My best friend posted this video on her Facebook today with the caption “claymation blows my mind.” Per usual, I agree with her. Check out this music video for Grizzly Bear’s “Able, Ready” directed by Allison Schulnik. Links to more from the band and Schulnik are posted with the video if you’re interested (I always want more Grizzly Bear - even if this video was awful, the song is beautiful).
Earlier this year, the psych-electro sounds of Neon Indian caught my attention (note: I appropriately downloaded “Deadbeat Summer” and “Should Have Taken Acid With You” on April 20th).
Recently, the chillwave band has taken on Grizzly Bear with two pretty epic remixes of the track “Cheerleader.”
While I’m not crazy about the Sega Genesis Remix, the Studio 669 Remix almost makes me forget how good Fred Falke’s “Two Weeks Extend remix” was… almost.
Cheerleader (Studio 669 Remix) (mp3 from foodpairings.blogspot)
Cheerleader (Sega Genesis P-Orridge Remix) (mp3 from Gorilla Vs. Bear)
… back to work
Through hard work and perseverance (plus a well timed 6 months abroad), I’ve managed to avoid the blood-sucking cultural obsession that is Twilight…
HOWEVER… Earlier this fall, the producers of this movie coerced some of the most buzzed-about indie bands to record brand new tracks for the “New Moon” soundtrack…
I still refuse to read these books, but I can’t deny that brand new tracks from Thom York, Lykke Li, Grizzly Bear (with Beach House), and Bon Iver (with St. Vincent) are ever a bad thing…
Bon Iver w/ St. Vincent - Roslyn (streaming)
The video for Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks” is some of the freakest shit i’ve seen in a while. I’m not sure whether I want to hide under my covers or embrace it with a big hug- regardless their new album “Veckatimest” is perhaps one of the best albums released this year. Now, I’ve never been a huge Grizzly Bear fan and I hate constantly agreeing with pitchfork, but fuck me- “Veckatimest” is a work of beauty. The band synthesizes rock, folk, chamber music, and a shit load of other genres into a atmospheric sound all their own. Just listen to the swirling vocal harmonies on “While You Wait for the Others” or the angelic hums on “Foreground,” and try and tell me I’m wrong. At times dark and moody, and at others points inspiring and joyous- the album cements Grizzly Bear’s status as one of the most exciting and original bands in America.
Also, Liz brought up Vincent Moon’s “take away” sessions a few posts back, and Grizzly Bear did a great one for their track “Knife” so make sure to look that up as well. Although I have to say my favorite “LaBlogotheque” is the one Architecture in Helsinki did for “Heart it Races” - if you don’t believe in the collective power of the human spirit after watching it than you are just a heartless bastard and should go sit a corner and think about what you’ve done.
