Pitchfork — The last we heard from Grizzly Bear regarding their full-length follow-up to 2006's exceedingly lovely Yellow House was chatter of a "sunny afternoon" sound in lieu of the preceding disc's "fall afternoon" vibe, and talk of a spring 2009 release.It w... more info

Silent Uproar — Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear revealed to Drowned In Sound that the follow-up to Yellow House may be out by April or May 2009. Droste also revealed the new album will feature arrangements from Nico Muhly and vocals from Victoria Legrand of Beach House. R... more info

Stereogum — For all the building anticipation about Grizzly Bear's long awaited Yellow House followup, we haven't had much raw data to go on (unless it came in MP3 or .mov form). Thanks then to Drowned In Sound for extracting cold hard facts about the nearly co... more info

Stereogum — This year alone we've heard Paul Simon covered by David Byrne, Grizzly Bear, Spoon, Conor Oberst, and Smashing Pumpkins. Perhaps those folks would like a copy of Paul Simon's Lyrics 1964-2008, a new book that collects the words to all his songs, fro... more info

Pitchfork — As a reminder of The Reminder and its enduring success, Feist will release a deluxe edition of the 2007 album via Arts & Crafts on December 2. The two-disc set features Feist's duets with Constantines and Mocky; remixes of The Reminder tracks from Gr... more info

Pitchfork — Back in May, we learned about an exciting new benefit compilation that's in the works. Curated by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of the National, the compilation will gather a galaxy of indie all-stars in the service of the Red Hot Organization, which raise... more info

Guardian Music — Don't pigeonhole Zach Condon, leader of the band Beirut. Not satisfied with one album inspired by Balkan brass bands and another by French chanson, or by collaborations with Arcade Fire and Grizzly Bear, Condon will return next year with a double EP ... more info

Pop Matters — LA pop shoegazers’ second EP -- put out by the label that first brought us Grizzly Bear -- wraps little girl coos and whispers in shimmering swathes of sound. more info

Music For Ants — Although there’s a number of Grizzly Bear songs I really like (Knife, On a Neck, Alligator) and I’m looking forward to the band’s sophomore album very much, the band never really swept me off my feet like they did with so many others.  Never... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Insound asked us to give away the exclusive, extremely limited Grizzly Bear poster pictured above, designed by the great Small Stakes."Insound teamed up with Jason Munn of the Small Stakes to create a series of 20 designs for 20 bands, dubbed The Ins... more info