Brooklyn Vegan — Pitchfork: Fall Be Kind is an EP, right? Dave Portner: Yeah. It's like 28 minutes long, five songs. The title is kind of a play on "fall behind," when you move the clocks back. Everything seems to be very seasonal... more info

Chorus.fm — *Animal Collective* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/animalcollective) will release (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002RD4V08?tag=absolutepunk-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B002RD4V08&adid=1FFA2GYT2T08QGYEX9NF&) a new EP, Fall Be K... more info

Stereogum — The "darker" five-song EP's tracklist features studio recordings of the road-tested "Graze," "What Would I Want Sky," "Bleed," "On A Highway," and "I Think I Can." Avey promises a digital release next month, with vinyl/CD out in December. More at P4K... more info

The Quietus — 'Brother Sport' out soon more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — My god are Animal Collective a hardworking band! They just announced a 10′ single release for Brothersport, and there are rumors flying about a December EP as well called Fall Be Kind. The single will have the b-side “Bleeding” which was known ... more info

!tashed — Over the past few weeks, Phoenix’s friends have teamed up with them to remix a couple of their tracks from their album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. It seems every artist loves Phoenix’s music as much as we do, citing them as great inspiration. Th... more info

Stereogum — Depending on your indie-oriented-site-that-ranks-bands-on-ten-point-scales of choice, it seems Animal Collective are second only to Radiohead as the aughts' most relevant band. And with the bevy of activity the Collective has lined up, they seem t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — I kid. I kid. But Pitchfork did just post news about this mysterious new "Fall Be Kind" Animal Collective record that Amazon is selling (release date: December 8, 2009). PREVIOUSLY: Pitchfork announces the top 20 albums of the decade... more info

Pasta Primavera — Victoria Bergsman’s (ex-The Concretes) other band Taken By Trees has just released a new video for the soft-hearted cover of Animal Collective’s “My Girls” (renamed “My Boys” for a personal touch).  Most of her new album East Of Eden h... more info

Rolling Stone — Jennifer Hudson will look back at personal holiday memories in her Chicago hometown in a prime-time ABC special called Jennifer Hudson: I’ll Be Home for Christmas this December, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Onetime Bad Boy rapper Shyne was ... more info