Feb 22, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear has shared a new song, “Unpeopled Space.” The song features Grizzly Bear’s Christopher Bear on drums and percussion, and it is the latest release from Rossen’s forthcoming debut solo album, You Belong There, which will be out on April 8 via Warp. More

Jan 20, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear has announced the release of his debut solo album, You Belong There, which will be out on April 8 via Warp. He has also shared the album’s lead single, “Shadow in the Frame,” and announced a 34-date North American and European tour in support of the album. More

Oct 09, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the 39th Songs of the Week of 2020. We skipped Songs of the Week last week because we had other plans last Friday, so this week’s list covers two weeks worth of songs. More

Oct 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

HAERTS (the duo featuring romantic partners Nini Fabi and Benny Gebert) have shared a new song, “For the Sky,” via a video for it. The song features guest vocals from Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste. More

Mar 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Morrissey is releasing California Son, a covers album, on May 24 via BMG. Now he has shared the album’s cover of “Morning Starship,” a 1973 song by Jobriath (aka Bruce Wayne Campbell). The track features Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear. More

May 29, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Florence + the Machine (aka Florence Welch and backing band) is releasing a new album, High As Hope, on June 29 via Republic. Now she has announce some North American tour dates that stretch from August until October. More

May 15, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Raleigh, North Carolina’s Hopscotch Music Festival has announced its initial 2018 lineup. Highlights include Grizzly Bear, Belle and Sebastian, Miguel, Real Estate, MC50 performing MC5’s Kick Out the Jams, Liz Phair, Moses Sumney, Gang Gang Dance, More

Apr 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Songs of the Week is fairly easy to put together, there are obviously standout tracks and it’s just a case of working out the order. Other weeks there are few great tracks and it’s a real struggle. This week there was an obvious #1 in Beach House and then there were so, so many other tracks to decide between to come up with a Top 10. More

Apr 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles has shared a new solo song, “Deerslayer.” It will be released as a 12-inch single on Record Store Day (April 21) via Warp, with the B-side being a cover of Golden Suits’ “You’re Crossing a River.” More

Mar 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The full list of 2018 Record Store Day releases has been revealed. Record Store Day goes down on April 21 and just in case you don’t already know, the basic idea is to get music fans out to their local independent record store, with the bait being a slew of exclusive limited edition releases. More

Mar 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear released a new album, Painted Ruins, last August via RCA. It was our Album of the Week and the band were on the cover of our summer 2017 print issue. In addition, Painted Ruins was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2017. Spoonreleased a new album, Hot Thoughts, back in March 2017 via Matador. It was also one of our Top 100 Albums of 2017. Now the two bands have announced some co-headlining tour dates for this June. More

Feb 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2018 festival, their 17th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 25 - 28) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. The lineup includes Bon Iver, The National, Modest Mouse, David Byrne, Spoon, Grizzly Bear, Slowdive, Neko Case, Julien Baker, TV On The Radio, Tune-Yards, Wolf Parade, Japandroids, Big Thief, Perfume Genius, Japanese Breakfast, Benjamin Clementine, Phoebe Bridgers, Algiers, Pond, and others. More

Jan 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear released a new album, Painted Ruins, last August via RCA. It was our Album of the Week and the band was on the cover of our summer print issue. It was also one of our Top 100 Albums of 2017. Last night the band stopped by Conan to perform “Losing All Sense.” More

Dec 30, 2017 By Mark Redfern

2016 was regarded as a fairly rough year by many, but 2017 was no walk in the park either. 2016 was mired by the deaths of several beloved musical icons (David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, George Michael, and Sharon Jones among them) and the disappointing and divisive Presidential election, but in 2017 we had to deal with the ramifications of said election (we’d say that roughly 95% of the musicians we interview likely don’t support many, if any, of President Trump’s policies). More

Nov 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear released a new album, Painted Ruins, back in August via RCA. It was our Album of the Week and the band was on the cover of our summer print issue. On Saturday the band stopped by CBS This Morning to perform three songs on CBS This Morning: “Mourning Sound,” “Losing All Sense,” and “Cut-Out. More

