GRIZZLY BEAR Unveil Veckatimest

Brooklyn's Grizzly Bear are set to release their third proper lp Veckatimest on May 26th via Warp. The album's title comes from the name of some island off the coast of Massachusetts. The band are rumored to be hitting the road soon and have already scheduled a performance at BAM on February 28th, backed by the Brooklyn Philharmonic.

Grizzly Bear - Shift (La Blogotheque)


Grizzly Bear - Knife (official video)


Veckatimest tracklist:

01 Southern Point
02 Two Weeks
03 All We Ask
04 Fine for Now
05 Cheerleader
06 Dory
07 Ready, Able
08 About Face
09 Hold Still
10 While You Wait for the Others
11 I Live With You
12 Foreground

CSS & SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT at Studio B

CSS may not have made it to Lollapalooza (sorry Chicago!), but they sure rocked the sticky, sweaty, packed like sardines Studio B on Friday night. What a fucking show!!! What a motherfucking crowd!!! I have never seen a New York crowd get so into it - dancing, crowd surfing, and just outright going bonkers. Yes! This may have had something to do with the fact that it was a free show. When I arrived there was a line wrapping way around the block with no end in sight. This was by far the most crowded I have ever seen Studio B.


The band's set got started with a new song (forgive me, I don't know what it was called) before they ripped through all the great ones - 'Patins', 'Fuck Off Is Not the Only Thing', 'Alala', 'Alcohol', and their now infamous cover of L7's 'Let's Pretend We're Dead'. And of course, the closer 'Let's Make Love (and Listen to Death From Above)' was a crowd pleaser, complete with raining confetti and bubbles galore.


GRIZZLY BEAR was in the house (I believe it was the whole band) and Ed Droste seems to have had as much fun as anyone else, as he blogged about the night on the band's website.


Opening act SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT were also a lot of fun. It was like a full-on dance party. I only wish I had gotten some better pictures of these guys. They were really fantastic. Check them out! The other opening band DIRTY ON PURPOSE didn't fare quite as well. I personally felt that their music was completely out of place on a night like this. Their dreary shoegaze noise rock was lost on the crowd who just wanted to get sweaty and dance.



-all photos by Scot Bowman and Derek Morris

GRIZZLY BEAR - 'Central and Remote'

Here's the new GRIZZLY BEAR video, which I nominate as a contender for video of the year. Gorgeous and quietly affecting.

Grizzly Bear - Central and Remote (Music Video)

Grizzly Bear - Central and Remote dir Jesse Ewles
Uploaded by jesse_ewles

ZACH CONDON - 'Venice'

A new song has surfaced from ZACH CONDON, the forefront of theskyreport favorite BEIRUT. And solo, it's more of an electro affair. But all glory is not lost, as horns (a signature Beirut sound) deliver a profound punch on the second half of this track.

The song, a gorgeous electro refrain titled 'Venice', appears on a new compilation for The Believer (Magazine), compiled by Pitchfork Media's Brandon Stosuy. The collection also features rare tracks from GRIZZLY BEAR, DEERHUNTER, OF MONTREAL, YACHT, THE BLOW, THE TWILIGHT SAD, SUFJAN STEVENS, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY and I'M FROM BARCELONA.

Read more on Zach Condon in earlier posts on I Guess I'm Floating and Nialler9.

In other Zach Condon news, he recently joined Ed Droste and GRIZZLY BEAR onstage at the recent Primavera Sound Festival in Spain. I would have died to be there.

DOWNLOAD - Zach Condon - Venice (mp3)

Hanging Out with Luiza Sa of CSS and Ed Droste of GRIZZLY BEAR in Brooklyn

-Luiza Sa (CSS) on the Morgan Ave. Subway Platform

Wednesday night, The Sky Report had the wonderful privilige of sitting down for a pumpkin ravioli dinner (thanks Rachel!) with LUIZA SA, guitarist for everyone's favorite Brazilian export CSS. Firstly, Luiza is the sweetest, most charming girl I've met in a long time. She was very easy-going and fit right in with the casual nature of our blog. After the interview, Luiza asked us if we wanted to come along with her to Ed Droste(of GRIZZLY BEAR)'s apartment. We gladly accepted the invite and had a fantastic time. Here are a few photos from that night. Our full interview with Luiza will be posted early next week and you know we'll be on hand for the sold-out CSS show at Irving Plaza tonight! (I know, it's called Fillmore East now, whatever!)

In further Grizzly Bear news, they just departed on a flight to Spain for this weekend's Primavera Sound Festival and will be opening for FEIST in the U.S. throughout June. Also, just in case you missed it, check out Ed's enormously entertaining coverage of his experience at this year's Coachella Festival on Rollingstone.com.

-Derek and Luiza on the L Train

-Ed and Chad chatting with Scot

-Ed and Luiza showing their mutual affection

All photos by Scot Bowman ©2007 and Derek Morris ©2007