Bear In Heaven live in concert.
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Bear In Heaven

28
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 28 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Bear In Heaven is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with decent shows overall. Bear In Heaven concert reviews describe live shows and performances as rhythmic, dynamic, psychedelic, spontaneous, confident, and layered.

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Latest Release

Spotify Sessions (7 April 2015)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Brooklyn, United States (2003 - present)
Bio
Bear in Heaven is a Brooklyn-based rock band formed by Jon Philpot. The sound of the band incorporates influences from psychedelic music, electronic music and krautrock Jon Philpot has previously released music as part of the duo Presocratics, in collaboration with guitarist and composer Need Thomas Windham.
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Critic Concert Reviews

Live in Limbo (Canada)

September 15, 2014
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Somewhere he dropped the band's name and I remembered the advance copy I had of their 2012 album, I Love You, It's Cool that previously existed to collect dust on my desk.

Spectrum Culture (USA)

December 5, 2010
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Brooklyn band Bear in Heaven played somewhere on the stage behind the haze and lights, Jon Philpot singing his heart out on tracks from last year’s Beast Rest Forth Mouth.

QRO Magazine

November 9, 2010
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Augustine FL in the QRO Concert Photo Gallery Bear In Heaven graced a particularly foggy Lincoln Hall in Chicago with their signature dark disco just a couple of days before Halloween.

LA Record (USA)

September 4, 2014
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Bear in Heaven are a difficult band to describe, their mix of percussive and electronic psychedelia layered with forceful vocals and textural synthesizers arrangements is an awesome juxtaposition of beautiful and complex.

Indy Week (USA)

August 29, 2014
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Raleigh, USA

We All Want Someone To Shout For (USA)

August 5, 2014
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Last night Brooklyn-based trio Bear In Heaven played an intimate instore at Rough Trade NYC to celebrate the release of their new album Time Is Over One Day Old, which came out today. Fans who bought the record at the store were admitted entrance to the performance.

Showbams (USA)

December 4, 2012
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Highlighting songs off of their latest release and their 2010 LP Beast Rest Forth Mouth, the band catered to a small crowd that was probably filtered out by the inconvenient weather and previous 5 hours of unlimited tastings.

Past critic reviews published in

Jambands (USA), 303 Magazine (USA), Showbams (USA), LA Record (USA), Concert Livewire (USA) and more

Image Credit

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