KEXP Seattle — by DJ El Toro While some blogs and periodicals are still tallying up the votes for their Best Of 2008 champs, once again I find myself looking forward to the new year. There are a lot of albums that I’m excited about, including new titles from Lily... more info

Stereogum — Looks like it. Sounds like it, too, if you spent your holiday with Animal Collective's latest on repeat like most everybody with torrent expertise. The album's out tomorrow but a couple reviews are already in, and they are glowing. SPIN went four-st... more info

MTV.com News — Even Paula Abdul could put out an album this year!By Gil Kaufman Eminem Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage After another year that saw a serious decline in record sales, the music industry is, once again, hoping that 2009 will be the one that t... more info

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My Old Kentucky — Sure, there are a lot of obvious records and and artists to look forward to in 2009, but who are the ones that are going to come out of nowhere and knock your socks off? Yeah, normally you might just need to check Gorilla Vs. Bear religiously to fin... more info

Pitchfork — Sigh. Here's the latest entry in an ever-growing series I like to call "wow, people on teh internetz iz dumb": Yesterday, the Quietus ran a story with the headline "Animal Collective Call for Album Leak". They reported to have received an email from... more info

Pitchfork — Sigh. Here's the latest entry in an ever-growing series I like to call "wow, people on teh internetz iz dumb": Yesterday, the Quietus ran a story with the headline "Animal Collective Call for Album Leak". They reported to have received an email... more info

Said the Gramophone — Andreas Scholl - "Venus' Birds Whose Mournful Tunes". Countertenors are grown on farms. They are planted in fields of chamomile and sage, fed melted caramels. The most successful countertenors are grown on farms near the ocean, where the clouds wil... more info

Stereogum — Between the Web Sheriff fiasco and back-and-forth apologies, the hubbub surrounding Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion feels more like a nerdy soap opera than the release of an indie rock album. The drama was ratcheted up a few notches a... more info

Pasta Primavera — When I listen to Miracles Of Modern Science’s debut EP, I can’t help but think to myself, “This is how music is supposed to be.”  Floating somewhere between the pop styles of Ra Ra Riot and the everything else sound of Broken Social Sce... more info