GORILLA VS. BEAR
Tei Shi x Gorilla vs. Bear takeover: Nick Hakim
Nick Hakim is truly great and you should check out his music. It’s smooth and soulful and created with real care and emotion. And his voice is out of this world. Nick and I met during a summer camp where we performed Mariah Carey and Musiq Soulchild duets together in front of a bunch of parents...
Tei Shi x Gorilla vs. Bear takeover: Show Me the Body
Show Me The Body is really fucking weird and cool. I don’t know what else to say about them. They’re really young, smart New York punkies (not to categorize them as punk specifically) — the banjo is pretty central in their stuff. There’s something really hard to pin down about their music but what’s for sure is that they’re cooler than I ever knew was possible at their age...
Tei Shi x Gorilla vs. Bear takeover: Pete Drake – Forever
Pete Drake was a really well known pedal steel guitar player in Nashville in the 60s, He played on some of the biggest songs/for the biggest artists ever. But he also came up with the idea of basically using your mouth as the amplifier for a guitar...
Tei Shi x Gorilla vs. Bear takeover: The Danger Boys
The Danger Boys is Jack McNutt and Julian Master. They are ridiculous and amazing. I got to know of them because they created an instagram page called dead animals I killed and started trolling me hard with it. The instagram page was horrible but also makes sense when you get to know their persona better, and realize they are these two really insane, hilarious and talented beef cakes...
Tei Shi x Gorilla vs. Bear takeover: Gal Costa
Gal Costa is a Brazilian singer who put music out predominantly during the 60s and 70s. I love Brazilian music and especially Brazilian female vocalists. There’s something about the language and how beautiful it is from a feminine perspective...
Tei Shi x Gorilla vs. Bear takeover: Wales – Lose My Mind (premiere)
I'm VERY excited to be premiering my friend Sam Bennett's debut song today--he goes by the name Wales, and he makes some seriously beautiful and smooth tunes. This here track was also the result of collaboration with Luca Buccellati, who produced the gem...
Tei Shi x Gorilla vs. Bear takeover: Users
Users is a new project of Alex Schaaf, who fronted the band Yellow Ostrich until their recent conscious uncoupling. His music is always awesome whether it’s within Yellow Ostrich, his solo project Human Heat (we did a song together :D) or now, Users...
Tei Shi x Gorilla vs. Bear takeover: Rehearsal Tape
As I mentioned too much already my new EP is out now, and along with it I want to celebrate two fellows who are not only two of my best friends but also the two people who I collaborated with on this music and who helped bring this EP to life...
Tei Shi x Gorilla vs. Bear takeover: I Want To Break Free
To start off on a crazy amazing note, I’m sharing this video. Because I love Queen, Freddie Mercury is one of my all time favorite humans/talents/performers. We need more people like him, and also I wish music videos still looked like this...
Tei Shi x Gorilla vs. Bear takeover: Hello!
Hello internet surfers! I’m Tei Shi and I’m really excited to be taking over GvB, one of my favorite internet spots, in conjunction with the release of my new EP Verde which came out yesterday. Thanks Chris for letting me colonize your space today...