Grizzly Bear

You’ll be able to catch Grizzly Bear at on April 16th, the first day Coachella 2010, in Indio, California.

Ticket info at http://www.coachella.com/tickets.

On January 12, 2010, at 4:53pm local time, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, approximately 10 miles from Port-au-Prince. Tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people are feared dead, as the capital city has been devastated. You can help. Make a donation to one of these incredible and long-standing organizations in Haiti. They have distributed staff in country now, but most importantly, they are well positioned to aid in the long-term recovery effort.

Text to donate.

• Text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross.
• Text “YELE” to 501501 to donate $5 to Yéle.

Get the word out:

• Retweet: Support the Earthquake Relief Efforts in Haiti by making a donation to Oxfam’s Response Fund http://rev.ms/303
• Retweet: text “HAITI” to “90999,” and a donation of $10 will be given the Red Cross towards relief efforts, and charged to your cell phone bill.

See also:
Partners in Health: www.pih.org
Fonkoze: www.fonkoze.org
The Lambi Fund of Haiti: www.lambifund.org

The New York Times “Year In Arts” # 6
Spin Magazine “Top 40 Albums” # 4
Time Magazine “Top 10 Albums” # 8
Associated Press “Top 10″ # 7
Wall Street Journal “Best Albums of 2009″ #1
Pitchfork “Top 50 Albums of 2009″ # 6
Paste Magazine “Year’s Best”# 11
New York Magazine – Cover story for ‘Best Brooklyn Bands’

Nylon – “Best Bands of 2009″
MySpace – “Top Albums of 2009″
Boston Globe “Top Albums of 2009″
Amazon’s Top 100 Albums of 2009 #14
The Onion “Top 25 Albums of 2009″ # 2
Under the Radar – Best of the Decade

‘While You Wait for the Others’ #5 on The New York Times “Top Songs of 2009″
‘Two Weeks’ – Time Magazine’s “Best Songs of 2009″
‘Two Weeks – #1 on NPR’s All Songs Considered “Best of” list
‘Two Weeks’ – # 8 on Amazon’s “Top 100 Songs of 2009″ list
‘Two Weeks’ -Spinner’s “Best Songs of 2009″
‘Two Weeks’ + ‘While You Wait For The Others’ – Pitchfork’s Top 100 Songs

Yellow Bird Project
Montréal-based non-profit organization Yellow Bird Project teams up with indie musicians to benefit an array of charities by producing high-quality t-shirts with unique designs by the artists themselves.

The T-Shirt
Grizzly Bear has chosen the Brighter Planet Project Fund and collaborated with William O’Brien, who created the artwork for Veckatimest, on the design. Printed on American Apparel tee.

Brighter Planet
Brighter Planet is a foundation seeking to help reduce our carbon footprint and take control over climate change. The foundation raises money to foster projects that help fight climate change and global warming, and helps individuals mitigate their own environmental footprint.

In case you missed ‘em on Pitchfork, you can listen and download the new Neon Indian remixes of “Cheerleader” (from Veckatimest):

Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader [Neon Indian 'Sega Genesis P-Orridge' Remix]

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Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader [Neon Indian Studio 6669 Remix]

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Due to a bus breakdown, and beyond the artists’ and organizer’s control, Grizzly Bear and St. Vincent are unable to play in Poland on the 22nd November 2009. Micah P Hinson will still be playing, and entry will be free of charge. All tickets can be refunded at point of purchase.

Z powodu awarii autobusu, a poza kontrolą artystów i organizatora, Grizzly Bear i St Vincent są w stanie odgrywać Polska w dniu 22 listopada 2009. Micah P Hinson nadal będą grać, a wejście będzie za darmo. Wszystkie bilety mogą być zwrócone w punktach sprzedaży.

Driving overnight after the show in Munich Thursday night, the bus and trailer were hit and rendered immovable. The trailer was wrecked and the bus engine split. Everyone involved is fine and spent a day in Austria pulling things together. However, a replacement bus and trailer was supposed to arrive earlier today to pick everyone up in time to make the show in Milan tonight as special guests to Wilco, but it did not show up for hours and thusly we will miss tonight’s performance. Rest of tour continues as scheduled. Italy, we will make it up to you.

Grizzly Bear is pleased to debut their new video for “Ready, Able,” directed by Allison Schulnik.

The band lent some of their songs to director Allison’s short film, “Hobo Clown,” and are fans of her claymation work, so it was only a matter of time before they asked the LA-based artist to create an official video for one of the standout tracks from their new album.

The Independent
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…a night when everything Grizzly Bear did cast a spell.

Telegraph

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…the effect was nothing short of sublime.

Veckatimest will be released in special edition packaging on Nov 2^nd in the UK and Europe. The new version includes a 24-page photo booklet and a second disc containing seven songs recorded live in session around the world.

The bonus tracks will also be available digitally as a bundle called “Veckatimest UK/EU Special Edition Bonus Tracks” on iTunes everywhere (including the US) on Nov 2^nd for those who already own the album.

Full tracklisting is:

CD1
Veckatimest:
1. Southern Point
2. Two Weeks
3. All We Ask
4. Fine for Now
5. Cheerleader
6. Dory
7. Ready, Able
8. About Face
9. Hold Still
10. While You Wait for the Others
11. I Live With You
12. Foreground

CD2
Bonus Live Tracks:
1. Southern Point (KCRW Session)
2. All We Ask (KCMP Session)
3. Ready, Able (KCRW Session)
4. Foreground (Duyster Session)
5. Two Weeks (BBC Maida Vale Session)
6. Dory (World Café Session)
7. While You Wait for the Others (BBC Maida Vale Session)

UK:
Play
Bleep
Amazon

DE:
Amazon

NL:
BOL