Grizzly Bear

[August 29th, 2007]

[EXPERIMENTAL FOLK] Musicfester, prepare thyself: After this performance, your entire world may change—kinda like taking hallucinogens for the first time. Just as Grizzly Bear blew critics away with its ’06 release, Yellow House , the Brooklyn-based quartet’s experimental folk—each song a building crescendo of rhythmic guitar, penetrating clarinets and crashing cymbals—nearly burst the Mission Theater this past February.

And if the hairs don’t raise on your arms when these fellows (one of whom actually boasts the last name “Bear”) harmonize together during a song like the mesmerizing, funereal “Shift,” seek medical attention immediately, as you must be dead inside. This is the one performance you’ll forever regret missing (especially after hearing everyone recount their life-changing experiences), so make the smart choice and get there early.