Brooklyn Vegan — Avey Tare @ PS1 in 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair) Animal Collective member Avey Tare released his debut solo effort Down Here last fall via the band's own Paw Tracks Records. At the end of this November, Avey will... more info

Altsounds — *Panda Bear, Heaven, London, Thursday 1st December 2011 *Animal Collective's Noah Lennox returns to London to present music from his acclaimed latest solo LP Tomboy as well as his previous classic Person Pitch this December. This is his first... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Young Man is a true American success story of the modern age. The solo project of Colin Caulfield (no relation to Holden), the upstart singer-songwriter began posting home videos of himself on YouTube, covering some of his favorite songs. These rang... more info

Guardian Music — As UK independent labels count the cost of the CD warehouse fire, buy digital to save physical, urges Chris SalmonIt's been an awful week for many of the UK's best independent labels, whose stock was destroyed in the Sony DADC warehouse fire in Enfie... more info

Stereogum — If you’re a Busdriver fan, this is probably too reverent a cover for you. Animal Collective’s Sung Tongs classic “Leaf House” is here in the hands of the quickfire rap specialist, but it’s not really in his mouth at all. Sure, Busdriver sin... more info

Impose Magazine — Fly Me to the Moon Fest took place in Barcelona last week on July 27 and 28. Our photographer, Celina Bordino, caught Animal Collective, Joanna Newsom, Beach House, and The Suicide of Western Culture. See more images from this post. more info

Impose Magazine — I always thought a band called Gauntlet Hair was supposed to sound busted -- nasty noise shoved into the red made by greasy dudes and the knobs they love to twiddle. Turns out they make crazy-compressed positive pop with all those shimmery post-psych... more info

Music For Ants — I’ve heard very mixed reviews about Animal Collective’s live show and the band is notorious for performing new material almost exclusively so my expectations were not very high going into their Day 1 headlining set. Despite all that, I ended up b... more info

Stereogum — With tribal tunes built upon yelps, nature sounds, and clattering rhythms, Chicago’s psych quartet YAWN have garnered almost unanimous comparisons to Animal Collective and Yeasayer. Their debut LP Open Season, out later this summer, is certainly on... more info

Impose Magazine — Pitchfork's annual music festival took place this past weekend in Chicago. Here are pics from Friday, July 15 with the usual suspects like Animal Collective, Guided By Voices, and James Blake. See more images from this post. more info