XLR8R — Germany's Melt! Festival gears up for its 12th year, and with the multi-day event just a little over a month away, organizers are busy finalizing the lineup. It's been known for a little while that Aphex Twin will headline the event, alongs... more info

Stereogum — Blog readers had so many options on Friday night in L.A. -- Passion Pit, Lykke Li, SVIIB and Black Moth Super Rainbown all in town -- and still the ticketless masses chose the Wiltern sidewalk for even a shot at getting into Animal Collective's so... more info

Pasta Primavera — It’s hard to think any remix could top any of the originals on Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion.  Stones Throws’ Dam-Funk gave it a shot with their light synth rework of “Summertime Clothes”.  It’s definitely no where ... more info

Rawkblog — All photos by Cayla McCrae Rawkblog contributor Cayla McCrae trekked out to the Gorge in Washington last weekend for this year’s edition of the Sasquatch! Music Festival — a three-day event that saw the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Animal Collective... more info

Stereogum — Everybody loves Memorial Day weekend, but nobody loves Memorial Day weekend like those that make it to Sasquatch! As friends have returned from their treks across country, they've shared nothing but raves for this year's festival, from the Gorge's... more info

Stereogum — Turns out Grizzly Dan's mom loves her indie rock. Drowned In Sound has a sampling of Wendy's emails to Daniel over the years about Beirut, Feist, and yes whether Animal Collective really is > her son's band. Lots Of Love. more info

I Guess I'm Floating — We first heard about Animal Collective's long-upcoming "visual album" back in August 2006 and have since heard a few random updates and mentions of the project. We don't know much, but we do know that the album will incorporate new material from AC ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Back in January we premiered the MP3 of "Jimmy Dove" which then went on to pick up unlikely support from Ed Droste and Kanye West of all people. The blogosphere took notice, Stereogum hopped on the bandwagon, and a few months later Kanine Records (G... more info

Guardian Music — As Ariel Pink and Kurt Vile have shown, self-releasing music through CD-Rs provides fans with a fuller picture of the artist in development and a more personalised experienceIn America, CD-Rs are causing a resurgence in creativity. They enable musici... more info

JamBase — Glastonbury Lineup Announced Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Blur to Headline The world famous Glastonbury Festival has released the entire lineup. Set to go down June 24-28 in Glastonbury, GB, the event will feature headliners Neil Young (Fr... more info