St. Vincent And Daniel Rossen "Party" In Switzerland

It's been an eventful tour for Grizzly Bear, what with a tour bus accident that stranded half the band in Austria while the other half was la dolce vitaing it in Milan, ultimately forcing the cancellation of their support slot... CONTINUE READING ST. VINCENT AND DANIEL ROSSEN "PARTY" IN SWITZERLAND»

Posted on November 18, 2009 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Dan Melchoir | Daniel Rossen | Grizzly Bear | St. Vincent

NYMag's 40 Songs That Define The Brooklyn Sound

Welcome to your music meme of the week. Turns out there are bands in Williamsburg, and New York is all over it. It's far from the first time our neighborhood's been dressed up and packaged for a major print publication,... CONTINUE READING NYMAG'S 40 SONGS THAT DEFINE THE BROOKLYN SOUND»

Posted on November 10, 2009 in List, MP3 (94 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear | MGMT

New Grizzly Bear Video - "Ready, Able"

Grizzly Bear's Amazon-approved Veckatimst has birthed another aesthetically appealing video. (At the beginning of September it was Sean Pecknold's fencing vignettes for "While You Wait For The Others," but the one folks will likely remember most featured exploding choir boy... CONTINUE READING NEW GRIZZLY BEAR VIDEO - "READY, ABLE"»

Posted on November 6, 2009 in Video (24 comments)
Tags: Broadcast | CMJ | Grizzly Bear

Watch Grizzly Bear With The London Symphony Orchestra

The same night the Dessner brothers closed their three-day orchestral stand at BAM, Grizzly Bear performed a Halloween one-off with LSO at Barbican, UK. Watch an enveloping "Southern Point" at YouTube.... CONTINUE READING WATCH GRIZZLY BEAR WITH THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA»

Posted on November 2, 2009 in Video (3 comments)
Tags: Grizzly Bear | The Decemberists

Grizzly Bear/Beach House @ Hollywood Palladium, LA 10/20/09

Tonight Grizzly Bear wrap up their five-month US tour with a sold-out Solana Beach gig before heading to Europe with St. Vincent. Yesterday we showed you a few pics from their Treasure Island set; today we've got a gallery from... CONTINUE READING GRIZZLY BEAR/BEACH HOUSE @ HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM, LA 10/20/09»

Posted on October 21, 2009 in Concert, Photo (11 comments)
Tags: Beach House | Grizzly Bear | The Flaming Lips | Victoria Legrand

Treasure Island Fest 2009 In Photos

This past Saturday and Sunday was the third annual Treasure Island Festival, on San Francisco's Treasure Island. We sent Josh Bis to capture the weekend in photos. sounds of buzz... CONTINUE READING TREASURE ISLAND FEST 2009 IN PHOTOS»

New Cant (Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor) - "Ghosts"

We were recently introduced to Chris Taylor's new label with Ethan Silverman, Terrible Records, via its first release Acrylics earlier this month. CT takes a production credit on that band's debut EP, as he has for Dirty Projectors (Rise Above),... CONTINUE READING NEW CANT (GRIZZLY BEAR'S CHRIS TAYLOR) - "GHOSTS"»

Posted on October 13, 2009 in MP3 (15 comments)
Tags: Cant | Chris Taylor | Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear Bring "Two Weeks" To Conan, Announce Deluxe Veckatimst

The last time Grizzly Bear visited Conan, the Tonight Show host was still doing his show out of NYC and the band was just starting to prime the pump for Veckatimest with a pre-release performance of "While You Wait For... Veckatimst'">CONTINUE READING GRIZZLY BEAR BRING "TWO WEEKS" TO CONAN, ANNOUNCE DELUXE VECKATIMST»

ZOMG New Moon Soundtrack Leaked

While Death Cab and Annie Clark talk up their New Moon contributions, Thom Yorke has remained suspiciously mum. We can only assume he is a fan of vampires and of letting his music speak for itself. His "Hearing Damage" leaked... CONTINUE READING ZOMG NEW MOON SOUNDTRACK LEAKED»

2009 mtvU Woodie Award Nominations: Animal Collective Vs. 3OH!3

mtvU is the college-dorm targeted branch of Viacom's pop-cultural giving tree. While most of its boughs are wilting when it comes to recognizing relevant music, this university-centric twig at least maintains some semblance of staying evergreen, if only because their... CONTINUE READING 2009 MTVU WOODIE AWARD NOMINATIONS: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE VS. 3OH!3»

Austin City Limits 2009 In Photos

There was dust, rain, then mud. There was Eddie Vedder, sitting in with Kings Of Leon and calling Perry Farrell up onstage with Pearl Jam during a reportedly monstrous, festival headlining two-hour set. There were Brooklynites and Brits, Dave Matthews... CONTINUE READING AUSTIN CITY LIMITS 2009 IN PHOTOS»

Hear Grizzly Bear's "Slow Life" In Full

Grizzly Bear, who are just about as all-over-the-place as Thom Yorke these days, join the Radiohead-head and some other indie luminaries on the OST to the Twilght sequel. But you read the internet, so you already knew that. What's eluded... CONTINUE READING HEAR GRIZZLY BEAR'S "SLOW LIFE" IN FULL»

Grizzly Bear Do New Moon Tune In Chicago

Until we have full audio, there's this 80-second snippet of the band debuting their Twilight track with Victoria from Beach House at the Metro the other night up at YouTube. Sounds bloody nice. (H/T YANP)... CONTINUE READING GRIZZLY BEAR DO NEW MOON TUNE IN CHICAGO»

Is The New Moon Soundtrack The Best Album Of 2009?