Nov 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear released a new album, Painted Ruins, back in August via RCA. It was our Album of the Week and the band was on the cover of our summer print issue. Now the band has done a session for Spotify where they performed “Mourning Sound” and covered Diane Cluck’s 2003 song “Easy to Be Around.” More

Oct 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear released a new album, Painted Ruins, back in August via RCA. It was our Album of the Week and the band is on the cover of our current print issue. Tonight the band stopped by the BBC music show Later… with Jools Holland to perform “Mourning Sound.” Watch the performance below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More

Sep 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear released a new album, Painted Ruins, last month via RCA. It was our Album of the Week and the band is on the cover of our current print issue. Now they have shared a video for “Losing All Sense.” Cody Critcheloe directed the surreal clip, which stars actress Busy Philipps (Freaks and Geeks, Cougar Town, Vice Principals) and trans actress Aunt Freckle. More

Sep 26, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear released a new album, Painted Ruins, last month via RCA. It was our Album of the Week and the band is on the cover of our current print issue. Last night the band stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform two tracks from the album: “Losing All Sense” and “Cut-Out.” More

Aug 18, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear have released a new album, Painted Ruins, today via RCA. It is our Album of the Week and the band is on the cover of our current print issue. Last night the band stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform “Mourning Sound” and they didn’t disappoint, with one of the stronger late night TV performances of recent memory. More

Aug 18, 2017 By Ryan Meaney

The kaleidoscopic sound the four members of Grizzly Bear create is a juxtaposition unto itself. It is Earth shatteringly loud yet serene and tranquil. It speaks on the larger human psyche while observing the minutia of everyday life. More

Aug 14, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear are releasing a new album, Painted Ruins, this Friday via RCA. Previously they have shared four tracks from the album, “Three Rings,” “Mourning Sound,” “Four Cypresses,” and “Neighbors” (the latter via a video). More

Jul 26, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

This morning President Trump announced on Twitter that Transgender people were no longer allowed to serve in the military in any capacity, a reversal of an Obama policy. Several notable musicians have spoken out against the ban, including Grizzly Bear‘s Ed Droste, Tegan and Sara, Lady Gaga, Kesha, Best Coast, and others. More

Jul 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

This week we announced our new print issue, which features Grizzly Bear on the cover, so how could we not name them Song of the Week? But they legitimately deserve the honor, as each of the four singles from their forthcoming new album, Painted Ruins, have been stellar and “Neighbors” is no exception. More

Jul 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear are releasing a new album, Painted Ruins, on August 18 via RCA. Previously they have shared three tracks from the album, “Three Rings,” “Mourning Sound,” and “Four Cypresses.” Now here’s the fourth advance offering from the album, “Neighbors.” More

Jul 18, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Summer 2017 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine app Zinio). The issue features Grizzly Bear on the cover. More

Jun 23, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

To help you sort through the multitude of fresh songs released in the last seven days, we have picked the seven best this week had to offer, along with highlighting other notable new tracks shared this week. More

Jun 23, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear are releasing a new album, Painted Ruins, on August 18 via RCA. Previously they have shared two tracks from the album, “Three Rings” and “Mourning Sound.” More

May 19, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

It’s been a topsy-turvy week, with a new Trump scandal practically every day and tragic passing of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell in his Detroit hotel room Wednesday night. To help us through it all was a plethora of exciting new tracks. More

May 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Earlier today the new album by Grizzly Bear, Painted Ruins, was announced, as were some tour dates. Now a new song, “Mourning Sound,” has been shared, and additional details (including the tracklist and label) have been announced. More

May 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear have announced their new album and some tour dates. Painted Ruins is due out August 18. Below is the cover art, as well as their tour dates. More

May 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear haven’t released an album in five years, since 2012’s Shields, but have long been hinting at a new album, releasing various abstract teaser trailers for it. More

Apr 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear haven’t released an album in five years, since 2012’s Shields, but have long been teasing a new album. Recently they released an actual 34-second teaser trailer, which was followed by a 27-second one. More

