Radio Exile — Braids from Montreal once jokingly described their sound as “Textural groove-based aggressive pop” and has been compared to bands like Animal Collective & Caribou. But Braids brings to the table a fresh yet familiar sound of dreamy, shoegazy pop-... more info

NME — Acts will join Pulp at the Barcelona event more info

Guardian Music — After years of honing their tight harmonies, southern Californians Local Natives are breaking out. But they've suffered a few comparisons too manyImagine a band that sings harmonies like Fleet Foxes. Whose arrangements twist and turn like Grizzly Bea... more info

Guardian Music — The dexterous songcraft of these Oxford lads gets lost in live translation. So don't read them the riot actHometown: Oxford.The lineup: Jack Goldstein, Roo Bhasin, Michael Thompson, Christopher Dawson, Jason Warner.The background: You often hear it s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Deakin "This solo project from Animal Collective's Deakin (or Deacon, or Josh Dibb) was just as psychedelic, but in more of a dub vein, with spacey, ambient guitar over echoing reverberating distorted drum-pad beats. A pair... more info

Stereogum — The 2-Disc Tradi-Mods Vs. Rockers: Alternative Takes On Congotronics finds “indie rock” (and etc.) folks like Animal Collective, Micachu & The Shapes, Andrew Bird, Optimo, Oneida, Deerhoof, and Megafaun remixing and/or covering songs from Congotr... more info

NME — Saint Etienne, Camera Obscura also added to bill more info

Addict Music — ATP has just announced that Animal Collective will curate the next ATP festival instalment, which will take place in May 2011 at Butlins, Minehead. more info

I Like Music — Will be curating ATP at Butlins in Minehead which runs from 13th - 15th May 2011, and is the only ATP weekender in the month more info

Altsounds — ATP Concerts are very pleased to invite one of the most exciting indie success stories of the last decade to curate _*the only ATP festival weekend of May 2011*_. Animal Collective's last album Merriweather Post Pavilion was hailed with universal acc... more info