anyone know when grizz bear goes on tonight...heard they're the opener

Why do people ask for set times? Seriously. Do you ask the MTA what time the L train is coming when you walk into the subway? Just go to the damn show and you'll see the bands.

don't care about FF...only wanna see GB...eat a dick and mind your biz

GB better not be opening

Harry Lime @ Bowery Poetry Club @ 6pm

George Bush is opening

from NY Mag's entry under Final Fantasy:
The innovative Owen Pallett in BAM’s ongoing series of contemporary indie sounds. Grizzly Bear opens.

anyone see trail of dead last night? how were they? that new album while far from the grace of source tags & codes, is a return to form.

how could they. grizzly bear is like 10x the size.

george bush used to be president and you don't see him complaining

everyone on brooklyn vegan thinks they're an armchair stage manager and a backseat sound engineer.

newsflash: you're all cluess little dweebs just clutching onto "insider" lingo, hopin it makes you sound "cool"

"anyone see trail of dead last night? how were they? that new album while far from the grace of source tags & codes, is a return to form."

I guess you can say the same about their live show. Not source tags and code era, but still pretty good.

Sgt Dunar & the Hobo Banned (http://myspace.com/thehobobanned) at Pete's Candy Store 9pm.

it's a double headliner, and grizzly bear are playing second.

coin under tongue ain't playin tonight

That bill at mercury is pretty bad ass. time to gaze at my shoes.

i really wish i could be at Final Fantasy and Grizzly Bear show.
and ppl, don't hate on Final Fantasy. Owen Pallett makes really phenomenal compositions.

I don't think anyone's hating on Owen. I love Owen but I would be disappointed if Grizzly Bear was opening.

eric krasno, joe russo, n others @ sullivan hall

yohimbe brothers (dj logic, vernon reid, etc) @ blue note

Deathcycle's last show! tonight at rockstar bar

with Inhuman!

"anyone know when grizz bear goes on tonight...heard they're the opener"

You're a fucking idiot. Obviously if you did some research and actually used something called a SEARCH ENGINE you would be able to find these sort of details out instead of wasting bandwith with asking your stupid lame questions. Now fuck off you faggot emo crybaby.

"George Bush is opening"

Sure beats Barack Obama opening!!

does he open? is there a latch or a key

grizzly bear

easier
central and remote (first time ever played! awesome)
new song 1
plans

(this parts totally out of order)
reworked orchestra version of campfire (boring!)
colorado
reprise
two weeks
while you wait for the others
little brother
plans
+2 other new ones

(encore)
deep blue sea
he hit me

all in all a letdown. no on a neck, on a spit, alligator (they already have a version made with an orchestra!!!!), shift, fix it, showcase, cheerleader, fine for now, KNIFE? orchestra wasn't even used for half the songs. the new songs were also pretty underwhelming, except for the last one before the encore. oh well. sounded pretty good, and final fantasy was amazing. im done seeing this band live.

it's march, bitchez

Grizzly Bear were awesome. All the new songs were great, especially the first one. They didn't play a lot of live staples, which I didn't mind at all. Seriously I've been hearing Knife for 4 years now. Instead we got a lot of songs they could never play live without the extra instrumentation. I look forward to seeing them tour behind the new album, as those songs were thrilling. And Ed's voice was out of this world.

Final Fantasy was really good too. I wasn't a big fan before, but I am now!

grizzly bear were fucking IN FUCKING CREDIBLE

that was one of the best shows I've ever seen. EVER. Final Fantasy was lovely too. The new songs were bonkers bonkers. Esp the song they played 3rd.

btw: anon @ 12:03 you must have some issues, other than a tuning issue for "while you wait for the others' this was a flawless amazing show.

HIghlights = first new song
Colorado
Two Weeks
Reprise
Campfire

whenever anybody says anyting negative about grizzly bear it just makes me SOOO ANGRY!!!!

I mean seriously WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE??

I wonder if 12:30 was the dingleberry I was talking to at a house party that was clueless to the concept of sarcasm.

grizzly bear was beautiful. final fantasy was pure music.

"while you wait" "campfire" "two weeks" were the f'n highlights.

"cn tower" !!!!

wow...i was lost in all of it.

The whole evening was magical. Frankly I was suprised at how well it all came off, I was also surprised at how rabid the crowd was. Granted I'm a grizzly bear fan but the people around me were going ape shit. Loved it. Definitely sold and excited for the new album. Even the girlfriend dug it and it's totally not her bag.

