In the upcoming week-of-May-11 issue of The New Yorker, Sasha Frere-Jones gives a nice little run-down of the much-publicized yet still fun-to-follow Grizzly Bear. Focusing primarily on the group’s inspired use of vocal harmonies, the piece tracks the band’s progress from 2003 to the present as they prepare to release Veckatimest at the end of the month.

Teaser shots from the Two Weeks set (via Stereogum)

Frere-Jones touches on the new record at the end, comparing it in equal parts to Sonic Youth’s Sister and Radiohead’s Amenesiac and calling my personal favorite ‘Two Weeks’ a “big fat ice-cream cone of a song.” Whatever he means by that, it seems to make perfect sense. At least it gives us more to chew on as we wait for the Patrick Daughters video treatment…

The Moment, the New York Times Style Blog, had a brief chat with artist and director Mike Mills after his Strand appearance this past Friday. Mills was in town to promote his new book, Graphics Films, a career-spanning retrospective. What did the man responsible for the Root Down and Moon Safari covers (amongst many, many other iconic projects over the years) choose to do with his limited time in NYC? Go to the Met and have a meal at Kambi (we assume) Ramen House.

Okay, now spare us a minute to point out a few quick tie-ins:

1. This collection was edited by gallery owner/art curator/ANP Quarterly editor Aaron Rose, whom you can find featured in the latest issue of Wooooo.

2. Mills, along with Roman Coppola, is a co-founder of The Directors Bureau, a small group of influential directors of which the oft-mentioned Patrick Daughters is a member (along with Sofia, naturally).

3. Remember our post about the new wave of interior design publications? Mills’ living spaces have been featured in both Apartamento AND The Selby (you may also be pleased to find Aaron Rose’s Selby entry here).

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A new video for the Department of Eagles single, one of the best songs released last year, directed by Patrick Daughters, who’s really been making the rounds lately. A whimsical affair on the whole, even amidst all the Civil-War gun-shooting and leg-cutting, this video for ‘No One Does It Like You’ premiered at the MoMA earlier this week. Costumes and other production help provided by Marcel Dzama. Thanks to Gorilla Vs. Bear for the heads-up.

That’s right, the Patrick Daughters responsible for the new Depeche Mode video and the Grammy-nominated video for Feist’s 1,2,3,4 is signed on to do a video for ‘Two Weeks,’ the first single from the soon-to-be-released Grizzly Bear record ‘Veckatimest.’

Word coming in from those who’ve heard the album straight through is that it’s some kind of new classic. Maybe you’d expect nothing less from this Brooklyn group that the Radiohead guitarist called his ‘favorite band in the world.’

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Until there’s more word in on the ‘Two Weeks’ shoot,  watch the peacefully bizarre, MIchel Gondry-esque video the band shot for ‘Knife,’ a single taken from their last record, ‘Yellow House’ as well as their Letterman debut of ‘Two Weeks.’

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Dave Gahan and the boys are back with a truly chilling video directed by Patrick Daughters. The clip’s a bit of a slow burn, but you’ll stick with it once the journey’s begun, trust me. It’s a car commercial gone horribly wrong…

Seems like Daughters is painting with a very dark brush for a director who may be best known for doing the charming, colorful and choreographed video for that catchy little Macbook Air song.

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Then again, Mr. Daughters did get his start as the winner of Nintendo’s Eternal Darkness short-film contest in 2002 with his five-minute snapshot of insanity below:

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