Stereogum — Earlier this morning (7/21), British DJ/television presenter Lauren Laverne announced the dozen 2009 Mercury nominees at London's Hospital Club. The prize, of course, is for the UK's album of the year award. First things first: In order to be elig... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - American band Animal Collective have scored a music coup - they're the first band ever allowed to sample rock legends Grateful Dead. more info

Starpulse — Animal Collective have scored a music coup - they're the first band ever allowed to sample rock legends Grateful Dead.[...] Read more! more info

Rolling Stone — Animal Collective, who earlier this year released the magnificent Merriweather Post Pavilion, have become the first artists to ever receive approval from the Grateful Dead to sample the jam band’s catalog, Gorilla Vs. Bear reports. Animal Collectiv... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — While I’m a casual fan of Animal Collective, Panda Bear’s Person Pitch LP remains one of my favorite albums of 2007.  Panda (Noah Lennox) has tagged up with Bradford Cox on the track “Walkabout” from the upcoming Atlas Sound release Logos.... more info

JamBase — Animal Collective Get Rights To First Legal Grateful Dead Sample Ever Animal Collective We've long known that Animal Collective's roots run deep into the jam world, and now we have serious proof! JamBase just got word of a Tweet from the band's... more info

Stereogum — Recent live staple "What Would I Want Sky" is approved to use bits of "Unbroken Chain" if Animal Collective wanna put it on record, according to a Tweet by the band's management (via GvsB.) Songwriter Phil Lesh apparently loved the track, and Avey... more info

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Stereogum — When Bradford Cox's server got hacked, a version of the unreleased Atlas Sound LP Logos spread all over the web. As he told us recently, that was just a draft; the real LP is a far cry from Let The Blind..., less laptop/bedroom pop, more collaborativ... more info

Altsounds — Dublab's In the Loop vinyl series continues with a new home on Anticon and fresh sounds from the most vivid music-makers around. Like the previous four installments - which have included celebrated names like Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Cari... more info