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Stereogum — Last year, Blond Redhead, a band who’s maintained an aura of mystery despite spending a couple of decades in New York’s much-scrutinized indie rock scene, released their album Barragán. And now they’re getting an assist from a guy who belongs ... more info

Stereogum — Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen was recruited to write the score for the independent film directed by Matthew Yeager, Valedictorian, which appears to be a fairly bleak drama about an emotionally crippled musician living in Brooklyn. Rossen posted a fi... more info

Stereogum — Diplo just tweeted a link to “Long Way Home,” a new collaboration with Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste and Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij built around Diplo and DJ Dahi’s beat from Ty Dolla $ign’s “Stand For.” It’s an unexpected and m... more info

Stereogum — Grizzly Bear member Chris Taylor is a busy man. He releases solo music as CANT, he co-founded the Terrible Records label, and he has a truly impressive chin/cheekbones/hair-swoop situation, which cannot be easy to maintain. Apparently, he also cooks.... more info

Stereogum — Chicago’s Ghastly Menace specialize in soaring orchestral pop, music that reveals hidden layers the more that you listen to it. They certainly take inspiration from their indie-rock forefathers like Grizzly Bear and Spoon, but they work within a fo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Way before TV On the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vivian Girls, Grizzly Bear, DIIV, Parquet Courts, A Place to Bury Strangers and the So So Glos... before the Lordz of Brooklyn, Type O Negative, Life of Agony and Biohazard... more info

Stereogum — Porces. is Aaron Maine, a New York resident who makes spindly, idiosyncratic homemade pop music and who’s been putting out a steady stream of smaller releases for a minute now. He’s now linked up with Terrible Records, the label that Grizzly Bear... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hooray for Earth will release their new album, Racy, via Dovecote on July 29. Produced by Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grizzly Bear, Beach House), the album's first single is the anthemic "Keys" which you can stream below. You... more info