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Review of “Haunt The Cartoon Heart” – azcentral.com

admin — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 22:04:35 +0000

These local art-rock visionaries are launching a tour at a party that also celebrates the release of a willfully eccentric single, “Haunt, the Cartoon Heart,” that effortlessly picks up where the songs on “Blasterpiece” — which we’ve often described as “like Frank Zappa writing for Queen” — left off. And to be clear, we understand that it most likely took a lot of effort. But part of the key to their appeal is they make […]

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Bear Ghost Guitarist Ryan Abel – Phoenix New Times

admin — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 23:23:07 +0000

In Pound For The Sound, New Times gets technical with local musicians about what gear they use to create their signature style. Bear Ghost’s Ryan Abel is a diehard fan of two things: Elvis Presley and Disney. The guitarist has had eight annual passes to Disney, and he’s currently on a three-year hiatus as he eagerly awaits the 2019 opening of “Star Wars Land.” In the meantime, he has plenty of time to rock with […]

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METROnome: Flume, Locals Rock McDowell Mountain – Downtown Devil

admin — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 00:23:08 +0000

The lineup at Hance Park for the McDowell Mountain Music Festival had some hits and misses, but oh did the hits hit hard. Day 1: Upsahl returned to Hance Park for the band’s second M3F performance, this time taking full advantage of the big stage with striking visuals, a fuller sound and a stronger set list. Then, there was Bear Ghost. Perhaps the greatest local act of the weekend and definitely the most memorable, the […]

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McDowell Mountain Music Festival Live Performance Review – AZCentral.com

admin — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:07:08 +0000

The last of the local acts on Friday’s bill was Bear Ghost on the second stage, and they were just beyond amazing. It’s always refreshing – in part because it’s rare – to see a group of musicians as talented as the members of Bear Ghost applying that musicianship to arrangements as outrageously inventive as the best of their material in a way that’s entertaining for the players and the audience alike. I wrote “This […]

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Bear Ghost Wins Best Genre Bender Award – Yab Yum

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 01:43:38 +0000

The feisty Phoenix four-piece known as Bear Ghost creates a veritable smorgasbord of sound on their 2016 release, Blasterpiece. Delivering a high-energy funk, Bear Ghost offers fluidly fuses elements of various genres for a totally unique and unified sound. If you spend some time with Blasterpiece, and really delve into the musical permutations from start to finish, you’ll hear elements drawn from varying genres stretching from prog-rock, chiptunes, and ska all the way to indie, […]

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