes. Not only does it upgrade the synth grind of “Drunk And Hot Girls” with some actual lyrical hilarity, but Jay sounds a little angry. Maybe we should all hate more? Anyway, let’s hope the rest of Blueprint 3 sounds more like this and less like the other shit.
PS OMG Jay-Z and Beyonce were at the Grizzly Bear show! Dudes, they stay in Williamsburg. Don’t be surprised if Blueprint 4 looks like Dark Was The Night.
Download: Jay-Z f. Kanye West, “Hate”
UPDATE: This is it. Keep bringing this.
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posted on Aug 31, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Grizzly Bear, haterz, hip hop, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Williamsburg
Video: The Jesus Lizard Brightens Up Pitchfork Music Festival
- story Rosemary Simon
We made it to Union Park in Chicago this past weekend just in time to catch a sideshow of indie rock babies, an unwelcome whiff of global warming, and of course, the 4th annual Pitchfork Music Festival. We spent most of the cloudy, spring-like weekend watching known FADER favorites The Very Best, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Wavves, Lindstrom, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart etc, but the real highlight of the entire thing was The Jesus Lizard.
We’re not usually big on reunion shows or scrotal showcases, but David Yow brought back his intense, zig-zaggy stage swagger minus the “Tight and Shiny”— doing push-ups on stage, giving the audience hula lessons, spitting everywhere and diving into the audience within the first three seconds of the show—with grand mastery. We caught a little bit of it on our Flipcam—watch closely for some ancient hula styles and Yow’s tiniest fan taking stage diving notes from the sidelines.
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posted on Jul 22, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags babies, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Lindstrom, Pitchfork Music Festival, The Jesus Lizard, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Very Best, tight and shiney, Wavves
Freeload: A Bunch of Songs From Urban Outfitters
- story THE FADER
Fans of good music and haters of vowels, come together and partake in Urban Outfitters latest URBN LSTN thing, in which they give away a crapload of free songs from a bunch of artists, some of whom have been given full endorsement by us in the pages of FADER Magazine and right here on this webternet site. Artists such as Grizzly Bear, Crystal Antlers, Apostle of Hustle, Passion Pit, The Big Pink, Amazing Baby, Jeremy Jay, Major Lazer, Popo, Lemonade, Nite Jewel, Phoenix and many more whose songs we’ve already posted here! It’s almost like they’re stealing from us! It’s almost like we should get compensated in some way! It’s almost like they should send over lifetime gift cards so we can stop wearing dirty t-shirts and duct tape shoes!
Download: URBN LSTN #5
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posted on Jun 5, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Amazing Baby, Apostle of Hustle, Crystal Antlers, freeload, Grizzly Bear, Jeremy Jay, Lemonade, Major Lazer, Nite Jewel, Passion Pit, Phoenix, Popo, The Big Pink, Urban Outfitters
Schnipper’s Slept On
- story THE FADER
Each Tuesday, FADER editor Matthew Schnipper highlights an underappreciated recent release he thinks we need to know about. This week it’s Glasser’s “Apply” 12-inch. Download two of the songs (and an exclusive YACHT remix), buy the record and read Schnipper’s thoughts on it after the jump.
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posted on Jun 2, 2009 in SLEPT ON tags electronic/dance, Glasser, Grizzly Bear, Larry King, rock, Zadie Smith
FEATURE: Grizzly Bear on the Soft Edge of Stardom
- story Matthew Schnipper
- photo Jason Nocito
The best thing about Pitchfork’s Veckatimest review is that the reviewer doesn’t seem to realize how deeply he’s been affected by Grizzly Bear. He goes on for over 1,000 words without really saying much to persuade anyone to buy the album, but says it in geographically and historically bewildering blend of English idioms and dialect—a couple Lord know’s, some ain’ts, a Shakespearean plea for shopping and a few dudeses. If you don’t actually care about his opinion, it’s a pretty good conceptual rendering of the album itself, which taken as a whole, could be the greatest work of Hillbilliamsburg musical theater we will ever hear. This is why we chose to put Grizzly Bear in our current David Byrne icon issue, because they are not afraid to go all out in search of beauty, in the same way Byrne did and still does. Read the feature story after the jump, and make sure to pick up Veckatimest today at your favorite music shop.
Video: Grizzly Bear, “Two Weeks”
- story THE FADER
Patrick Daughters directed this and made Grizzly Bear look like crazy ragamuffin dolls from a Dickens tale and/or Precious Moments characters. Crazy! We are tripping out!
FADER TV: Micachu Interviewed by Grizzly Bear at The Levis®/FADER Fort
- story THE FADER
We were scheduled to interview Micachu and The Shapes after they played The Levi’s®/FADER Fort, but after Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste and Chris Taylor told us how much they Loved (capital L) their music, we knew we had to make an introduction. This resulted in a half-hour videotaped conversation about music school, touring, rappers, and the origins/playfulness of their respective band names. We condensed the best parts here so you can behold the glory of two FADER faves in intimate mind-melding zone. Also, do you think we should hire Chris Taylor as an interviewer? We are seriously considering it.