Apr 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear haven’t released an album in five years, since 2012’s Shields, but have long been teasing a new album. A little over a week ago they released an actual 34-second teaser trailer. More

Apr 04, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grizzly Bear haven’t released an album in five years, since 2012’s Shields, but have long been teasing a new album. Now they have released an actual teaser trailer. It’s 34 seconds long and contains abstract and color images, but it does feature a snippet of new instrumental music. More

Nov 21, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Few indie rock and hip-hop musicians not named Kanye West or Azealia Banks appear happy about the election of Donald Trump. During the primaries Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste was a strong supporter of Bernie Sanders before throwing his weight behind Hillary Clinton in the general election. More

Oct 10, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

It’s no secret that in the Democratic presidential primary elections many indie rock musicians strongly supported Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. One of Sanders’ more eager and public supporters in the music community was Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste. More

Apr 11, 2016 By Joshua M. Miller

Next month The National-currated Grateful Dead tribute compilation Day of the Dead will be released. So far they’ve shared several songs featured on the compilation. Today they continued the trend, sharing the video for their cover of 16 minute epic “Terrapin Station.” More

Feb 13, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

For those that don’t know Genius is a website that allows users to provide annotations and interpretations to various forms of text. Originally targeted towards rap lyrics, the site has since expanded to include poetry, literature, new stories, and other genres of music. More

Dec 12, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Grizzly Bear‘s Ed Droste, Vampire Weekend‘s Rostam Batmanglij and Diplo have collaborated on a newly released track titled “Long Way Home.” More

Jan 24, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Last November Grizzly Bear released an expanded version of their excellent 2012 album Shields, also offering up the included bonus material as a standalone release titled Shields B-Sides. More

Jan 06, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Grizzly Bear has had a fairly epic run of live dates behind their 2012 album, Shields. More

Dec 06, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Grizzly Bear guitarist Daniel Rossen has announced plans for his first-ever solo tour. More

Dec 03, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Back in 1974 Gene Clark, found member of The Byrds, released No Other. Developing into a cult favorite among musicians years after being deemed a critical and commmercial failure at the time of its release, the album will be given a bit of new life when it will be played in its entirety on the road by a gathering of some of indie rock’s most notable artists, including Beach House, as well as members of Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, and The Walkmen. More

Nov 22, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this month Grizzly Bear released a special deluxe edition of their 2012 album Shields. More

Oct 30, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

On Nov. 12 Grizzly Bear will release a deluxe edition of their excellent 2012 album Shields, consisting of a number of b-sides, remixes, and demos. More

Oct 28, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Over the weekend Austin City Limits aired a split episode featuring performances by Vampire Weekend and Grizzly Bear. More

Oct 25, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Tomorrow night Austin City Limits will air its latest episode featuring performances by two of NYC’s best musical acts: Vampire Weekend and Grizzly Bear. More

Sep 17, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Yesterday afternoon Grizzly Bear frontman Ed Droste took to his Twitter account and wrote “yup! :) new music soon. Excited!” More

Aug 05, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Grizzly Bear have announced that they’ve been forced to cancel to the upcoming ATP I’ll Be Your Mirror Festival in London. More

May 24, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Back in April Grizzly Bear taped an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, performing their single “Yet Again” off last year’s excellent album Shields. More

Apr 22, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

With their much-anticipated new album Bankrupt! finally seeing release this week, France’s Phoenix have unearthed yet another high-profile cover/remix of their record’s lead single “Entertainment.” More

Apr 12, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Announcing just yesterday that they would be extending their world tour in support of last year’s excellent album Shields, Grizzly Bear have revealed they’ve had to postpone their curated I’ll Be Your Mirror ATP Festival. More

Apr 11, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On the road in support of last year’s album Shields, Grizzly Bear announced today that they’re adding even more stops to their already packed schedule. More

Feb 12, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Making for some interesting bedfellows Grizzly Bear and The xx have announced that they will team up for a series of North American tour dates this coming summer. More

Jan 28, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

All Tomorrow’s Parties has announced that the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Grizzly Bear have been chosen to headline and curate their upcoming “I’ll Be Your Mirror” events in London on May 4 and 5, respectively. More

Jan 28, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

“Gun-Shy,” the latest single off Grizzly Bear‘s excellent 2012 record Shields, has premiered this morning with a stunning (and at times squirm-inducing) video treatment.

