Pitchfork — Photos by Ahmed KlinkNew York Magazine celebrated 40 years of pressing ink to page over the weekend with a big bash at their titular city's Hammerstein Ballroom. Friday night brought together the likes of the National, Grizzly Bear, and dapper comedy... more info

The Music Slut — Friday 10/17 @ NYC's Horticultural Society (8PM).The event is limited to 100 people. Entry fee is $100 a head.Nico Muhly will also be appearing on the bill.For further info, head here.MP3: Grizzly Bear - Shift (Acoustic) more info

All About Jazz — In the late 1960s it was a novel, far-reaching idea when folk-rooted guitarists in the United States and England began toying with the harmonies and syncopations of jazz. (Now such hybrids are taken for granted in the music of Norah Jones or Grizzly ... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this week the New York Times raised a few eyebrows with their profile on Dan Rossen's Department Of Eagles project. It's not surprising to see D.O.E. given such high-minded attention (they're suddenly everywhere, from last week's Conan to ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Freshly BNM'd and celebrating the release of In Ear Park, Fred Thomas, one-half of Grizzly Bear, Angel (from Dirty Projectors), and Nat Baldwin took to the stage for Department of Eagles' real live debut (vs their other real live debut on Conan) on M... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Fred Nicolaus + Grizzly Bear - Ed Droste = a modified Department of Eagles lineup, playing this incredible "alternate version" of "No One Does It Like You," from their freshly BNM'ed In Ear Park: (via)********************************************* ... more info

Nialler9 — So Daniel Rossum from Grizzly Bear has teamed up with his pal Fred Nicolaus to release an album under the name Department of Eagles. The project actually predates Rossum joining GB and the duo had already released an album in 2003 called The Whitey O... more info

New York Times — Department of Eagles creates graceful, surreal, inward-looking pop that finds both unadorned sorrows and elaborate, circuslike wonderment. more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Department of Eagles played Late Night with Conan O'Brien last night, performing a slightly stripped-down version of "No One Does It Like You" from In Ear Park. If you recognize some of those faces, that's Dan Rossen with the lead pipes and Chris Ta... more info

Pitchfork — Patrick Wolf's long-lost fraternal twin brother (okay, not really) Simon Bookish strikes back this month with a brand new full-length and another ode to the forward slash. Described as a "big band song cycle about science and information," Everything... more info