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Posted in interviews | music on August 7, 2008
an(other) interview w/ Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste
Ed Droste @ Lollapalooza 2008 (by Bao Nguyen) (Zach shot them too)
Currently on tour with Radiohead, Grizzly Bear's next NYC-area shows are this Friday at the All Points West Festival and the very next night at Music Hall of Williamsburg. I sent Grizzly Bear frontman Ed Droste a few quick questions to see how he was doing....
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How is the Radiohead tour going? How was Lollapalooza? Any good stories?
Ed: It's been so amazing. It's definitely an entirely new experience for us, we aren't used to, and will likely never play spaces this big again, and we're still getting our festival legs. As many people might imagine our sound isn't exactly catered to a massive outdoor setting, but we are giving it our best. Playing Montreal was insane, the biggest crowd we've ever played for, about 30K people actually in the pouring rain, just incredibly amped up for Radiohead. It was extremely surreal. A rainbow came out as well at one point.
Paul Simon or Radiohead?...
Radiohead. Playing with Paul Simon was great, but this Radiohead tour is sort of a lifetime dream.
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Atlanta or Baltimore?
Baltimore all the way.
Have you seen Iggy Pop's gear?
No! But he trashed the dressing room we were supposed to have in Montreal because he was understandably pissed. We've been robbed before, it sucks.
Are you looking forward to All Points West?
Totally! I have no idea what to expect, every festival is organized so differently and some can be really great and some can be hell on earth. We'll just have to wait and see how this one fares compared to others....seems like it's going to have an amazing backdrop of the city though.
Why are you playing a separate show during the second night of All Points West?
We'll be home. We've been doing shows in between Radiohead shows to make a little money to pay for the bus we got (our first ever), and we haven't played Williamsburg as a headliner since Glasslands way before Yellow House came out. Seemed like a fun thing to do. We are donating portions of the proceeds to that specific charity because our friends at Daytrotter wanted us to come out to Iowa to play for the cause, but we were busy with this tour so that's when we decided we should do a show to help out a bit. I'm really glad we did too, I was excited to learn it sold out in a few hours as that's never happened to us before. Usually there are plenty of scraps to go around, haha.
I've been hearing that your sets consist of a lot of new material. When can we expect a new record?
Early 2009 I'm hoping for. We're about half way done recording it and we'll get right back to it after this tour ends. It's really fun for us to test out all these new songs on this tour. Definitely makes performing feel fresh again.
Any recent collaborations?
Just one with Feist for a Red Hot compilation.
Thanks! And finally, what are you listening to right now?"
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For an older inteview we did with Ed, check HERE.
Grizzly Bear - 2008 Tour Dates
Aug 06, 2008 Montréal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau **
Aug 07, 2008 Northampton, MA Calvin Theater w/ The New Pornographers
Aug 08, 2008 Jersey City, NJ All Points West Music & Arts Festival
Aug 09, 2008 Brooklyn, NY SOLD OUT Music Hall of Williamsburg (w/ Violens)
Aug 11, 2008 Washington, DC Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Aug 12, 2008 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center **
Aug 13, 2008 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts **
Aug 14, 2008 Boston, MA SOLD OUT: Calderwood Courtyard @ The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Aug 15, 2008 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre
** w/ Radiohead
Posted on August 7, 2008 1:57 PM
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I don't know what it is, but this dude Ed Droste comes off like a pretentious NYU hipster rich-kid prick. I've run into him a few times and got that impression. That, and the fact that he has a big nose.
I really respect the other dudes in Grizzly Bear though and enjoy their music, but don't like Ed's songs.
Posted by Mr.BigNose | August 7, 2008 2:10 PM
^^^ wtf?!? Someone has a grudge
they were awesome at lolla
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 2:14 PM
hes a Forbes what do you expect
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 2:27 PM
I disagree with the first comment. He does seem very intelligent, however, which can be off-putting to some people.
Posted by Mark B. | August 7, 2008 2:29 PM
i've met him a few times and he's been only cordial and nice
I think dude #1 clearly has some sort of issue.....
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 2:32 PM
yeah, he's awesome. you're wrong.
Posted by bort | August 7, 2008 2:46 PM
... and he has a big nose.
Yet again, I am floored by the geniuses that post to BK Vegan.
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 3:00 PM
anon at 3:00
i know, incredibly stupid
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 3:05 PM
Yeah, Ed is a totally charming, funny, gracious (and talented) dude. And he started the band, so you can thank him for that. Though each member that's joined has added a special layer of awesomeness all their own.
Posted by pickles | August 7, 2008 3:06 PM
And big noses are hot anyway. Body fascist!
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 3:08 PM
big noses are hot actually. I'm definitely on that tip.
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 3:13 PM
he should be replaced by Adrian Brody
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 3:28 PM
he should be in a porno with adrian brody
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 3:37 PM
i, too, disagree with the first comment. i met ed on a flight on the way back from coachella, and he was so genuinely nice and gracious. i then ran into him a few days later at a show, and he remembered me and said hello. great vibes all around.
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 4:03 PM
i think commenter #1 probably got dumped by him or something in college
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 4:04 PM
^^ are you saying Ed is gay? look, he's probably a nice dude and I just ran into him at a bad time. Although, I do remember seeing him at a Dirty Projector's show last winter and Ed acted like a raving drunk lunatic and he kept shouting at the top of lungs and heckling the band. I wanted to punch his big nose but figured it would be a sensitive issue and let him be. true story....
Posted by Mr.BigNose | August 7, 2008 5:04 PM
Ed is gay? Next thing you know you're going to say Antony is gay too.
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 5:17 PM
mr. big nose, I'd like to punch you in the nose
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 5:31 PM
frankly Mr. BigNose, you're a flatulent pain in the ass.
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 7:15 PM
looking forward to hearing the new material tomorrow
Posted by Anonymous | August 7, 2008 10:16 PM
grizzly bear killed it at music hall.... totally transcendent , had the crowd eating out of the palm of their hand...
Posted by Anonymous | August 10, 2008 2:14 AM