The Telegraph — The experimental trio fail to ignite the crowd with their odd melodies. more info

Stereogum — Tipster Michael points us to today's full page profile of Animal Collective in Canada's National Post. Inside Brian Weitz discusses the "craziness" of the past few months, the band's decision to include a lyric sheet with the CD, and what songs to ex... more info

My Old Kentucky — Today is My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRUS XMU! Channel 26 on SIRIUS & channel 43 on XM. Tune in at 12pm EST and again at Midnight EST!Animal Collective - My GirlsNewVillager - Rich Doorsgrouper - heavy water/i'd rather be sleepingDent May - You ... more info

Times OnlineSpecial to The Washington PostWashington Post - 4 hours agoWhat happens when a band moves toward the mainstream only to find the mainstream no longer exists? If that band is Animal Collective circa right now, it celebrates.Animal Collecti... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — (photo)If you pre-ordered your copy of Merriweather Post Pavilion from Rough Trade, you would've received a "strictly limited, rare and exclusive mix cd, mixed by animal collective just for rough traders," consisting of 8 uniformly awesome tracks tha... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — You might remember Blind Man's Colour as the band that increased my already monstrous expectations of Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavillion with three absurdly good covers ("Taste," "Brother Sport," and "In The Flowers") that they released ... more info

MTV.com News — Green Day and U2 drop new LPs this year, along with promising young guns like Paramore, Tokio Hotel and more.By Gil Kaufman, with additional reporting by James Montgomery Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt Photo: Frank Micelotta/ G... more info

Pop Matters — Why do Animal Collective always end up being the band that critics seem to be raving about? more info

Silent Uproar — Animal Collective has finally posted a Merriweather Post Pavilion track, "My Girls," on their MySpace page. The album is out now on vinyl, out on everything else on January 20th. more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — GvsB's weekly Sirius XM Blog Radio program airs today at noon (and again at midnight) EST on the new Sirius XMU. This week's episode features new music from Animal Collective (duh), Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti, Fever Ray, WAVVES, Here We Go Magic, ... more info