Grizzly Bear: Indie-Rock Royalty of 2012The lead singer lives in a 450-square-foot apartment. Some band members don’t even have health insurance. Is rock stardom any way to make a living?
Jay-Z Attends Grizzly Bear ConcertAccording to hundreds of excited people on Twitter, Jay-Z and Beyoncé were in attendance at tonight’s free Grizzly Bear concert at the Williamsburg Waterfront.
Leaked: New Grizzly Bear Escapes EarlyPoor Edward Droste. Not only did his band’s new album leak almost three months early last night, but he had to find out about it via jerks on Twitter.
Broken Social Scene Get Sociable; Feist Gets FeistyBrendan Canning, one of the two founding members of Canadian supergroup Broken Social Scene, cracked several tired jokes about people swimming in the waterless pool, before changing tacks and heckling a fan who was talking on his cell phone. Kevin Drew, Canning’s more focused half, had to cut him off several times so they could move on with the set.