Rolling Stone — At music festivals, a 1 p.m. performance is typically a ghost town — it’s the snoring hour, the sleeping-off-alcohol hour, or for the especially ambitious attendee, the getting-breakfast-and-ruing-last-night’s-ungodly-levels-of-beer-intake hour... more info

MVSW — Taken by Trees ~ “My Boys” mp3 download So it ’s a cover of Animal Collective’s “My Girls“, but its still pretty cool. The video reminds me of science videos from back in the day.  Taken by Trees, aka Victoria Bergsman, is releasing ... more info

Stereogum — Florida-based Animal Collective acolytes Blind Man's Colour clearly aren't concerned with sidestepping associations with their forerunners. I say that because they did that covers comp Collected Animals, and also because I have heard and now seen "Wa... more info

Nialler9 — Letterman is the place to be these days. It’s where all the cool kids play: Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Mos Def, St. Vincent. And now, Dirty Projectors. Related Posts Video: Dirty Projectors – Stillness is the Move Nialler9 Weekly Char... more info

Culture Bully — Songs like “Who Can Win a Rabbit?” from Sung Tongs and “Grass” from Feels find a wildly inventive band creating some of the best music of the 2000s, even before the current wave of attention... more info

My Old Kentucky — Kaiser Cartel are back in town tonight. You can, and should, catch them at The Vollrath with Elsinore and Fearsome Sparrow. Pre-party with their session on Laundromatinee.com. Kaiser Cartel will release a new EP, entitled Rock Island, digitally wo... more info

Stereogum — We're tired of the achingly sincere amateurs and questionable remixes. Where's an indie contemporary's premature spin on the ninth best song of the decade? Some of us have blogs to blog! Enter "Young Folks"/ex-Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman aka T... more info

Pasta Primavera — I’ve been listing to Taken By Trees‘ East Of Eden, their upcoming album out on September 8th via Rough Trade, for the last few weeks now and I’ve decided that it is praiseworthy.  Victoria Bergsman went out on a limb and traveled to Pakistan... more info

Pasta Primavera — I, like many, discovered Phaseone through their PHENOMENAL remixes of Panda Bear and Animal Collective.  I don’t think I’ve heard better re-works of those two.  Seriously.  This St. Louis producer recently showed he’s not all about the... more info

Persona Sauna — The people over at Pitchfork compiled a list, and I know how we all love lists. Top Songs of the 2000s20. The Walkmen, "The Rat"19. R. Kelly, "Ignition (Remix)"18. Hercules and Love Affair, "Blind"17. Annie, "Heartbeat"16. The Rapture, "House of Jea... more info