Brooklyn Vegan — Speaking of Kickstarter accountability,In 2009, Josh Dibb, who performs in the experimental noise-pop band Animal Collective as Deakin, set up a Kickstarter campaign to fund a trip to Mali. He'd been invited to perform at the famous Festival au... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In 2009, Josh Dibb, who performs in the experimental noise-pop band Animal Collective as Deakin, set up a Kickstarter campaign to fund a trip to Mali. He’d been invited to perform at the famous Festival au Désert and wanted to simultaneously wor... more info

Prefix — Animal Collective's Centipede Hz is perhaps best reflected in the mushy tropicalia of album standout "Applesauce," and fans will be ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/animal-collective-detail-applesauce-single-late-ni/69553/ more info

Consequence of Sound — "Applesauce" backed by non-album track "Crimson". more info

Guardian Music — Pitchfork are putting on their annual European festival (1-3 Nov, Paris), and those who make the trip over the channel will be rewarded with a suitably cool lineup featuring Death Grips, Animal Collective, M83 and the Walkmen …Staying on the festiv... more info

KEXP Seattle — Animal Collective have long been known to dazzle and confuse audiences during their live performances, but nothing really could have prepared the crowd at Paramount for their Centipede Hz tour opener last Tuesday night. The stage was set in dazzling ... more info

Guardian Music — A week after joking at a party that he was in a band, Rudy Tambala found himself at the start of a journey that produced some of the 80s' most extraordinary musicThe way Rudy Tambala tells it, his band AR Kane should never really have existed. Surely... more info

Guardian Music — (Warp)In pop, the year 2009 will be mostly remembered for the death of Michael Jackson. But in recherché rock circles, 2009 will long be recalled as a hell of a year for the Brooklyn art-house band. Three groups released landmark records marking hig... more info

KEXP Seattle — Yesterday, we played a special live session with Animal Collective, recorded exclusively for KEXP at the Cutting Room Studios NYC. Today, you can hear it again… and again if you want! Featured in this session are the first and so far only recorded ... more info

KEXP Seattle — Animal Collective don’t really like the spotlight. With 2009′s excellent Merriweather Post Pavilion, the group’s guitarist and writer Deakin took a hiatus and the band pursued a more sampler heavy work. The resulting album was surprisingly more... more info