Rollo & Grady — Here are our favorite albums for the first half of 2009, 1.) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 2.) Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid 3.) Japandroids - Post-Nothing 4.) White Denim - Fits 5.) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 6.) Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (... more info

Rollo & Grady — Dan Auerbach Here are our favorite 20 tracks for the first half of 2009. 1.) Heartless Bastards - The Mountain 2.) Spoon - Got Nuffin 3.) The Generationals - When They Fight, They Fight 4.) Telekinesis! - Coast Of Carolina 5.) Dan Auerbach - Trouble... more info

Stereogum — The last time we heard from the old folks at Breakfast At Sulmay's, they were affixing Bob Dylan and "Oriental music" to Dirty Projectors. Their take on Grizzly Bear's "Two Weeks" is pretty accurate, and complete with Poseidon Adventure references... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Records - Hollywood 1.) Elvis Costello - Secret Profane & Sugarcane 2.) Mars Volta - Octahedron 3.) Michael Jackson - Essential Michael Jackson 4.) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 5.) Michael Jackson - Thriller 6.) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimes... more info

Rollo & Grady — Bagheera is a trio of musicians from the University of Liverpool. They sound like a cross between the Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear. The band played their 1st live gig in early May and is currently unsigned. “Horizons Lined With Scars” is off the... more info

Stereogum — All of that is true. Also true: With the current expansive fawning over Grizzly Bear it could be easy to temporarily forget about Dan Rossen's Department Of Eagles. It gets more difficult, though, when In Ear Park's title track is soundtracking Soft ... more info

The Quietus — Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Barbican. Hm. more info

NME — Free shows move to East River State Park more info

AngryApe — For a one-off special gig in Autumn more info

The Culture Of Me — Hooray for New York! Hooray for Brooklyn! Hooray for humanity as a whole! The JellyNYC-helmed juggernaut known as the Pool Parties may have moved from their initial home at the McCarren Park Pool (this year reclaiming the Williamburg waterfront... more info