Jan 22, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Grizzly Bear have confirmed dates for a new U.S. tour set to kick off this spring. More

Dec 19, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

With less than a week before Christmas Grizzly Bear‘s Ed Droste yesterday took to Twitter to wish everyone a great holiday and share a special YouTube clip featuring their latest record Shields rearranged for fans of New Age piano. More

Dec 13, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Last night, Grizzly Bear stopped by The Late Show With David Letterman to air Shields cut “Yet Again.” More

Nov 12, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

As Grizzly Bear continue to ride the success of their newest album Shields, guitarist Daniel Rossen has followed up his own recent solo EP Silent Hour/Golden Mile with a number of out-of-the-blue tracks. More

Oct 17, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Yesterday Grizzly Bear continued their string of late night appearances, heading over the Atlantic to perform on Later ... with Jools Holland. More

Oct 12, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Last night, Grizzly Bear stopped by The Tonight Show to air Shields cut, “Speak in Rounds.” More

Sep 27, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Grizzly Bear have a new video for “Yet Again,” a cut from recently released album, Shields. More

Sep 17, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Last Friday, Grizzly Bear closed out the week serving as the musical guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. More

Sep 12, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

With the promotional machine picking up steam, Grizzly Bear recently found themselves performing a number of new songs off their their forthcoming album Shields for New Yorks’s WNYC radio station. More

Sep 10, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Next week Grizzly Bear will release Shields, the New York band’s much anticipated follow-up to their 2009 breakthrough Veckatimest. More

Sep 04, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Across the pond this morning New York sons Grizzly Bear appeared on Lauren Laverne’s BBC 6Music radio show where the band performed two songs set to appear on their forthcoming new album Shields, arriving Sept. 17 and 18 in the UK and U.S. via Warp. More

Aug 15, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Taken from their recent performance on the U.S.S. Intrepid as part of StePhest Colbchella ‘012: Rocktaugustfest!, Grizzly Bear made an appearance on last night’s episode of The Colbert Report promoting their forthcoming new album Shields. More

Aug 03, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

After sharing the first bit of their forthcoming album Shields with the track “Sleeping Ute,” Grizzly Bear turned around yesterday to deliver yet another piece of the ten track puzzle with “Yet Again.” More

Aug 01, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Kicking it up a notch from last year’s StePhest Colbchella ‘011: Rock You Like a Thirst-icane, Stephen Colbert announced last night that for StePhest Colbchella ‘012: Rocktaugustfest! that he would be throwing a little soiree on a little boat called the U.S.S. Intrepid. More

Jul 09, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Early last month Grizzly Bear provided a glimpse of their upcoming fourth LP with the included track “Sleeping Ute.” More

Jun 05, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Earlier this year, we profiled Grizzly Bear in the studio in our yearly “In the Studio” issue. Now, the Brooklyn-based band is ready to start airing the fruits of their labor. More

May 09, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

The eigth annual Pygmalion Music Festival has announced that it will take place in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois from Sept. 27-29. More

Mar 12, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Under the Radar’s Winter (March/April) Issue will be hitting the stands soon. The issue features an In the Studio 2012 themed cover with the frontmen of three notable acts set to release new albums later this year—Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste, and Twin Shadow’s George Lewis Jr. The issue also features interviews with Air, Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Andrew Bird, Chairlift, Dan Deacon, First Aid Kit, Grimes, of Montreal, Frankie Rose, Spiritualized, Tame Impala, Tegan and Sara, and much more. More

Feb 01, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Last month Grizzly Bear multi-instrumentalist Daniel Rossen announced that he would be releasing a solo EP called Silent Hour/Golden Mile on March 20 via Warp. More

