This bird's gonna fly! Department of Eagles, the longstanding project of Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen and old college pal Fred Nicolaus, will get out there for a few Stateside dates in the U.S. next month after finishing up a brief European tour already in progress. Department of Eagles, whose Best New Music-bestowed In Ear Park spent plenty of time buzzing around our soundholes in 2008, kick off their U.S. dates January 15 in Chicago with an appearance at the Tomorrow Never Knows festival at Schuba's.Dan couldn't be stealing away from Grizzly Bear at a better time, what with the non-troversy surrounding their leak of Animal Collective's "Brothersport" being the only thing going on with that band right now. He'll pick back up with the pack February 28 when they hit the Brooklyn Academy of Music with some friends. read more