Aquarium Drunkard — It’s June — we are now almost officially half-way through the year. Thus far - and not surprisingly - Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest is, at present, ranking as my favorite release of 2009.   The week of its release (May 26th) the album landed... more info

My Old Kentucky — Tomorrow night's Grizzly Bear & Here We Go Magic Bloomington, IN show presented by My Old Kentucky Blog and Spirit Of '68 Promotions has sold out!If you missed out, you can still see Here We Go Magic + Heavy Hometown at Radio Radio on June 30th. Don... more info

Stereogum — Grizzly Bear continue to be everywhere lately: the Top 10 of Billboard's album chart; on the cover of comics when I attended Mocca (small-press comic fest) this weekend; Canada. You know, everywhere. When Ed landed in Toronto, he twitterly lamente... more info

Eminem?s comeback record, ?Relapse? (Interscope), lost 65 percent of its sales in its second week out but remains No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. It sold 211,000 copies last week, bringing its total to 820,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Em... more info

Live Daily — Eminem's "Relapse," which blasted to the top of the US album chart last week, remains in the No. 1 slot after spending its second week in stores. With sales of about 211,000 copies--down significantly from its first-week tally of 608,000--"Relapse" e... more info

Rolling Stone — Who: A Brooklyn chamber-pop quartet who hunkered down in a worn-down church to record their gorgeous third album Veckatimest. After a surprise hit in 2006’s “Knife” and a stint as Radiohead’s opening band in 2008, Grizzly Bear’s growing pop... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Records - Hollywood 1.) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 2.) Mandy Moore - Amanda Leigh 3.) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Buy) 4.) Eminem - Relapse 5.) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us 6.) Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown 7.) Yeah Yeah Y... more info

Allmusic Blog — New York Philharmonic first-chair clarinetist Stanley Drucker is retiring after a 60-year run with the orchestra. Drucker will play his final concert in June with a performance of Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto. [NPR.org] Vecktamist, Grizzly Bea... more info

Chorus.fm — *Grizzly Bear* (http://myspace.com/grizzlybear)'s new album Veckatimest debuted at #8 on Billboard's top 200 (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/eminem-stays-atop-billboard-200-grizzly-1003979230.story) with 33,000 albums sold. Submitted by Liter-O... more info

411 Mania — New top ten debuts from Marilyn Manson, Grizzly Bear, and Wisin and Yendel... more info