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albums of the decade | 2010-2019
albums of the decade | 2010-2019
albums of the decade | 2010-2019
As we come up on 15 years existing as a blog, we are pleased to present our favorite releases of the decade. When we did this back in 2009 — that list still mostly holds up, with a few exceptions — we got Carles to write the foreword. It's a relic of an era that feels like an eternity ago, but one thing he said still rings true: "We have lived through this. Now we shall reflect upon this"
GvsB MODERN YACHT ROCK III MIXTAPE
GvsB MODERN YACHT ROCK III MIXTAPE
GvsB MODERN YACHT ROCK III MIXTAPE
Presenting the third installment in our series of annual modern yacht rock summer mixtapes: As always, we’re expanding the yacht rock universe here to include more modern sounds inspired by those classic easy listening FM-gold guilty pleasures of the late '70s and early '80s, while occasionally veering off into balearica, pillowy soft funk, sophisti-pop, long-lost obscurities, exotica, and darker
Gorilla vs. Bear x SXSW 2018 lineup
Gorilla vs. Bear x SXSW 2018 lineup
Gorilla vs. Bear x SXSW 2018 lineup
The official Gorilla vs. Bear x SXSW 2018 showcase goes down on Friday night, March 16th, at Seven Grand in downtown Austin. Featuring the best official SXSW showcase lineup I've ever seen in my life, starring: Hinds, Faye Webster, Men I Trust, Helena Deland, Sun June, Hater, and Forever...
gorilla vs. bear’s songs of 2017
gorilla vs. bear’s songs of 2017
gorilla vs. bear’s songs of 2017
Before we even have time to second guess our albums of the year list, here are our favorite songs of 2017. While plenty of our old favorites are well repped -- including TOPS, Burial, Shabazz Palaces, SZA, Sufjan, Laurel Halo, et al. -- it was an exceptionally great year for exciting new artists, with Men I Trust, Yaeji, Playboi Carti, Kelly Lee Owens, Aldous Harding, Bernache, and so many more dr
GORILLA VS. BEAR’S ALBUMS OF 2017
GORILLA VS. BEAR’S ALBUMS OF 2017
GORILLA VS. BEAR’S ALBUMS OF 2017
As the internet's collective attention span continues to dwindle away and the clickbait economy slowly ruins everything good, we made a conscious effort this year to spend more time listening to fewer things. Discovering new favorites will always remain a priority around here, but it felt good to devote more quality time to absorbing ambitious, flawed, elaborately nuanced and layered masterpieces
GvsB VI: WASHED OUT
GvsB VI: WASHED OUT
GvsB VI: WASHED OUT
GvsB VI is going to be so good we can barely stand it. Starring + co-curated with Washed Out, one of our favorite artists for almost a decade now. Presented by the homies at Sound on Sound fest, and made possible in part by our friends at Modelo + Stem...
GORILLA VS. BEAR’s SONGS OF 2016
GORILLA VS. BEAR’s SONGS OF 2016
GORILLA VS. BEAR’s SONGS OF 2016
Today we follow up our albums of 2016 list with the much more interesting list of our 101 favorite songs of the year. Featuring a couple of inventive flips of Shangaan Electro and Tropicália samples in the top 3, the powerful opening missive from A Tribe Called Quest's first album in nearly 20 years, an old Radiohead love song, multiple jams each from Frank Ocean, Danny Brown, and Carly Rae, unden
GORILLA VS. BEAR’s ALBUMS OF 2016
GORILLA VS. BEAR’s ALBUMS OF 2016
GORILLA VS. BEAR’s ALBUMS OF 2016
It may or may not be that time yet, but here is the highly subjective list of our 60 favorite albums -- too long, I know, but we could have gone much deeper -- from an unfathomably weird, incredible, terrifying 2016. It was a year marked by loss and uncertainty, and that might be why music felt more monumental to us than ever. Thanks for sticking with us for another year. Check the full list + a l

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