Veckatimest
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Loaded: 20/11/09...me. I'm not sure what the future will bring but hopefully I'll see you there." Grizzly Bear, who released one of the albums of 2009 in Veckatimest, had a very close shave in Austria when their tour bus crashed. A short statement read: "The... In this article: Calvin Harris, Twitter, Grizzly Bear, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, and Veckatimest |
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | 7 days ago
Best Of The Decade: Best of the Decade:The best music of the decade
...songs that will become classics of her catalog, including one-"Star Witness"-that may be her best, period. (Kyle Ryan) 39. Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest (2009) Pretty much since rock 'n' roll was invented, beauty has been sorely underrated in...
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SPIN.com - News | November 17, 2009
DOWNLOAD: Beach House's Woozy New Song
...song just hit the web -- download it below! Does something sound familiar? Well, Legrand guested on Grizzly Bear's SPIN-approved release Veckatimest, and the pair teamed up for "Slow Life," one of the best songs on the chart-topping New Moon...
In this article: Beach House, Baltimore, Grizzly Bear, and E mail
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True/Slant | November 16, 2009
The (Most) Memorable Singles of 2009
...a "club banger," fairly catchy, pleasant and a relaxing melody to boot. Can't go wrong there, right? 3. Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks" (off Veckatimest) I feared this song. I don't know why. I saw it pop up on Gorilla Vs. Bear after their...
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Entertainment Weekly | November 16, 2009
Best New Artist Grammy for...?
...and others. With the exception of Keri Hilson, none of those choices quite thrill me, to be honest. How about, say, Grizzly Bear? (Yes, Veckatimest is their third album, but it's the one that likely put them on Grammy voters' radar for the...
In this article: Grammy Award, Keri Hilson, Birthday Sex, Jeremih, Lady Gaga, Kid Cudi, Kevin Rudolf, and Just Dance
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The Japan Times: All Stories | November 12, 2009
Warp Records hits the big 2-0
...album this year looks set to be not some computer- sculpted masterpiece, but the guitar-based baroque pop of Grizzly Bear's "Veckatimest." Its roster now also includes bands such as Battles, !!! and Maximo Park. Beckett is clearly...
In this article: Warp Records, Battles, Andrew Weatherall, LFO, Sheffield, Aphex Twin, and Bjork
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | November 03, 2009
Gig review: Grizzly Bear
...partner BeyoncA© in the audience at a free outdoor show in New York and has praised their progressive style. Their current album Veckatimest has been their commercial breakthrough, but its haunting elegance takes on more mesmeric power...
In this article: Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, Jonny Greenwood, Trent Reznor, Radiohead, Jay-Z, Nine Inch Nails, The Beach Boys, and Brooklyn
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | November 03, 2009
Grizzly Bear and London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican review
...by hanging lanterns. To their right, New York composer Nico Muhly, who wrote the string parts for the band's breakthrough third album Veckatimest, had taken his place behind a grand piano and behind them, arranged in a crescent around...
In this article: Grizzly Bear, London Symphony Orchestra, Nico Muhly, Chris Taylor, Daniel Rossen, Yellow House, and Beach Boys
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Independent.co.uk - Music | November 02, 2009
Grizzly Bear, Barbican, London
...civilisation is at a rather more advanced stage than our own. Of the 15 songs the band performed, 10 came from this year's release, Veckatimest, which is surely destined to be many people's album of the year. "All We Ask" and "Foreground"...
In this article: Grizzly Bear, Christopher Bear, Barbican, London, Chris Taylor, Halloween, Ed Droste, Daniel Rossen, London Symphony Orchestra, and F Scott Fitzgerald
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Times Online | November 01, 2009
Grizzly Bear/LSO at the Barbican
...Brooklyn, New York, have quietly assumed a position of unassailable authority among the cognoscenti since the release of their third album Veckatimest this year. Combining post-rock, alt-rock and art-rock ingredients in one enigmatic...
In this article: Ed Droste, London Symphony Orchestra, Grizzly Bear, Leeds Metropolitan University, Daniel Rossen, Christopher Bear, Jonny Greenwood, and Radiohead
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Independent.ie | October 29, 2009
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...its end, music critics everywhere are compiling their 'best album' lists. Don't be surprised if you find Grizzly Bear's third long player, Veckatimest, in the upper reaches of these polls. An absorbing, hugely ambitious collection of songs...
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Description from Wikipedia:
Veckatimest is the third full-length studio album by American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, released on May 26, 2009 on Warp. The album is named after a small island in Dukes County, Massachusetts.
Upon release, Veckatimest was greeted with widespread critical acclaim, currently holding a score of 86 at aggregate critic review site, MetaCritic. The album is generally viewed by critics as a large step forward for Grizzly Bear in regards to partial genre-blending, musical complexity and experimentation.
Veckatimest debuted at #8 on the US Billboard Charts, selling 33,000 copies in its first week of release.
Both "While You Wait for the Others" and "Two Weeks" appeared in Pitchfork's Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s, ranking at #334 and #162 respectively. The album was ranked #42 on their list of the decade's top 200 albums. Official music videos have been produced for "Two Weeks", "While You Wait for the Others", and "Ready, Able".
- Name:
- Veckatimest
- Type:
- Album
- Genre:
- Chamber pop, psych folk, indie rock
- Release Date:
- May 26, 2009
- Produced by:
- Chris Taylor
- Recorded By:
- Grizzly Bear
- Length:
- 52:02
- Record Label:
- Warp
- Recording Dates:
- 2008
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