img src= http://www.chromewaves.net/images/interface/20070913grizzlyBear.jpg title= Grizzly Bear class= blogPhoto My, aren't we up early? Yes we are, because our flight for Austin leaves at 6:20AM. And we are bound for Austin to attend the wonderful (if now a href= http://www.spinner.com/2007/09/11/the-white-stripes-cancel-acl-gig/ target= new title= White Stripes White Stripes-free /a ) a href= http://aclfestival.com/default.aspx target= new title= ACL Austin City Limits Festival /a as well as play host to the equally wonderful A href= http://www.thehotfreaks.com/index2.php target= new title= Hot Freaks Hot Freaks! 2 /a after parties at the Mohawk and Club DeVille. br / br / For ACL, expect coverage a bit different from my usual festival format, with band-by-band breakdowns. For starters, I'm without a photo pass this time as the organizers have made those mighty scarce and (most) blogs simply don't rate. As a result, I'll probably be both drifting around the festival more than I normally would as well as perhaps sticking around for more than three or four songs before hoofing it to the next stage. It should actually be a much more relaxing pace which is good, since I'm not nearly recovered from A href= http://www.virginfestival.ca/toronto target= neW title= V Fest V Fest /a this past weekend. br / br / And for Hot Freaks!, well with a href= http://www.artbrut.co.uk target= new title= Art Brut Art Brut /a , a href= http://www.grizzly-bear.net target= new title= Grizzly Bear Grizzly Bear /a , a href= http://www.ilovestvincent.com target= new title= St Vincent St Vincent /a and A href= http://www.therosebuds.com target= new title= The Rosebuds The Rosebuds /A headlining over the two nights, I'm not likely to be getting much rest those nights either. I don't know how many readers here were going to be in Austin and/or tried to get wristbands for entry, but if you did and ran into problems, I apologize and hope that it got worked out. br / br / But fear not, my Toronto peeps, I've forgotten you not. After rocking Austin, Grizzly Bear are going to be up in our neck of the woods for a show at the Mod Club on September 20 and courtesy of Against The Grain, I've got two pairs of passes to give away. They're touring in support of their new 10-song EP i Friend /i , out November 5, which will feature new songs, alternate versions of old faves and covers by friends (like the title, get it?) such as a href= http://www.bandofhorses.com target= neW title= BoH Band Of Horses /a and A href= http://www.csshurts.com/ target= neW title= CSS CSS /A . The band talks to a href= http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=47547297 target= new title= CMJ vs GRizzly Bear i CMJ /i /a about their slightly unconventional take on the remix album and a href= http://www.stereogum.com/archives/tour-dates/new-grizzly-bear-feat-dirty-projectors-beirut-alli.html target= new title= STereogum vs Grizzly Bear Sterogum /a is streaming one of the remix/redo songs from the new record as well as the original version. br / br / But back to the contest. To enter, send me an email at A href= mailto:contests AT chromewaves.net contests AT chromewaves.net /a with I want to see Grizzly Bear in the subject line and your full name in the email body. The contest will close when I'm scheduled to return to Toronto - 2PM on Monday, September 17 - and I'll draw the winners when I get home. br / br / Strong MP3: /strong A href= http://www.grizzly-bear.net/audio/onaneck.mp3 title= On A Neck Grizzly Bear - On A Neck, On A Spit /a br / Strong MP3: /strong A href= http://www.grizzly-bear.net/audio/lullabye.mp3 title= Lullabye Grizzly Bear - Lullabye /a br / Strong MP3: /strong A href= http://mp3.insound.com/download.cfm?mp3id=2907 filetype=.mp3 title= Knife Grizzly Bear - Knife /a br / strong MP3: /strong A href= http://electricculture.com/bf/sure%20thing.mp3 title= Sure Thing Grizzly Bear - Sure Thing /a br / Strong Video: /strong A href= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuYZbYtAl9A target= new title= Knife Grizzly Bear - Knife (YouTube) /a br / Strong Video: /strong A href= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnrn-dieats target= new title= Central Remote Grizzly Bear - Central Remote (YouTube) /a br / strong MySpace: /strong A href= http://www.myspace.com/grizzlybear target= new title= Grizzly Bear Grizzly Bear /a br / br / a href= http://www.greatlakeswimmers.com target= new title= GLS Great Lake Swimmers /a , playing on September 29 at the Phoenix, have offered up a 5-song EP culled from their last Toronto show a href= http://www.chromewaves.net/index.php?itemid=2599 title= Chromewaves vs GLS back in April /a at the Church Of The Redeemer and it's free! Free free free. And yes, this is the same show that A href= http://www.iheartmusic.net/serendipity/index.php?/archives/892-The-great-Great-Lake-Swimmers.html target= new title= IHM vs GLS Matthew was sharing /a last week. Go get. br / br / strong ZIP: /strong A href= http://www.nettwerk.com/forms/goto.jsp?link_id=615 target= new title= Great Lakes Swimmers: Live From the Church of the Redeemer EP Great Lakes Swimmers i Live From the Church of the Redeemer /i /a br / br / a href= http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-09-13/music_feature.php target= new title= NOW vs RK i NOW /i /a gets a href= http://www.rilokiley.com target= new title= RK Rilo Kiley /a to discuss the polarizing response that their latest A href= http://search.insound.com/search/showrelease.jsp?from=90804 p=INS36941 target= new title= Under The Blacklight i Under The Blacklight /i /a has gotten. Congrats to Kim, who won yesterday's contest, and for the record, five votes were yea and eight for nay. ...read full story