We All Want Someone To Shout For — Animal Collective’s current absent member played his first solo gig ever at Baltimore back on New Years Day (It’s almost been a week since new years already! – WOW)! It was a show to help him get prepared for his big appearance at the festival ... more info

The Quietus — Deacon also planning individual project and dates more info

Addict Music — Following the news that Panda Bear from Animal Collective is to head off on a solo European tour, fellow bandmate Deacon has announced details of his own solo efforts. more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Baltimore is crazy. There are some seriously strange and seriously awesome noises coming out of what was once called "The Greatest City in America". Since then the slogan has been changed to the curious "Get In On It, and while I doubt the city's g... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Casey Spooner - Faye Dunaway (MP3) Fischerspooner on NYE (78guy) Fischerspooner will be the "surprise guest" DJ at the American Museum of Natural History's One Step Beyond on Friday, January 8th with DJ sets from Animal Collective and ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Anna Ternheim - You Mean Nothing To Me Anymore (live)(MP3) DOWNLOAD: El Perro Del Mar - Change of Heart (Rakamonie Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Taken By Trees - Watch The Waves (MP3) Anna Ternheim @ Bowery Ballroom in October 2009... more info

Addict Music — Panda Bear of Animal Collective has just confirmed he will perform a long awaited London headline show this March at Heaven. more info

Stereogum — You got more than enough Animal Collective in 2009, but Deacon, formerly known as Deakin, and known to his family/friends as Josh Dibb, was absent from Merriweather Post Pavilion and its ensuing full-court press. He offered up remixes, but that wa... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Deacon @ Ottobar - Jan 1, 2010 (chrissy abbott / bmoremusic) Deacon, or Joshua "Deakin" Dibb of Animal Collective, played his first ever solo show on the first night of the new decade here in Baltimore, Maryland. This show was... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — I’m not going to qualify anything here—it’s tempting to get into a semantic argument about the differences between “best” and “favorite” records to explain why I think that twelve old-time rock ‘nâ... more info