Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear is one of those bands that I've known about for a while and have liked what I've heard, but never really pursued looking into them further. Recently though, I saw a music video for the song "Ready, Able" from their 2009 album, Veckatimest and decided I was interested in checking out more of their stuff. They remind me in a lot of ways of Fleet Foxes, which isn't bad at all. They play mostly acoustic instruments and use a lot of vocal harmonies. Parts of "Ready, Able" remind me of The Beach Boys, too (check out 1:40 in the video).

Here's the video for "Ready, Able" from Veckatimest

This is their music video for "Knife" from Yellow House

...by the way, if you thought that music video was weird, read this quote from one of the band members, Daniel Rossen...

"I was very skeptical of them when they first came around. The ideas that they had before that one were so much more insane. You have no idea. Fucking absurd. It was all this weird symbolism and a lot of really sexual stuff. Initially it was like Ed with a replica of himself on his back and out of the replica of himself is birthed this weird phantom beast that is some kind of monster version of himself. And he like makes out with the monster on the beach and the rest of us were like water nymphs screaming and swimming in circles. It was totally crazy."

And finally, this is a recording of "Deep Blue Sea" from their Friend EP

That's all for today, but I'll keep you guys updated with more music soon!

Finally... more music!

Sorry it's been so long since I last posted, but I've been really busy (and maybe a bit lazy as well). There's definitely not a lack of ideas for stuff to put on my blog, so I guess I'll share a bit with you now.

Not long ago Radiohead released their eighth studio album, The King of Limbs. I haven't had a chance to listen to all of it yet, but from what I have heard, it should be amazing. The mood of this album is very eerie, even haunting. I went on YouTube briefly and found a couple videos that I think should give you guys an idea of what the album is about.

For starters, a live performance by Thom Yorke doing "Give Up the Ghost" back in February of 2010...

...followed by a nice serving of "Codex" (my favorite song on the album)...

...and finally, the music video for "Lotus Flower".

(Thom Yorke sort of looks like a Droog in this video)

Well, that's all I'm going to post today. Hopefully I'll be better at getting regular posts on here. Make sure to check out the rest of The King of Limbs and maybe even buy it when it hits stores on Monday (03/28). If you just can't wait that long, you can already buy it from Radiohead's website as an MP3 or WAV file.