Live Daily — Eminem's "Relapse," which blasted to the top of the US album chart last week, remains in the No. 1 slot after spending its second week in stores. With sales of about 211,000 copies--down significantly from its first-week tally of 608,000--"Relapse" e... more info

Rolling Stone — Who: A Brooklyn chamber-pop quartet who hunkered down in a worn-down church to record their gorgeous third album Veckatimest. After a surprise hit in 2006’s “Knife” and a stint as Radiohead’s opening band in 2008, Grizzly Bear’s growing pop... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Records - Hollywood 1.) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 2.) Mandy Moore - Amanda Leigh 3.) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Buy) 4.) Eminem - Relapse 5.) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us 6.) Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown 7.) Yeah Yeah Y... more info

Allmusic Blog — New York Philharmonic first-chair clarinetist Stanley Drucker is retiring after a 60-year run with the orchestra. Drucker will play his final concert in June with a performance of Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto. [NPR.org] Vecktamist, Grizzly Bea... more info

Chorus.fm — *Grizzly Bear* (http://myspace.com/grizzlybear)'s new album Veckatimest debuted at #8 on Billboard's top 200 (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/eminem-stays-atop-billboard-200-grizzly-1003979230.story) with 33,000 albums sold. Submitted by Liter-O... more info

411 Mania — New top ten debuts from Marilyn Manson, Grizzly Bear, and Wisin and Yendel... more info

Stereogum — The band's third LP moved over 33K albums in the first week to land at #8 providing, at the very least, an objective metric for the > or < Merriweather debate. Veckatimest comes in behind the likes of Eminem, Green Day, Hannah Montana, Lady GaGa, a... more info

MTV.com News — Green Day land at #2, while indie faves Grizzly Bear surprise with #8 debut.By Gil Kaufman Eminem's Relapse Photo: Interscope Records Eminem asked the crowd at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night if they missed him, and clearly they did, ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Antlers “Hospice” is one of the better records to grace 2009, yet it is getting overshadowed by the big guys. (As in Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Phoenix, etc…). Critics such as NPR have called the album “One of the most beautiful... more info

Guardian Music — One of this year's SXSW hits, this 'vocal group' are like Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes and Arcade Fire in one hairy packageHometown: Silverlake, USA.The lineup: Matt Frazier (drums), Andy Hamm (bassist), Ryan Hahn (guitar, vocals), Taylor Rice (vocal... more info