MTV.com News — Does Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion live up to the hype?By James Montgomery Animal Collective Photo: Motor Mouth Media Conventional wisdom holds that there are still 351 days left in 2009 and that, really, anything can happ... more info

VH1 News — James Montgomery spends a week with the so-called "best album of 2009," Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion, to see if it lives up to the hype. more info

Rolling Stone — Phish’s reunion, U2 in the studio and the end of Led Zeppelin — Rolling Stone’s Christian Hoard has all the week’s top stories in a flash, plus reviews of new albums from Fall Out Boy and Animal Collective and a look at the Ting Ting’s excl... more info

KEXP Seattle — Enjoy the calm. The storm’s heading your way over the next two weeks with releases from Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Bruce Springsteen, Franz Ferdinand, A.C. Newman, Antony & the Johnsons, Bon Iver, and more. For now, you can fill in the gaps of... more info

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