Yeah I saw George Bush peeking around the curtain during central and remote and he was definitely really into it

So, did Grizzly Bear go on first or second?

they went second, and it was a total letdown. they sounded great, but the song selection...cmon. theyve been playing basically the same set for the past 3 years.

no 'dont ask'?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? if not at the BAM show, then when? they just ignored so many great songs that would have been so great with the orchestra or as a FF collab, and were generally uninspired. the fact that they did a few songs without the orchestra was among the most puzzling and silly decisions ive ever seen a band make. it's like getting a new huge LCD flatscreen, and deciding to watch the game on your old 13 inch tv/vcr combo instead.

for people seeing GB the first time, tonite was probably magic, but for those of us who have seen them a few times in the past, this was the absolute letdown of the year. they left so much potential unfulfilled.

They did the new songs without the orchestra arrangements. They're NEW songs. It was interesting to hear older songs reinterpreted - but as someone else mentioned, campfire was still pretty lulling..

"They did the new songs without the orchestra arrangements. They're NEW songs."

you fool, they debuted 3 new songs, all with the orchestra. 2 weeks/while you wait weren't with the orchestra, so how is the fact that they're new a reason that they didn't play it with the orchestra? were you even there?

Same set??? You are crazy, they played songs they've never played both old and new. Playing knife and on a neck on a spit would have been doing the same. For me it was a totally new inspired interpretation ---having seen them five time, this ranks high up there. New songs were mesmerizing

I loved campfire, I for one don't like knife and prefer their weirder less "pop" tracks so this was perfect for me

FF set?

underwhelming. not interesting arrangements. who to blame? nico muhly? BAM for picking a band that doesn't know how to utilize an orchestra? the band for not spending enough time on it?

this is the sixth time i've seen grizzly bear and i should have been blown away by something special. i wasn't.

>>the fact that they did a few songs without the orchestra was among the most puzzling and silly decisions ive ever seen a band make.

this is fairly common of bands that have play with orchestras .. the 2 other bands I've seen with orchestras did something similar.. I think it has something to do with how long the orchestras can play in one night... union rules, etc

I liked the songs they did without the orchestra better actually.

yeah - i agree that the orchestra didn't add anything. if anything, it removed the drama (the space) in the band's music and just middled everything.

final fantasy was good...i wasn't too familiar with him before last night, but he and the orchestra created a lot of subtle textures. i thought it was great he used aaron dessner and bryan devendorf from the national for bass and drums, and nico for piano...but as final fantasy admitted, he's a control freak and it felt like there was a lot of tension up on stage with everyone (including aaron and bryan, two totally loose musicians) so focused on reading music. it was great to hear, but made my jaw clench a little. granted, it was his first time doing this...

grizzly bear were great for me. i think they did a nice job of using the orchestra without the orchestra taking over the sound. the new songs were highlights and i didn't want the set to end. adding aaron dessner on banjo and bryce dessner on guitar created an interesting dynamic for those two songs on which they played. the vocals sounded INCREDIBLE. but i will admit that when the orchestra weren't playing, they looked pretty bored.

I don't think it's a coincidence that the people who were let down have seen GB several times. There aren't too many bands who can blow you away six times, even with an orchestra. It's kind of sad to become accustomed to such grandeur. But "Ready, Able" ripped all of that away. It was so intense. And their voices sounded so beautiful in that opera house.

went to this party in brooklyn- williamsburg/greenpoint area on kent avenue- last night. wondering if anyone else was there- it was underground and there was a live band playing whose name i forget and alot of dancing.. Could anyone help me out with the name of this band?
let me know, thanks.

^^Daft Punk

all the dozens of twitters on the show were unanimous hyperbolic praise. I guess BrooklyVegan commenters are just angry bitter people???

I loved the whole evening. It's an orchestra show. It's different. Things change. Don't be scared of new things. They fucking owned and they had a massive standing ovation .

Me and the misses were pleased as punch. The old people in front of me fell asleep during Final Fantasy though which made me chuckle.

"who were let down have seen GB several times"

GB? GB is for Gorilla Biscuits. Sorry, but that abbreviation is taken.

Sounded like it was an amazingly shitty time, glad I stayed home and watched Rush Limbaugh clips from his speech at the GOP convention on Fox News instead!!

Even my mom loved it

Re: 4:40, you saw Tippy Toes at Coco66, maybe?

That was an AMAZING show.

Uhhhhh Gorilla biscuits in yr fuckin head

Psychic Ills are the worst "band" of all time!