
*Disclaimer-This news is a day old and has already been reported on Pitchfork...(pause to allow yourself the inevitable "i'm so above Pitchfork" scoff)...However, as a huge Grizzly Bear fan who would seize any opportunity to report on one of his favorite groups, I feel obliged to author this post. After recently revealing their forthcoming album's title(veckatimest) GB have continued to stoke the anticipatory fire by releasing the aforementioned album's artwork(above) and tracklist(below). With contributions from Nico Muhly and Beach House singer Victoria Legrand, this recording is shaping up to be quite spectacular. Coupled with their tba American tour, this year should [...]

Bon Iver - Blood Bank Grizzly Bear - Fine For Now
Grizzly Bear debuted a new track, "Fine for Now," at this weekend's All Points West festival, and the song seems ...
Don't necessarily look for Grizzly Bear to showcase this knotty, five-minute new song on national TV, but it sounds like another promising sign for their next album either way. Reversing the usual scenario, fans of the Brooklyn-based group have had a veritable pick-a-nic basket of unreleased Grizzly Bear to salivate over recently-- "While You Wait for the Others" on " Morning Becomes Eclectic " and Conan , " Two Weeks " on Letterman, and a couple of other new tunes, including [...]
Hats are off to the Grizzly guys for having the mettle to play 50% new stuff at these Radiohead tour stops. (It helps that the songs are being so rapturously received, although if the last LP I put out was in 2006 I'd probably do the same and I am a shit songwriter.) Their set at All Points West -- for which the sun reemerged, marking a turn around for a previously dull day -- included the core four of " Two Weeks ," " While You Wait For The Others ," and the two we first heard [...]