411 Mania — Animal Collective somehow manage to match, if not top, the enormous success of Merriweather Post Pavilion. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — On this five-song EP mostly culled from “Merriweather Post Pavilion” outtakes, Animal Collective's eighth and most successful record from January of this year, David "Avey Tare" Portner, Noah "Panda Bear" Lennox and Brian "Geologist" Weit... more info

Addict Music — Merriweather Post Pavillion was lavished with so much praise it was hard to see beyond it’s glacial magnificence and envisage a follow-up that could match it’s achievements. Yet, not even twelve months on, the Baltimore come New York inhabitan... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind EP hits stores tomorrow, and along with an import Grizzly Bear vinyl single, While You Wait for the Others, will be my only new release purchase as I focus on completing my holiday gift... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind EP hits stores tomorrow, and along with an import Grizzly Bear vinyl single, While You Wait for the Others, will be my only new release purchase as I focus on completing my holiday gift... more info

Stereogum — Los Angeles' "Ambassador of Boogie Funk," DJ, and past Animal Collective shifter Dãm-Funk has put together a smooth, NyQuil-hued, Keytar-against-the-trees video for "Mirrors." The laid-back nighttime track's from his ambitious 5-LP debut Toeachizo... more info

The Quietus — But are too shy to ask... Plus! New material news more info

Topix — As a medium, the rock album is so under siege that even Radiohead made noise in 2009 about giving it up for downloadable singles and EPs. more info

Guardian Music — The leaders of America's underground scene end the year with a dose of panpipes and a nod to the Grateful Dead, writes Kitty EmpireLady Gaga dominated pop's spotlit uplands in 2009. Having released her Fame album in January, she ended the year with e... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Animal Collective: 2004-08-26, Oakland [mp3,ogg,flac] "Kids on Holiday" [mp3] other Animal Collective posts at Largehearted Boy Chuck Prophet: 2009-11-29, Fall River [mp3,ogg,;fac] "Freckle Song" [mp3] other Chuc... more info