New Grouper Album Coming, Plus Reissue of Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill - News
On February 4, Liz Harris, aka Grouper, will release two albums of material she made back in 2008. Alongside a reissue of her LP Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill, which has been out of print physically...
View ArticleListen: New Grouper: "Vital" - News
[placeholder:mediastore.audiofile.6104]Here's "Vital", a new song from a forthcoming new release by Grouper, The Man Who Died in His Boat. The record's a collection of unreleased material from the same...
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Grouper mastermind Liz Harris' music requires multiple listens for it to take shape. On "Vital," from The Man Who Died in His Boat (out February 4th on Kranky), her voice is distant as tape hiss fills...
View ArticleThe Man Who Died in His Boat - Album Review
Liz Harris' newest collection of charred ambiance is a companion to 2008's Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill recorded during the same period. The gorgeous and haunting The Man Who Died in His Boat shares...
View ArticleDownload Grouper's Mysterious FACT Mix - News
[placeholder:mediastore.audiofile.7086]Liz Harris, aka Grouper, has put together a mix for FACT. Harris has not provided a tracklist for her mix, "due to the inclusion of several 'traditional tunes...
View ArticlePhotos: DIIV, Iceage, Baroness, Grouper, the Men, the Field, Merchandise,...
Photos by Trent Maxwell. Above: IceageThe Austin, Texas festival Chaos in Tejas took place at venues around the city over the weekend. The lineup included Iceage, Grouper, Baroness, the Men, Milk...
View ArticleGrouper's Liz Harris Forms "Pop" Band Helen, Releases Single - News
Photo by Trent MaxwellLiz Harris, better known as Grouper, has formed a new band called Helen, Gorilla vs. Bear reports. The band also features her friends Scott Simmons and Jed Bindeman and Harris...
View ArticleLists & Guides: Albums of the Year: Honorable Mention - Feature
Chosen by Pitchfork's editors, these albums didn't make our Top 50, but we thought they were among the most interesting of 2013 and deserved to be highlighted nonetheless.
View ArticleThe Bug Shares "Void" Featuring Grouper's Liz Harris and "Function" Featuring...
The Bug's new album Angels & Devils features contributions from artists such as Death Grips, Grouper's Liz Harris, Gonjasufi, and more. It'll be out August 26 via Ninja Tune. Previously, he shared...
View ArticleGrouper Announces New Album Ruins - News
Liz Harris, aka Grouper, has announced a new album called Ruins. That's the cover above. It'll be out on October 31 via Kranky, and follows last year's The Man Who Died in His Boat. She also shared a...
View ArticleThe Bug Announces Exit EP, Shares "Black Wasp" Featuring Grouper's Liz Harris...
The Bug just released his latest album Angels & Devils last week. Apparently, that album had, according to a press release, 160 demos and outtakes. Six of those will appear on a new EP called Exit,...
View ArticleGrouper Shares "Call Across Rooms" from Ruins - News
[placeholder:mediastore.audiofile.10782]Grouper, aka Liz Harris, has shared a new song called "Call Across Rooms". It'll appear on the forthcoming Ruins, which is out October 31 via Kranky. Listen to...
View Article"Call Across Rooms" - Track
Recorded three years ago in Aljezur, Portugal, during an arts residency, Grouper's new song "Call Across Rooms" reeks of isolation. This time around, Liz Harris doesn't even have her reverb pedals to...
View Article"Holding" - Track
Liz Harris makes quiet music, but don’t mistake the word "quiet" for "incidental". You can’t listen to Grouper's "Holding" while you do the dishes or run errands or read something on the internet or...
View ArticleRuins - Album Review
Ruins is Grouper's "unplugged" record, essentially, as much as that might sound odd for a musician who has always put acoustic guitar and piano and voice at the core of her work. Here she foreswears...
View ArticleGrouper Shares "Made of Air" Video - News
Grouper, aka Liz Harris, has shared the video for "Made of Air" from the newly released Ruins. You can watch it below. It was directed by Paul Clipson, with whom Harris has previously collaborated, and...
View ArticleLists & Guides: The 100 Best Tracks of 2014 - Feature
From Perfume Genius' heroic glam, to Sophie's oil-slick electronic excursions, to Young Thug's masterful weirdness, to Taylor Swift's bulletproof pop, to Future Islands' sweeping synth rock, these are...
View ArticleLists & Guides: The 50 Best Albums of 2014 - Feature
This year, our annual list includes exceptional records by Perfect Pussy, Rich Gang, Ex Hex, Lykke Li, Brian Eno, Vince Staples, Caribou, Grouper, Aphex Twin, and a whole lot more.
View ArticleLists & Guides: 2014 Readers Poll Results - Feature
Your picks for the year's Top Albums and Tracks, Most Underrated/Overrated Albums, Best Videos, Best Album Covers, and Best New Artists.
View ArticleHelen (Featuring Grouper’s Liz Harris) Announce Debut Album, Share...
Photo by Natalie Anne HowardA couple years ago, Grouper's Liz Harris released one single by her dream-pop band, Helen. The band, also featuring Jed Bindeman (of Eternal Tapestry) and Scott Simmons (and...
View ArticleHelen (Featuring Grouper’s Liz Harris) Jump Around Beaches, Graveyards in...
Helen is the dream-pop band of Grouper's Liz Harris along with Jed Bindeman (of Eternal Tapestry) and Scott Simmons (and someone named Helen credited with "back up vocals"). Today, to mark the release...
View ArticleLists & Guides: The Top 100 Tracks of 2013 - Feature
Presenting our favorite songs of the year: from the chaos of Perfect Pussy to the smoothness of Rhye, from Los Angeles' Haim to New York's Vampire Weekend, from Disclosure's modern house to Daft Punk's...
View ArticleLists & Guides: The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time - Feature
Wallpaper music? None here. These are the albums that have shifted moods and created new worlds
View Article“I’m Clean Now” - Track
The sleeve to Grouper’s Paradise Valley 7” is a color photograph of a sun-kissed tropical ocean vista—a striking departure from her usual fuzzed-out black-and-white gloomscapes. The music within...
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Perfume Genius, Grouper, Shabazz Palaces Curate 2017 Le Guess Who? Festival -...
This year’s Le Guess Who? Festival will take place from November 9-12 in Utrecht, Netherlands, and as in past years, select performers for the 2017 edition of the fest have been curated by other...
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