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Starbucks V-Day comp to feature She & Him, DCFC, more

This year, Starbucks won't just celebrate Valentine's Day with strawberries 'n' cream frappuccinos and white-chocolate mochas. According to a recent press release, the coffee conglomerate approached "their favorite artists"—including Ben Gibbard, Katy Perry, M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel—and asked them to cover "a tune that's touched their hearts."...  read more

Band of the Week: Department of Eagles

Fred Nicolaus may have to quit his day job. Although neither of them studied music, Nicolaus and Daniel Rossen formed the Department of Eagles in 2000 after being randomly assigned as roommates at NYU...  read more

Department of Eagles: In Ear Park

A beautiful swell of experimental folk The songs of In Ear Park, the sophomore effort from Grizzly Bear's Dan Rossen and his college classmate Fred Nicolaus, are not so much heard as absorbed. After repeated listens, the densely layered and often distorted instrumentals begin to parse themselves out, the hooks of “Floating on The Lehigh” proving particularly arresting. Dedicated to Rossen's recently-deceased father, the title a nod to the Los Angeles park they used to visit together, the album is more nostalgic than mournful; on occasion, like the lighthearted and impossibly catchy "No One Does It Like You," it's downright...  read more