Last week, Grizzly performed some stripped down renditions of Yellow House favorites for KEXP. We asked Ed about these alternative takes on the tunes. His thoughts:
Like our live show, we always are sort of trying to recreate the songs, for an electric setting, acoustic setting, etc. We sometimes have up to 3 different live versions of a song. This solo version of “On A Neck, On A Spit” is just Dan and the guitar, and skips the beginning, adds some new melodies, and it’s nice sometimes for the rest of us to sit back and just watch him play.As for “Shift,” we replace the piano with acoustic, and “Knife” just is pretty much about the vocals so we essentially keep it that way. Anyhow, KEXP were great to work with–Wish we had more stations like that on the east coast.
Check out the tracks (via Pop Drivel):
Animal-related band names are always in fashion — but wolves are so over. What’s the next big mammal moniker?
We have two pairs of tickets to give away for Grizzly’s 9/26 Bowery show and, to get your greasy paws on ‘em, give us some band names. We’ll randomly pick winners on Friday at 6 pm EST. (Reminder: Horses are played out, too!)
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Grizzly Bear = overhyped crap!
bull is going to be all the rage…
damn, so many animals are already taken…do fictional animals count? if so, The Wangdoodles Hornswagglers and Snozzwangers.
Here’s my name: Darling Platypus
Following in the prestigious footsteps of AIDS Wolf and Cancer Slug, I’m going with Malaria Donkey for my next band name.
Everything Wicker
Orson Whales
More likely: The Sheep Nerfers
Acne Acres.
My personal favorite band name that I came up with? Got to be Acne Acres. Or maybe The Swimming Fields.
My personal favorite band name that I came up with? Got to be Acne Acres. Or maybe The Swimming Fields.
Acne Acres.
Acne Acres.
Acne Acres.
Any ideas, Larry?
these versions are nice. i’ll be out of time so count me out. whoever was first comment, is undersexed douche
batty barry
bears, Grizzlybear, The Bears, Goldenbear
Dude, you KNOW it’s going to be all about Marmots.
My Morning Marmot
Marmot Social Scene
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Marmots
The Arctic Marmots
I Love You, But I’ve Chosen a Marmot
Marmots on the Radio
Neutral Marmot Hotel
Modest Marmot
The Grizzly Marmots
MarmotMother
Marmot & Sebastian
Clap Your Marmots and Say Yeah
I mean…..DUH!
candlelit beaver
tame possum
only because i saw a girl holding a live tame possum tonight standing outside a show i was at. seattle is weird.
BLATANTLY hawkeye’s won that one….
Basically any type of marsupial…
kangaroos, possums, koalas, wombats
Flaming Wombats
Gorky’s Zygotic Possums
The Koala Lampurs
Sufjan Kangaroo
and these are just bands in Hoboken
Scary/large animals are over (wolves, bears, horses). Squirrels were so 90′s, nuttin’ against the zips mind you. Any way you spell it, birds was done eons ago (byrds, eagles, Falco…wait, that’s not quite a bird).
I’m predicting aquatic for the oughts, therefore here are the 3 bands you will hear about sometime between now and Cher’s next “my last tour ever”:
Sufjan Dolphin
Orca Errata
Gnarls Manatee
I second besidethesea, this one’s gotta go to Hawkeye.
SEA CREATURES!!! Fo Shizzle!
Example:
The Bearded Clams
Crab Cakes
Shallow Shellfish
Kill Krill
The Fish Scales
Bruce Stingray
There ya go. All winners
Bad Penmanship
Apes ‘N Apes
Obvs.
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