Stereogum — One of the day's biggest new stories is that the Cassini spacecraft, the first probe ever to orbit Saturn, finished its 20-year mission when it crashed into Saturn early this morning. The probe accomplished a lot. It explored the moons of Titan and E... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — BuzzFeed shared an excerpt from Celeste Ng's new novel Little Fires Everywhere. Weekend Edition interviewed Ng. Stereogum reconsidered Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam album on its 10th anniversary. LIT interviewed author Jessie Chaffee. Pitchfork ... more info

Stereogum — Animal Collective's Avey Tare went on a bit of an unconventional route and decided not to share any advance singles for his new album, Eucalyptus -- he talks about that decision and the album as a whole in our interview with him -- and we'll see if t... more info

Nialler9 — A roundup of show announcements today: Shabazz Palaces are releasing not one but two “sci-fi Afrofuturist concept albums” tomorrow on Sub Pop and they’ll play Dublin’s Sugar Club on November 3rd. Animal Collective’s Avey Tare is to pl... more info

Stereogum — The eucalyptus tree is not native to California, but it flourishes there, its distinctive scent hanging in the air in and around Los Angeles. It’s a fragrance that Animal Collective frontman Dave Portner, also known as Avey Tare, immediately associ... more info

Stereogum — Noah Lennox has been on tour for the past year in support of Animal Collective's latest album, Painting With , and he's also been hard at work on new Panda Bear solo material, as he talked about in a recent interview with The Missoulian . When he t... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Right then, let's start with some premium STN content, Trust Fund feat. Gareth Campesinos. Their contribution to Art Is Hard's Postcard Club sees Gareth fulfil his Heaton fantasies with a version of the Beautiful South's I'll Sail Thi... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Animal Collective may have released their latest album Painting With last year, but they have stayed plenty busy in 2017. This year they released a new EP called The Painters we well as, Meeting Of The Waters another new EP that was recorded live on ... more info

Stereogum — Animal Collective co-leader Avey Tare announced his upcoming LP Eucalyptus in an unconventional way last month, mailing a jigsaw puzzle of the album artwork to one lucky fan. And today, he's officially announced it in the usual way, with a press rele... more info

Stereogum — Animal Collective co-leader Avey Tare recently shared a previously unheard demo for Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, his 2014 side project with Angel Deradoorian and Jeremy Hyman. And he might have even more music on the way, as one Redditor discovered vi... more info