Pasta Primavera — Before I start this thing off let me just say that I hate making lists.  I’m more of a pile person.  So you won’t see any numbers in the list of albums, rather my top five followed by my other favorites.  So here it goes. Nada Surf... more info

My Old Kentucky — Sure, there are a lot of obvious records and and artists to look forward to in 2009, but who are the ones that are going to come out of nowhere and knock your socks off? Yeah, normally you might just need to check Gorilla Vs. Bear religiously to fin... more info

Pitchfork — Vinyl records-- I hear they're really coming back! And this little tidbit certainly won't hurt the ongoing wax revival: Animal Collective have announced that they'll issue their highly anticipated banger Merriweather Post Pavilion on 180 gram gatefol... more info

Stereogum — Everyone's sorry! Enough already, we know. A byproduct of leak culture is the inevitable fallout from policing intellectual property rights. This can be interesting. But as suggested by both Avey Tare and State.ie in this new interview, the Web Sher... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — So I probably should've mentioned this last week, but our weekly GvsB SiriusXM radio show is now on Thursdays at noon + midnight EST, instead of Mondays. We weren't canceled, but thanks for all of your concern. The amazing Hipster Runoff radio progr... more info

Stereogum — The National's Aaron and Bryce Dessner curated this one, and its contributor list reads like the contents of your iPod, including Arcade Fire, Beirut, Beach House, Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, Antony, MMJ, Feist, Ben Gibbard, Spoon, Sufjan, ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene —   In Ear Park available at Amazon One of my favorite “side project” bands, Department of Eagles will be going on an East Coast tour in January. Department of Eagles has members from Grizzly Bear and their music corresponds nicely to Grizzly Be... more info

Pitchfork — This bird's gonna fly! Department of Eagles, the longstanding project of Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen and old college pal Fred Nicolaus, will get out there for a few Stateside dates in the U.S. next month after finishing up a brief European tour alre... more info

Pitchfork — Grizzly Bear photo by Ahmed KlinkIt was a week ago today that we posted a story about some trouble in the animal kingdom. It seems Grizzly Bear posted "Brothersport", a track from Animal Collective's forthcoming Merriweather Post Pavilion, well in ad... more info

Pitchfork — Grizzly Bear photo by Ahmed KlinkIt was a week ago today that we posted a story about some trouble in the animal kingdom. It seems Grizzly Bear posted "Brothersport", a track from Animal Collective's forthcoming Merriweather Post Pavilion, well ... more info