Pitchfork - Tours — 06-21 Hamilton, Ontario - This Ain't Hollywood06-24 Paris, France - Le Point Epherme06-28 London, England - Hyde Park @06-29 London, England - White Heat ^07-01 London, England - Lexington !07-02 London, England - The Social07-04 Brighton, England - ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Check out this amazing acappella cover of Grizzly Bear’s song “Shift”. According to Weekly Tape Deck, it was done by someone called Levek. According to his vimeo page, his name is David Levesque. David put the song alongside some old Disney foo... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Between their BNM'd album, Big Echo, an upcoming tour with the Black Keys, and an adorably violent music video, it's safe to say the Berkeley-based Morning Benders are having a pretty good year so far. The band just revealed a previously unreleased j... more info

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonBrooklyn's Yeasayer have souped up their hybrid sounds and taken their new LP on the road. Who's going to say nay to that?They are one of the hippest references to drop this year, so it's just as well that Brooklyn's Yeasayer are aptly na... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Eirik Lande Memorial Day weekend is here in just a few hours, which means summer unofficially starts right about now. Among many other awesome things, that means we're now heading straight into summer festival season. If you've got the t... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian profiles Grizzly Bear. The New Yorker features a new short story by Jonathan Franzen. The New York Times reviews Evgenia Citkowitz's short story collection, Ether. "Our best recyclers are in California," declares one of the characters in... more info

Guardian Music — Grizzly Bear are the cult indie group that suddenly got rather big. Jude Rogers talks to their frontmenIn a tiny white dressing room below London's Roundhouse, the frontmen of Radiohead's favourite group sit side-by-side. They look like the Two Ronni... more info

Guardian Music — It's all about throwing moves this week, whether on the dancefloor or on the mean streets of CroydonDizzee Rascal – Dirtee DiscoTo tackle unemployment, jobseekers should be offered a placement in a Dizzee Rascal video. Why can't Steve the engineer ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-26 Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseu dos Recreios &05-27 Porto, Portugal - Coliseu do Porto &07-07 Milan, Italy - La Milanesiana Festival & with Grizzly Bear   more info

All About Jazz — Stacked harmony vocals and extensive background voices are being heard and dug on again! Some of the best examples are on tracks by redhot indie bands such as the Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear. These bold bands are not merely pulling the nostalgic car... more info