Jan 18, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Grizzly Bear multi-instrumentalist Daniel Rossen has announced plans to release a solo EP entitled Silent Hour/Golden Mile. More

Aug 30, 2011 By Mi Tran

Last night the Hollywood Bowl hosted a special tribute show to the late French singer, actor, and director Serge Gainsbourg. More

Jul 25, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

CANT, Grizzly Bear‘s Chris Taylor’s solo effort, includes George Lewis Jr. of Twin Shadow and is due to release first album, now titled Dreams Come True, September 13 via Taylor’s Terrible Records. More

Jun 22, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Grizzly Bear bassist, vocalist, and producer Chris Taylor has released information regarding his solo effort CANT. More

Sep 24, 2010 By Christopher Roberts

On September 18^th, Phoenix, supported by Grizzly Bear rocked The Hollywood Bowl. We have photos. More

Aug 24, 2010 By John Everhart

Twin Shadow, the brainchild of George Lewis Jr., have rushed their album out digitally in advance of its physical release on September 28, and you can buy it for $1. We have the details More

May 14, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Sad but true, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. Well, sad for us that is. Swamped with back issues—which I’m all sure we can agree is a good thing—Under the Radar is passing them on to you with a sale on selected issues. The question is, can you have too much of a good thing? We’re offering two dollars off most available back issues! More

Apr 23, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Didn’t catch every band at Coachella you were hoping to see? Never fear! This summer, Hollywood Bowl is hosting several Under the Radar-friendly bands, including Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, and Pavement. We have the dates. More

Apr 15, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Glastonbury is a huge British multi-day music festival and this year’s lineup is just as epic. The fest will again be at Pilton, England Worthy Farm on June 23-27, and the three major headliners are U2, Muse, and Stevie Wonder. More

Mar 10, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Haiti is still recovering from January’s devastating earthquake. Aiding the recovery efforts is a group of musicians and artists who are auctioning off exclusive items to benefit the nation. The project, called Crafts For a Cause, is spearheaded by Binki Shapiro of Little Joy and will go live on March 15th. Among the items up for bidding, an original song by Mark Ronson, a camera painted by Drew Barrymore, and a shirt designed by M. Ward. Other artists involved include: Jenny Lewis, Tegan & Sara, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, Feist, Conor Obest, Aziz Ansari, Devendra Banhart, Cat Power, Daft Punk, Natalie Portman, The Strokes, and many others. More

Feb 08, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Jamie Lidell’s third album will be entitled Compass and is due for release May 18 via Warp. Compass features a slew of notable guests, including Beck, Feist, Gonzales, Pat Sansone of Wilco, and Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear. More

Dec 14, 2009 By Laura Studarus

After a solid year that landed them on a plethora of Best of Lists, Grizzly Bear are looking ahead to 2010. Next month, The Sundance Film Festival will see the premiere of Blue Valentine, a Ryan Gosling/Michelle Williams movie that features a soundtrack from the Brooklyn quartet. More

Nov 11, 2009 By Laura Studarus

Actor-loving musician St. Vincent (Annie Clark) has announced new tour plans. She’ll be traveling though Europe with American band Grizzly Bear before returning stateside in 2010 to tour with the Swedish husband-and-wife duo, Wildbirds & Peacedrums. More

Sep 21, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

The official soundtrack for 2008’s Twilight wasn’t much to sniff about (kind of like the movie). Only a few scant cuts from blood letters Paramore and Linkin Park littered the tracklisting. Conversely, the marketing blitz for Twilight sequel New Moon has been nothing short of buzz-worthy and downright confusing. The final tracklisting was announced today on Myspace and writer Stephanie Meyer’s website and it’s just as ripe for hipsterdom’s cognitive dissonance as we surmised. More

Sep 17, 2009 By Laura Studarus

Hey have you heard about this Twilight thing? Apparently it’s all the rage in indie rock these days. As we previously reported Thom Yorke, Death Cab for Cutie, and Bon Iver have all penned original songs for the soundtrack to upcoming Twilight sequel, New Moon. Today, another name was added to the list—Under the Radar Anticipated Albums of 2009 cover artist, Grizzly Bear. More

