Word: bandness
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...indie-act. Stop me when you know who I’m talking about: They’re a Brooklyn-based duo, recording fuzzy, repetitive psych-folk that sounds like it’s made to be sung and strummed by a slightly stoned campfire. Need a hint? The band is named after a large, hibernatory forest dweller. Those who paid close attention to 2004’s underground hype would probably buzz in within picoseconds. “This is obviously another spinoff from Animal Collective—the critically-acclaimed two-piece that dominated...
...fast, Hipster #1. The band in question is actually Grizzly Bear, an un-Collective-affiliated act led by Edward Droste. The Watertown native, who wrote and performed almost all of Grizzly Bear’s debut Horn of Plenty, grew up listening to the Pixies and his mother’s Scottish folk records, not the Brian Wilson symphonies that other, trendier loopy psychedelic duo always seem to be pining...
...friends talked him into shopping a demo to independent labels. Now Horn of Plenty is building buzz, and simplistic though they may be, all those pesky comparisons to indie flavors of the month can't hurt when it comes to getting signed somewhere bigger. In the meantime, the band (enlarged to four members) just embarked on a 27-date tour, featuring some rather caffeinated modifications to their style...
...need to have my license before we hit the road,” Droste explained after postponing our interview for a dash over to the Department of Motor Vehicles. “Otherwise my band is going to shoot me, because I can’t drive...
...tour is discussed in an in-depth article on www.norway.org, “Norway: the official site in the United States.” The single “Misread” overtook European MTV last summer, with its low-key unplugged melancholy and crisp, autumnal video of the band relaxing and playing music in a park, and the album was filled with a similar mellow, familiar sound—the scuffling of fingers along guitar strings, richness of cello and violin, and gentle vocals. While the Paradise Rock Club, the band’s second stop on this tour...