Whoops, looks like two cultures just got shocked. Obviously that headline is a joke! Except that maybe it isn't? Rumors had been swirling about Thom Yorke and Bon Iver penning songs for the The Twilight Saga: Teen Vampires In Love... CONTINUE READING IS THE NEW MOON SOUNDTRACK THE BEST ALBUM OF 2009?»

New Moon Music Revealed Tomorrow

NYTimes implies that Thom Yorke, Bon Iver, Band Of Skulls, Grizzly Bear, and the Killers join DCFC in providing exclusive tracks to the Twilight sequel. "Among the plans for the movie is a national tour of Hot Topic stores with... CONTINUE READING NEW MOON MUSIC REVEALED TOMORROW»

New Grizzly Bear Video - "While You Wait For The Others"

Sean Pecknold got his first mentions around here by directing videos for Fleet Foxes, the band of his folk bro Robin. But as we've noted, that partnership wasn't (just) nepotism: "Mykonos" was a lovely oragami-inspired, choreographed visual meditation, and of... CONTINUE READING NEW GRIZZLY BEAR VIDEO - "WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE OTHERS"»

Posted on September 11, 2009 in Video (22 comments)
Tags: Grizzly Bear | Sean Pecknold

Jay-Z Hearts Grizzly Bear, Empire Of The Sun

Blueprint 3 is out 9/11, eight years to the day of The Blueprint's release, and Jay-Z is pulling out all the publicity stops. Over the weekend he courted the commie pothead demo via an appearance on Real Time (where Bill... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z HEARTS GRIZZLY BEAR, EMPIRE OF THE SUN»

Michael McDonald Covers Grizzly Bear

One day after closing out this year's Pool Parties (with Jay-Z and Beyoncé in attendance), Grizzly Bear continue crossing over in every direction with today's release of the "While You Wait" single ... with a b-side where Rossen's vocal is... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL MCDONALD COVERS GRIZZLY BEAR»

Green Man Festival 2009 In Photos

The eco-friendly Green Man took over Brecon Beacons, Wales this past weekend with a heavy dose of Americana: from midwestern folkies (Bon Iver, Wilco, Andrew Bird) to wailing east coast electropoppers (Animal Collective, Gang Gang Dance) and reinvigorated psych legends... CONTINUE READING GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 2009 IN PHOTOS»

Grizzly Bear Bring "Ready, Able" To Letterman

After being unceremoniously bumped from Letterman on account of a babbling Bob Lutz, Grizzly Bear finally got their shot to return to the Ed Sullivan Theatre. Our neighborhood heroes don't have quite the history with the room as other Letterman... CONTINUE READING GRIZZLY BEAR BRING "READY, ABLE" TO LETTERMAN»

Posted on July 17, 2009 in Video (38 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Grizzly Bear | Wild Beasts

Wilco/Yo La Tengo @ KeySpan Park, Coney Island 7/13/09

In a few days the city's indie kids will make their way out to Coney Island for the Voice's annual Siren festival, chances are many of the same kids who made the trek last night to see Tweedy and Yo... CONTINUE READING WILCO/YO LA TENGO @ KEYSPAN PARK, CONEY ISLAND 7/13/09»

Old Folks Review Grizzly Bear

The last time we heard from the old folks at Breakfast At Sulmay's, they were affixing Bob Dylan and "Oriental music" to Dirty Projectors. Their take on Grizzly Bear's "Two Weeks" is pretty accurate, and complete with Poseidon Adventure references.... CONTINUE READING OLD FOLKS REVIEW GRIZZLY BEAR»

Posted on July 6, 2009 in Video (30 comments)
Tags: Grizzly Bear | Iggy Pop

Grizzly Bear Do "Cheerleader" For Fallon

Ahem. From Trent Reznor to Billboard to Bonnaroo to Letterman (almost!) to Toronto, Grizzly Bear are just about everywhere these days. Until Friday, they'd never been to Jimmy Fallon. For their debut they conjured up a beautiful take on Veckatimest... CONTINUE READING GRIZZLY BEAR DO "CHEERLEADER" FOR FALLON»

Posted on June 29, 2009 in Video (34 comments)
Tags: Grizzly Bear | Jimmy Fallon

Grizzly Bear @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles 6/19/09

Although Trent Reznor's big-upped Grizzly Bear on his defunct (and now refunct) Twitter, he gave the soothing side of indie rock a big kiss in high profile print recently, telling Newsweek: I saw Sufjan Stevens last year, and I was... CONTINUE READING GRIZZLY BEAR @ THE WILTERN, LOS ANGELES 6/19/09»

Posted on June 22, 2009 in Concert, Photo (13 comments)
Tags: Grizzly Bear | Here We Go Magic

Dan Rossen Covers Judee Sill

California folk singer (and the first person signed to David Geffen's Asylum label) Judee Sill died of a drug overdose in 1979 at the age of 35. Before that, she released two beautiful, highly worth-checking-out collections, Judee Sill in 1971... CONTINUE READING DAN ROSSEN COVERS JUDEE SILL»

Posted on June 16, 2009 in MP3 (14 comments)
Tags: Dan Rossen | Department Of Eagles | Grizzly Bear | Judee Sill