Stereogum — Hey, Animal Collective fans: Turns out Panda Bear performed new material live at Primavera Sound. It’s a dark, pulsing drone that heaves itself into a kaleidoscopic Panda Bear moment on the back of his signature vocalizations. GvsB points out a Kin... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — New heavy dub droner from Panda Bear, performed live at this year's Primavera Sound fest. Possibly the most sinister-sounding Panda Bear jam to date, thanks to a well-utilized King Tubby loop that serves as the track's foundation. [via] ****** cli... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — With a new 7" on the way and select dates already scheduled, Panda Bear has confirmed the details of his new record, and more shows - including one on Governors Island on September 11th... which feels kind of weird... more info

Pitchfork — Last month, Amazon teased the world with the info that Animal Collective member Panda Bear would release a single called "Tomboy" on July 13, via Animal Collective's Paw Tracks label. Turns out it's true. The two-track "Tomboy" is the first in a ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 07-17 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival 08-13 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival08-14 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival09-06 San Francisco, CA - Fox09-08 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom09-10 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival09-11 New ... more info

Pitchfork — Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival kicked off its first day with sets from Broken Social Scene, Pavement, the xx, Titus Andronicus, the Books, Fuck Buttons, Moderat, and more, as we reported yesterday. On Day Two, things got... more info

Stereogum — Victoria Bergsman covered Animal Collective’s “My Girls” as “My Boys” on her second Taken By Trees album East Of Eden. She also got Panda Bear to provide backing vocals on an original album track, “Anna.” The latter has received the rem... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Taken By Trees' "Anna", featuring backing vocals from Panda Bear, was one of the highlights on last year's way overlooked East of Eden. Rising producer CFCF apparently knows the song's strengths as well, as this remix leaves its gorgeous melody intac... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Gorgeous remix of Taken By Trees + Panda Bear's "Anna," by Montreal's CFCF: mp3: taken by trees :: anna (CFCF remix) taken by trees :: anna [via] ****** click through for more... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Eirik Lande Memorial Day weekend is here in just a few hours, which means summer unofficially starts right about now. Among many other awesome things, that means we're now heading straight into summer festival season. If you've got the t... more info