The Music Slut — Merriweather Post Pavilion is due in January.The set will include:1. In The Flowers2. My Girls3. Also Frightened4. Summertime Clothes5. Daily Routine6. Bluish7. Guys Eyes8. Taste9. Lion In A Coma10. No More Runnin'11. Brother SportLearn more about th... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — An addendum to that highly (okay, totally) speculative post from the other day: here is the tracklisting for the new Animal Collective record, Merriweather Post Pavilion, according to the band:1. In the Flowers2. My Girls3. Also Frightened4. Summerti... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Kathryn YuThe Satan Fish on Animal Collective's website has spoken!! And, well, it all came out demonic gobbledygook. Nobody at AC home Domino Records is talking either, so we can't translate the Satan Fish's words into plain English just ye... more info

Silent Uproar — Animal Collective have posted a cryptic clip on their website promoting something called Merriweather Post Pavilion for January 2009. Pitchfork thinks it's a new album, but there's no official word. more info

Pitchfork — Much like Panda Bear, to whom he's often compared, El Guincho can conjure an engaging world of sounds all by his lonesome. And much as Panda Bear's Noah Lennox is often found roaming with Animal Collective, El Guincho's Pablo Diaz-Reixa too has a cre... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — While scoping the far reaches of the BTA email, I came across these guys from Spain who go by the name of my favourite time traveling car. Delorean remixed The Mystery Jets' "Half in Love With Elizabeth" and have turned it into a piano-banging, uplif... more info

The Music Slut — Prior to last night's tremendous performance from The Dodos, Jen & I were treated to a rousing set by Portland's keyboard & drum duo, Au. Both on paper and live, it's rather effortless to describe the band's sound & energy as a surreal hybrid of Anim... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Our friends at Funeral Pudding recently put up a rad post detailing Barcelona's thriving, vibrant music scene (and more specifically, the adventurous DC/Luv Luv label). The highlight for me was this colorful, swirling new tropical pop jam from El Gui... more info

Pitchfork — Richard Marx is a 40-something lite-pop crooner with a string of late-80s/early 90s hits who, as his website reminds us, has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Sigur Rós are a beloved Icelandic experimental pop group who occasionally sing in a ... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — I recently discovered the irresistibly eccentric pop of France's Get Back Guinozzi ! after stumbling upon the group's myspace. The band lists Talking Heads, Can, Tom Tom Club, Jamaican DJs, cheerleaders, and bicycles among their influences, but the t... more info