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Posted in MP3 | music | tour dates on January 8, 2007

BEACH HOUSE opening for fellow Pitchfork fav Grizzly Bear + WAY MORE

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members of Grizzly Bear on the beach (CRED)

We've already discussed the fact that the band Beach House were popular on the Internet in '06. That didn't stop me from being surprised that their song Apple Orchard made #8 on Pitchfork's "Top 100 Tracks of 2006" list. Almost equally surprising was Beach House's whole self-titled album making #16 on Pitchfork's list of top albums. That's a better score than the Thermals, Yo La Tengo, Hot Chip, Califone, Cat Power, Lily Allen, Belle and Sebastian and even Destroyer. It's not as good as Grizzly Bear though - they were the owners of #8 on the albums list.

Beach House has been added as an opener at the March 6th Grizzly Bear show at Bowery Ballroom in NYC...which is messed up because according to Stereogum Beach House puts on the better show (I kid). Papercuts are also opening at this and many other Grizzly Bear shows.

OTHER GRIZZLY BEAR NEWS

• Girl Talk is busy mashing some Grizzly Bear up


• There's about to be a video for the track called "Knife"


• CSS are covering "Knife"


• A DJ is mashing "Knife" with THE Knife


• The NY Times loves Grizzly Bear too


• "Yellow House" syncs w/ "The City of Lost Children"?

Previously
Grizzly Bear | 2007 Tour Dates
My 40 favorite albums of 2006 & then some
An interview with Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear's gear stolen in Brussels
Beach House | 2006 Tour Dates & MP3

Posted on January 8, 2007 5:42 AM

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