I really couldn’t tell you much about Grizzly Bear (barring that they are a relatively new band from Brooklyn and that their sound has been described as acid folk, neo-psychedelia, experimental rock, and lo-fi) without blatantly copying information from Wikipedia.

I first encountered Grizzly Bear on YouTube. I was watching some videos. I was watching some live Beirut videos. I like Beirut. Sure, call me a hipster. Anyway, I came across a video of Zach Condon (Beirut) singing a song called “Knife” in the streets of Paris. I was like, “who is so very cool that Zach Condon is singing their song in the streets of Paris?” I quickly found that the band is Grizzly Bear. I listened to the original version of “Knife” and I was like “that is pretty effing good.”

Zach Condon singing “Knife”

Then, weeks later, I’d already forgotten about Grizzly Bear. I was listening to Dntel’s album Dumb Luck (You probably know who Dntel is even if you don’t know that you know because he produced for the Postal Service). Dntel tends to collaborate with amazing musicians and I was listening to the second track on the album (”To a Fault”) and I was like, “who the eff did Dntel collaborate with on this?” After doing some quick research I found that it was Grizzly Bear.

Dntel (featuring Grizzly Bear)- To a Fault

Buy Dntel’s Dumb Luck at Amazon.com

In conclusion, if the great, musical maelstroms Zack Condon and Dntel both like Grizzly Bear (at least enough to sing their songs in the streets of Paris or collaborate with them), there has to be something to them. Check out Grizzly Bear, Dntel (the new album features the likes of Jenny Lewis and Conor Oberst as well), and Beirut.

Grizzly Bear: Don’t Ask(Final Fantasy Remix)

Get Grizzly Bear’s Horn of Plenty at Amazon.com(w/Bonus Remixes)