My Old Kentucky — I guess we could find a reason to talk about Animal Collective every day if we wanted to, but we'll leave that up to our friends for the most part. We can thank IGIF for this one. Post-Merriweather we already have all sorts of new material surfacin... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — From Murrieta, California's Ancient Crux (via No Pain in Pop) comes one of my favorite things I've heard so far this young year. Family Time Records says of Ancient Crux's new Interracial Coupling EP: "...at times it may seem pop, in the way roy orbi... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — By now you've probably read about a new song (that's right, post Merriweather material) from Animal Collective called "Blue Sky" that they'd been playing recently, and maybe you even heard a live version or two. After hearing from the band via a Pit... more info

Radio Exile — Merriweather Post Pavilion, for those who are apparently living under an effing rock, is the critically-acclaimed eighth studio album by Animal Collective, and is named after the Columbia, Maryland venue of the same name. That’s not even the coole... more info

Abeano — Animal Collective’s ‘My Girls’ is one of those tracks where a remix feels a bit unnecessary BUT Mexicans With Guns have brought something to the party by making it infinitely more dancefloor friendly. It’s gone from a woozy headphone li... more info

Stereogum — There's no shortage of Blake Schwarzenbach respect around here, so when we found out the man's new band with Aaron Cometbus and Daniela Sea (of L Word fame) were playing a few shows in L.A. we tried to atone for missing that one show out East by send... more info

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All About Jazz — Wired.com gets more music than it knows what to do with, much of it excellent. So why not blast out a weekly heads-up on the cream of the sonic crop filling up the ol' inbox? Great idea, Wired.com! You should do that. OK, we will. Let's call it Su... more info

NME — Animal Collective have announced the cancellation of tonight's show (January 23) at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. more info

Pitchfork — New York City photos by J Caldwell, Chicago photos by Lizz Kannenberg Merriweather Post Pavilion is their most poppy album, but Animal Collective still aren't close to a pop band. At New York City's Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday, the crowd--... more info