Pasta Primavera — They may have been upset a bit that a crappy audio version of their new album, Veckatimest, leaked recently, but Grizzly Bear were generally good sports (which should help them not be called pricks by Wayne Coyne).  To take our minds off of the th... more info

The Mix Tape Podcast — Another run through of all the best music news from the last week...Daft Punk rumored to be scoring Disney’s Tron 2.0…Canadian Nardwuar interviews Fleet Foxes…New York City mayor, Bloomberg, decides to name part of 53rd street ââ‚... more info

JamBase — Words by: Nell Alk | Images by: Kyle Dean Reinford Grizzly Bear :: 02.28.09 :: Howard Gilman Opera House at Brooklyn Academy of Music :: Brooklyn, NY Grizzly Bear w/ Brooklyn Philharmonic :: 02.28 :: Brooklyn, NY Let it be known that this was ... more info

Stereogum — These days the new cool is getting artist blogs to blog about other artists. Extra cool hunting points are awarded if you go Kanye-style and start premiering songs and videos for your RSS subscribers. So in addition to owning the 2009 Q1.5 music blog... more info

JamBase — PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FRIDAY'S LINEUP PLUS SELECT ACTS PERFORMING SATURDAY & SUNDAY Built To Spill The 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival - to be held in Chicago's Union Park Friday, July 17 - Sunday, July 19 - is announcing the first rou... more info

Pitchfork — Last week, we announced that the fourth annual Pitchfork Music Festival would jump off at Chicago's lovely Union Park July 17-19. If the mere fact that our festival is happening again wasn't enough to convince you to save the date and book any nece... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Grizzly Bear shows at Town Hall. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Melvins show at Webster Hall. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for a May 5th Loney Dear show... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Some awesome shows going on sale today! Grizzly Bear on May 28 & 29 at Town Hall Tickets Andrew Bird on June 18 at Radio City Music Hall Tickets Melvins‘ 25th Anniversary Tour, performing Houdini, on May 15 at Webster Hall Tickets Fischerspoone... more info

Stereogum — No secret we've been excited about this one for awhile. And as the band blogged, it's no secret that a transcode of the album is burning up torrent sites a bit earlier than anticipated. On the other hand, between live shows and television appearan... more info

Pitchfork — Music videos are at a weird point in their evolution right now. Thanks to the internet, we can watch basically any video ever made whenever we want. But now that MTV has become an entire network devoted to dating shows from third-tier celebrities, th... more info