Sep 04, 2009 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Sep 01, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

Today, an interview with Michael McDonald on Paste’s website clarified the recording artist’s involvement with indie-band Grizzly Bear on their recent single. More

Aug 31, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Grizzly Bear are releasing Veckatimest‘s second single today. “While You Wait For the Others” is being released on iTunes and as a 7 inch. The B-side is a new version of “While You Wait For the Others” that features the one and only Michael McDonald on lead vocals! McDonald is the ‘70s and ‘80s icon who got his start in Steely Dan, was then recruited by The Doobie Brothers in 1975, and had a successful solo career in the ‘80s with such hits as Yah Mo B There, his 1983 duet with James Ingram. No word on how and why McDonald came to sing on this version of “While You Wait For the Others.” More

Aug 04, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

Despite their growing status outside of the indie rock intelligentsia, Grizzly Bear‘s and St. Vincent‘s astutely arranged pop songs have more in common with Stravinsky or Ravel than FM radio hits. Now the two Brooklyn heavyweights are combining their talents and bringing their delicate music to venues throughout Europe. Maybe next time North America. More

Jul 20, 2009 By Mark Redfern

The Pitchfork Music Festival concluded yesterday in Chicago and we sent photographer Andrew Reed Weller down to capture the day three action. Check out his photos of The Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear, M83, The Thermals, Japandroids, DJ Rupture, and Pharoahe Monch. More

Jul 14, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

Our News Roundup briefly reports on various entertainment news stories that are circulating the web: Modest Mouse, Basement Jaxx, Mission of Burma, You Say Party! We Say Die! announce upcoming releases, San Diego’s Comic-Con full schedule has been revealed and we’ve got highlights, lead parts cast for Thor and Green Lantern films, Grizzly Bear and Moby publicize tour plans. More

Jul 13, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

It’s official: MGMT and the Flaming Lips will headline the two days of Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment‘s third annual Treasure Island Music Festival, to be held in the midst of San Francisco’s beautiful Indian Summer, Oct. 17-18. Plus The Decemberists, Beirut, The Streets, Grizzly Bear, Girl Talk, Yo La Tengo, The Walkmen, Dan Deacon, others set to play. More

Jul 02, 2009 By Laura Studarus

In an effort to beat the heat and current economic state, “Jelly Pool Parties” has just announced their line-up for the weekly free concert series beginning July 12th wtih Mission of Burma, Fucked Up, Ponytail, and Jemina Pearl of Be Your Own Pet. The Brooklyn shows will feature the likes of Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, HEALTH, Fucked Up, Deerhunter, and The Fiery Furnaces. More

Oct 06, 2017 By Matt Fink

When Grizzly Bear released their debut, Horn of Plenty, in 2004, it would have been difficult to predict that they’d still be making records 13 years later. Essentially a solo album by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ed Droste, with drummer Chris Bear adding percussion and backing vocals, there was little indication that their future work would be defined by collaboration and the contributions of four unique creative personas. More

Oct 05, 2017 By Matt Fink

On January 5, 2014, Grizzly Bear performed at the iconic Sydney Opera House, bringing to a close a two-year cycle of writing, recording, and touring that had brought them to new creative and commercial heights while exposing fault lines within the band itself. More

Jul 24, 2014 By Gary Knight

For this Throwback Thursday we revisit our 2006 article on Grizzly Bear, our first print magazine interview with the band (we did interview them a year earlier on our website about their debut album,Horn of Plenty). Read on as Ed Droste discusses the band’s sophomore album, Yellow House, and his hope for some hometown recognition. More

Mar 13, 2012 By John Everhart

“After five years, I think we deserved a little break. And to be completely honest, the last show was only a year and two months ago. It’s really not that long. It was in October of 2010, the Neil Young Bridge School benefit,” says Grizzly Bear frontman Ed Droste, a tad defensive at the notion that his band has disappeared from the indie map for too long of a stretch. More

