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

Gorilla vs. Bear — [larger image]It goes without saying that we're beyond pleased to present the inimitable Grizzly Bear, live at Dallas' Granada Theater, on June 15, 2009. If you've already heard the "best record of the '00s," you know this show is not to be missed. W... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy!According to industry insiders, Guns N' Roses are planning a summer stadium tour in support of their latest album 'Chinese Democracy.'Bob Dylan is releasing an as-yet-untitled studio album at the end of April.Remaining... more info

Buzzgrinder — :: Neil Young isn't a fan of Youtube. Or at least Youtube's practice of not paying bands. :: Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste stopped tweeting long enough to write a blog post about the band's new album, Veckatimest, being leaked. :: 3OH!3 and Rocket To T... more info

NME — Grizzly Bear have revealed details of their forthcoming sophomore album, which is due out this spring. more info

Pitchfork — "Realistically speaking, it's probably going to leak." That's Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste, talking to Pitchfork last month about the band's forthcoming album Veckatimest. Earlier this week, Droste's prophecy came true. Warp doesn't plan to release Vec... more info