Make Your Ears Happy! May 16, 2017 Edition
As I put away my rubber rain boots and pull out my summer dresses, I’m reminded that I am a man who doesn’t wear dresses, and that I should also probably make a new playlist. We see the return of...
As I put away my rubber rain boots and pull out my summer dresses, I’m reminded that I am a man who doesn’t wear dresses, and that I should also probably make a new playlist. We see the return of...
There’s a New Venue in Toronto Having too many music venues is not really a problem a city can have. Well, let me add “a city where bands like to tour.” Thankfully, lots of bands come to Toronto, and thankfully,...
Lots of new albums coming out and lots of release news, so don’t mind us as we power through them all. Oh, and some Coachella Festival announced it’s line up. Coachella Announces 2013 Line Up The famous festival in the...
Hurricane Sandy Benefit Parts 2 and 3: Grizzly Bear, Cults, The Antlers, More December 12 might have it’s fancy, big name artists at their Hurricane Sandy benefit, but there’s another benefit that might be more your style. On December 14,...
Paul McCartney in Near Helicopter Landing Accident Is this another of those Beatles death faulty reports, or did Paul McCartney almost die in a helicopter crash?! “The Cute Beatle” Sir Paul McCartney and his wife, Nancy Shevell, avoided near disaster...
We have another new video from Grizzly Bear, and it’s not a hilarious cat video, but a music video. It’s for Yet Again, and is taken from recent release, Shields. The video was filmed in Toronto, joining the illustrious ranks...
Two Bestival Disasters – One Serious, One Artificial The Isle of Wight’s Bestival was this past weekend, with headliners such as The xx, Sigur Rós, Alabama Shakes, Azealia Banks, and loads more. Sadly, a bus carrying Bestival passengers crashed late...
Starting off with guitar work that reminds me of a western or a Quentin Tarantino movie for some reason, the upbeat and melodic new Grizzly Bear song is here for us to hear (man, that is poorly worded). The second...
Only from the mind of Stephen Colbert would we get not only this ridiculously named festival, but also him going through with it. What we get is StePhest Colbchella 2012 – RocktAugustfest (via Consequence of Sound). You might have read...
Last month, we gave you a taste of Sleeping Ute from the nameless Grizzly Bear album. The album now has a name – Shields – and is out Sept 17/18, depending where in the world you are downloading buying the...
Someone has woken the bear – the Grizzly Bear (picture that being said in a mockumentary styled horror voice, and don’t read it as a lame pun intro, which to be fair, is how most of our posts start off)....
Non-News Story of the Day: Black Keys Sort of Say Nickelback Aren’t The WORST Band Ever Are we so desperate for controversy in the entertainment industry that we’ll try and squeeze water out of every stone (or however the hell...
A Fleet Fox No More – Drummer J. Tillman Quits Fleet Foxes drummer J. Tillman has decided to leave indie folk rock fame and go it on his own, and has left Fleet Foxes (via Spinner). He made the announcement...
It has been 2 years since Brooklyn indie folk rock band Grizzly Bear released the critically acclaimed album, Veckatimest. In their downtime, bassist/backing vocalist/other instrumentalist Chris Taylor has found time to cook up an album of his own. Called Dreams...
Back in 2009, Neon Indian dropped the critically acclaimed album, Psychic Chasms. The Texas quartet are back, with a new album coming out on October 10. The album is called Era Extraña and will hopefully be as spacey and funky...