New Grouper Video - "Hold The Way"

When we pointed you toward two new Grouper songs, I said it sounded like Liz Harris recorded "Vessel" and "Hold The Way" with the fall chill in a dark Northwestern forest as her backing band. This shadowy, strobed black and... CONTINUE READING NEW GROUPER VIDEO - "HOLD THE WAY"»

Posted on October 7, 2009 in Video (3 comments)
Tags: Grouper | Mauro Refosco

New Grouper - "Vessel" & "Hold The Way"

On these new tracks, ex-Outsider Liz Harris sounds like she's using smeary stars and the fall chill in a dark Northwestern forest as her backing band. Listen closely at MySpace (via GvsB).... CONTINUE READING NEW GROUPER - "VESSEL" & "HOLD THE WAY"»

Posted on September 30, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Grouper

ATP NY 2009: Wayne's World

Our second year at Kutsher's was rainier than the first, but that didn't matter so much to us or, seemingly, the other attendees: If anything, this year felt more celebratory (and debauched) than 2008. You wouldn't be faulted for noting... CONTINUE READING ATP NY 2009: WAYNE'S WORLD»

Animal Collective/Grouper @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles 5/29/09

Blog readers had so many options on Friday night in L.A. -- Passion Pit, Lykke Li, SVIIB and Black Moth Super Rainbown all in town -- and still the ticketless masses chose the Wiltern sidewalk for even a shot at... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE/GROUPER @ THE WILTERN, LOS ANGELES 5/29/09»

Posted on June 1, 2009 in Concert, Photo (41 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Grouper

Stereogum X Amazon MP3 Friendly Deals #10: Grouper's Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill

Every few weeks, Amazon.com lets us select one recent release from its MP3 store to go on super sale (up to 75% off normal prices). Hopefully you'll be able to add these must-own LPs to your library without breaking your... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM X AMAZON MP3 FRIENDLY DEALS #10: GROUPER'S DRAGGING A DEAD DEER UP A HILL»

Posted on April 29, 2009 in Friendly Deals, MP3 (14 comments)
Tags: Grouper

The Songs That Inspired Merriweather Post Pavilion

Pre-ordered copies of the much discussed Merriweather Post Pavilion arrived with an 8-song "strictly limited, rare and exclusive mix cd, mixed by animal collective just for rough traders" that includes Erykah Badu, Vladislav Delay, The Outsiders topping Grouper, the Swede... CONTINUE READING THE SONGS THAT INSPIRED MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION»

Posted on January 12, 2009 (8 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Erykah Badu | Grouper | Leeds | Vladislav Delay

The Outsiders: The Best Albums Of '08

Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. This installment's virtual... CONTINUE READING THE OUTSIDERS: THE BEST ALBUMS OF '08»

New Grouper - "False Horizon"

Grouper's Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill includes a few of this years most hauntingly beautiful tracks. Add non-album track "False Horizon" to the pile. It was recorded around the same time as Dragging, but Harris just posted it... CONTINUE READING NEW GROUPER - "FALSE HORIZON" »

Posted on December 15, 2008 (0 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Green Man Festival | Grouper | Joe Boyd | Phish

New Grouper - "Disengaged" & "Heavy Water / I'd Rather Be Sleeping"

In the pre-SXSW installment of the Outsiders, I posted "Invisible" by Grouper, aka Liz Harris. The song came from her then unreleased Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill, which finally arrived yesterday and is a stunner. Harris's past collections... CONTINUE READING NEW GROUPER - "DISENGAGED" & "HEAVY WATER / I'D RATHER BE SLEEPING"»

Posted on June 12, 2008 in MP3 (5 comments)
Tags: Grouper