First Feist joined Grizzly Bear and her old Broken Social Scene pals in Toronto. Now, continuing her goodwill mission, she's ventured all the way to Los Angeles to reprise her Wilco (The Album) contribution "You & I." (Thanks for the tip, Ed.) The performance took place last night (6/25) during the final slot of Wilco's sold-out Wiltern Thea...

Last we heard, BSS were recording a new album with John McEntire. They're already playing rockers from it at "secret" hometown shows with Feist. The video's a bit boomy, but watch them do it up at the Courthouse.

Metric's tour on the back of Fantasies and its many videos brought them to L.A. last night, where the band played their biggest, most sold-out show yet. Props were paid onstage to the various Los Angeles venues they've performed and outgrown along the way -- Silverlake Lounge, El Rey Theater, Henry Fonda Theater. It's a good stage-banter device,...

Grizzly Bear continue to be everywhere lately: the Top 10 of Billboard's album chart; on the cover of comics when I attended Mocca (small-press comic fest) this weekend; Canada. You know, everywhere. When Ed landed in Toronto, he twitterly lamented this being the band's first trip to the city without an appearance from local resident Owen Pallet...

Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew will likely be at it longer than you'll ever be at it. After 2006's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass and the equally feisty Fuckbook, which they recently released as Condo Fucks, Yo La Tengo are at least a dozen proper albums into their career via the forthcoming Popular Songs. It was rec...