Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen on going solo and self-criticism: ‘I don’t expect to have a good career anymore’
After defining what he calls ‘naive hipster culture’ with 00s Brooklynites Grizzly Bear, Rossen retreated upstate and got lost in his own head. He explains how he found his way back to music
March 2022
Grizzly bear suspected in man’s death near Yellowstone national park
Craig Clouatre, 40, had been missing since Wednesday after leaving for a hiking trip
March 2019
'I feel like I've been had': Morrissey's collaborators respond to his politics
The former Smiths singer’s new album features guest spots from Billie Joe Armstrong and Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste. Are they not put off by his increasingly unpleasant right-wing stance?
February 2019
Morrissey to release protest-themed covers album
Roy Orbison, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon are among the artists whose songs will feature on all-covers album California Son
October 2017
I can go for that: how soft rock finally got cool
Once, the sound of 70s and 80s yacht rock was a musical punchline. Now Doobie Brother Michael McDonald is in demand from cutting-edge artists such as Thundercat, and hipster cratediggers are championing lost classics
August 2017
Grizzly Bear: Painted Ruins CD review – out of hibernation
Grizzly Bear return: ‘America has become toxic – it’s palpable everywhere’
Grizzly Bear: Painted Ruins review – intricate chamber pop from a band shaking back to life
The ten best things to do this week
The 10 best things to do this week: Against, Edinburgh book festival and Grizzly Bear
June 2016
Vampire Weekend frontman on the 'end of the road' for Bernie Sanders
With Hillary Clinton poised to lead the party, Sanders fans – including some of his celebrity supporters – are facing the music: ‘It’s realistic, but I hate to hear it’
September 2014
Forget U2: five bands we'd like to see reach 500 million people
iTunes gave U2’s latest album to half a billion people, but U2 are already huge. How about giving someone else a chance? asks Britt Julious
March 2014
End of the Road festival confirms Fleet Foxes, Beach House and Grizzly Bear project
The final headliner for this year's festival will be the Gene Clark No Other Band – a collaboration between a string of acts who will reconstruct Byrds singer Gene Clark’s 1974 album No Other
January 2014
Australia culture blog
Grizzly Bear – review
Australia culture blog
Grizzly Bear: will Australia be their last stand?
December 2013
Beach House spearhead project to tour Gene Clark's No Other album
Members of bands such as Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear and Fairport Convention will perform in celebration of the Byrds singer's 1974 LP
May 2013
Observer New Review Q&A
Nico Muhly: 'I wrote my first composition at 12, a sacred choral piece'
The New York composer talks to Fiona Maddocks about his London show of 'sonic pleasures', and why he sees no musical barriers
April 2013
Mumford and Sons to headline Lollapalooza 2013 alongside Nine Inch Nails
A reformed Nine Inch Nails will be just one of the highlights of the Chicago festival, which also features performances from Queens of the Stone Age, New Order and Vampire Weekend
November 2012
Best albums of 2012
Best albums of 2012: 20–11
Music blog
Pitchfork Music festival Paris speaks the international language of indie
October 2012
Grizzly Bear – review
Grizzly Bear are almost comically immobile performers, but it doesn't matter – the songs are the stars, writes Dave Simpson
