Results tagged “Grizzly Bear” from Fade Away Never

Final Fantasy (Owen Pallet) is a Polaris Prize-winning violinist who recently played both the Hillside festival in Guelph Lake, ON (July 24-26) and the Pitchfork Music festival (July 17-19).  The festivals were complete opposite experiences for Pallett as he described Pitchfork's fest a "festival filled with a bunch of spoiled babies... who went online to whine about everything from the music to the weather.  Every single band there was among the hottest bands I could ever hope to see, and yet people were still complaining."  "Here at Hillside, everybody could complain about the lineups for the bathrooms or the beer or whatever, but nobody's complaining - they're just having a good time."  

Unfortunately, the drizzle on the Hillside turned into an outright poor while he was performing "Lewis Takes His Shirt Off" from his upcoming album, Heartland (due out at the end of 2009), as the stagehands scurried to cover the equipment with plastic. The rumored album that has taken a couple of years to make is finally in the completion stage.  Pallet, the foot pedaling looper, recorded some of the album at the Greenhouse studio in Iceland, where Bjork made some of her records.  His longtime friend and once Arcade Fire band mate, Jeremy Gara, helped him out with the record.  Final Fantasy's career started opening for and playing with Arcade Fire after their release of Funeral (2004).  Being a bachelors graduate in music composition, he wrote the string arrangements for Funeral and Neon Bible.  For his upcoming album, Heartland, he recorded alongside a 50 piece orchestra in Prague. Traveling even more to his hometown Toronto and then New York for mixing.  

MP3: Final Fantasy - Song Song Song.mp3 (He Poos Clouds June 2006)

MP3: Final Fantasy - The Butcher.mp3 (Spectrum, 14th Century - EP September 2008)

MP3: Final Fantasy - Ultimatum.mp3 (Plays to Please - EP October 2008)

MP3: Final Fantasy & Ed Droste - Possibly Maybe.mp3 (Stereogum Presents... Enjoyed: A Tribute To Björk's Post)

Update: Listen to the entire Dodos album Time to Die (September 15, 2009) at Time to Die.

Bands in Canada are on their way to becoming the new Arkansas.  Let me explain. Doesn't it seem peculiar that everyone in Canada seems to be inbred to everyone musically?  Broken Social Scene for instance is a cluster f of members from different bands such as Leslie Feist (Feist), Emily Haines (Metric), Evan Cranley and Amy Millan (Stars), Andrew Whiteman (Apostle of Hustle) Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin (Do Make Say Think), and Jason Collett to name a few.   Now Black Mountain has started this process but in the reverse order.  Broken Social Scene's members were all successful on their own and then gathered to form a group; Black Mountain got successful then began spawning their side projects.  Ok kids, just try your best to follow.  Black Mountain consists of Stephen McBean, Matthew Camirand, Jeremy Schmidt, Joshua Wells, and Amber Webber.  Listing the names is essential in following this chaos.  

One side project band called Lightning Dust includes the duo Amber Webber and Joshua Wells.  Lightning Dust's sophomore album Infinite Light (Jagjaguwar) will be released August 8, 2009.  They have been touring with Bonnie Prince Billy, Constantines, Weakerthans, Joe Rae Fletcher and Cotton Jones.  Their last show is tomorrow in Seattle, WA. 

MP3: Lightning Dust - I Knew.mp3

The OTHER side band lead by Stephen McBean is Pink Mountaintops, which also includes Matthew Camirand.  They are now on tour for their May 5, 2009 release of their album Outside Love (Jagjaguwar).

TOUR DATES:

06-05 The Bell House - Brooklyn, NY

06-06 Mercury Lounge - New York, NY

06-13 Big Orbit's Soundlab - Buffalo, NY 

MP3: Pink Mountaintops - While We Were Dreaming.mp3

MP3: Pink Mountaintops - Vampire.mp3

Pink Mountaintops are touring with Quest for Fire.  Their self titled debut is set to release June 9, 2009 (Tee Pee Records).  Here is a pretty spiffy video for their single "I've Been Trying To Leave" and downloads of "Bison Eyes" and "Hawk That Hunts the Walking" off their debut album. 

MP3: Quest for Fire - Bison Eyes.mp3

MP3: Quest for Fire - Hawk That Hunts the Walking.mp3

Grizzly Bear Update:

Their new album is lovely.  Here are some TOUR DATES if you somehow missed them (* w/ Here We Go Magic/ ^ w/ TV on the Radio):

05-29 Town Hall * - New York, NY

05-31 Music Hall of Williamsburg * - Brooklyn, NY

06-03 Berklee Performance Center * - Boston, MA

06-12 Bonnaroo Music Festival - Manchester, TN

06-13 Tabernacle ^ - Atlanta, GA

06-15 Granada Theater * - Dallas, TX

06-16 The Parish * - Austin, TX

06-18 Centennial Hall at Univ of Arizona w/ Wilco - Tuscon, AZ

06-19 The Wiltern * - Los Angeles, CA

06-21 The Fillmore * - San Francisco, CA

06-22 The Fillmore * - San Francisco, CA

07-19 Pitchfork Music Festival - Chicago, IL

10-03 Austin City Limits Festival - Austin, TX