Jul 01, 2006 By Gary Knight

“You haven’t made it until you’re in the Winchester Daily Gazette,” says Ed Droste. The 27-year-old singer/guitarist and founding member of Brooklyn-based Grizzly Bear is explaining what fame is, according to his parents. Despite the band having been written about in some of the world’s biggest music publications, which have taken notice of Grizzly Bear’s experimental and elegiac folk, Droste’s mother and father are holding judgment until their son is featured in the local New Hampshire paper. More

Jan 01, 2006 By Gary Knight

Marked by long-stretching vocal harmonies and monk-like chanting, the music of Grizzly Bear is gentle and pastoral, employing a minimal environment of drums and the occasional banjo, augmented by subtle elements of electronica. What began as a home project for founder Edward Droste in his Brooklyn apartment, has since become a full-fledged band that tours the world. More

Aug 29, 2011 By Laura Studarus

It’s deceptively easy to see the career of French musician Serge Gainsbourg as one continuous punchline. With his distinctive vocal style—a muttered sing-speech—parodied almost into oblivion since his rise to popularity in the 1960s, the inclusion of his music in film or television seems to automatically indicate the horny bachelor, the ill-conceived seduction, or (horror of horrors) hipsters aiming to embrace kitsch with both hands. Last night at the Hollywood Bowl however, cool was the name of the game—as Beck, Zola Jesus, Victoria Legrand (of Beach House), Mike Patton, Ed Droste (of Grizzly Bear), The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Lulu Gainsbourg, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, sang, spoke and cooed their tributes to the late performer. More

Sep 30, 2010 By Lily Moayeri

Phoenix kicked off the mild-weather evening with their most recognizable song, “Lisztomania”-accompanied vociferously by the 17,000-strong crowd who drowned out vocalist Thomas Mars’ spirited, if nervous, performance. More

Apr 17, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Coachella 2010 began under the cloud of an erupting volcano. Several of the European artists playing this year had to cancel their Coachella appearances due to the Icelandic volcano eruption grounding all flights from the U.K. and other parts of Europe. So day one of Coachella was greeted with the news that we wouldn’t be seeing Frightened Rabbit, Delphic, The Cribs (with Johnny Marr), or Gary Numan after all. And only a few days earlier Mew had already cancelled due to illness. So this year’s festival was already starting with some losses, Mew and Delphic probably being the most unfortunate ones. But while there were few artists playing Coachella 2010 who I both hadn’t seen before and was dying to see (Pavement being one of them), the lineup was still rigged with enough great artists so that I had little time to eat and take breaks between bands. Here’s what I saw during day one. More

Apr 17, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Confession: despite my various musical exploits, this is my first year at Coachella. And in spite of various friends’ threats to paint a “V” on my forehead and subject me to an unspeakable hazing process (that’s standard…right?), I spent the week leading up to the festivities feeling not unlike an over-sugared toddler on Christmas Eve. Day one’s notable loot: Sleigh Bells, Yeasayer, Passion Pit, Grizzly Bear, and Fever Ray. More

Jun 24, 2009 By John Everhart

As anticipation for Veckatimest built to a fever pitch in early March—Radiohead’s ateaseweb.com message board filled with literally thousands of conjectures—Fleet Foxes’ frontman Robin Pecknold brazenly declared it to be the best record of the ‘00s, all this more than a full two months before the record’s official release date. Hyperbole cast aside, Veckatimest is certainly Grizzly Bear’s magnum opus, a quantum leap over 2006’s excellent Yellow House, and a damn strong contender for the best album of 2009 at this early juncture. More

Mar 31, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Day two of SXSW for us began where day one ended, at the Central Presbyterian Church. The night before we had seen there the appealing trio of Department of Eagles, St. Vincent, and Camera Obscura. This night we also saw three bands at the venue, but only one was great. As we had missed M. Ward the night before at the same venue by not allowing enough time to navigate the long line, we were determined to arrive in plenty of time for Grizzly Bear’s 8:30 P.M. slot at the eMusic showcase. That meant that we had to sit through two other bands we had no interest in seeing, including one we’d never even heard of before. More