Stereogum — Avey Tare’s out there touring his solo record Down There; I recently caught his stop at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory with Black Dice’s Eric Copeland opening and both of them backed up by a Yoda-masked skeleton wearing a sweet scarf. Memorable! T... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Animal Collective's Avey Tare: The artist born David Portner unpacks his swath of hypnotic beats and psychedelic murkiness in Eagle Rock on Friday during the west coast leg of his solo tour at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts. more info

Guardian Music — Highlights from the last seven days in the world of musicNewsBlur to receive outstanding contribution prize at the 2012 Brit awardsGuns N' Roses and Red Hot Chili Peppers for Rock and Roll Hall of FameAfghan Whigs reunite for All Tomorrow's PartiesAn... more info

411 Mania — News and thoughts on Lady Gaga's upcoming world tour, Kanye West's Grammy snub, Ticketmaster sending out refunds, Trent Reznor giving away free music, Pauly D signing with 50 Cent's label, Animal Collective recording new music soon and more! more info

Guardian Music — Experimental indie crew describe new material as 'more immediate' than 2009's Merriweather Post PavilionAnimal Collective have begun work on their ninth studio album. The Technicolor indie tribe have written 15 new songs, which they plan to record in... more info

Impose Magazine — Helluva year for Dada Trash Collage that consists of vinyl 12" releases, DVD collaborations with Bear Ears, returning to Michigan after stints in Minneapolis and Seattle, tours and band members returning from health related hiatus. With the help of M... more info

Stereogum — Though the show happened last year, AnCo just released a short video of their collaborative multimedia performance with artist Danny Perez that took place at NYC’s Guggenheim Museum. Check out the clip, which features about six minutes of unrelease... more info

XLR8R — Sacramento's Raliegh Moncrief doesn't exactly have the typical XLR8R resume. He's collaborated with drumming virtuoso Zach Hill, performs in Marnie Stern's touring band, and worked as an engineer and co-producer on Dirty Projecto... more info

Stereogum — Iceland Airwaves is over, which means it must be time for CMJ. As promised, Stereogum’s parties this week featured two secret guests, and by the grace of concert-promotion law, today we are finally able to reveal those artist to be the spasmodic/hy... more info

Stereogum — Next week, NYC’s streets will be teeming with a mix of earnest collegiate indie rock aficionados and grizzled music biz veterans. There will be wonderful lineups at all sorts of venues, and if you pick the right show you may just see a band that wi... more info