Pitchfork — This year's Pitchfork Music Festival comes to Chicago's Union Park July 16-18, and the lineup is already ridiculously stacked: Pavement, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene, Raekwon, and plenty more. And now it's time to fi... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Although there has been at least one example where an Animal Collective song has been tapped for promotional purposes, this just seems a little pointless. I'm all for bands branching out to new audiences via commercials and the like--at least lending... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — I discovered the Chicago band Yawn after seeing this video of them performing at SXSW. My reaction went something like this: “Holy shit, they sound just like Animal Collective. Hell, the singer literally sounds like Panda Bear on that live video. T... more info

Pitchfork — What: HopscotchWhen: September 9-11Where: Raleigh, NCWho: Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene, Public Enemy, Fucked Up, No Age, Atlas Sound, Washed Out, Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Marissa Nadler, Javelin, Active Child, Harvey Milk, Tortoise, and more. (... more info

Pitchfork — "It took its toll in terms of us just being exhausted. So I think all of us are trying to lay low just for a second... So I don't know, this could be it. I don't expect it to be, I should say, but you never know." -- Panda Bear, talking about the sta... more info

Gigwise — Panda Bear casts doubt over future... more info

DrownedInSound — It was a showcase for Tomboy, and it did the job okay, not brilliantly. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Addict Music — Alongside the original version, the 12” features remixes from Efdemin, Four Tet and Lawrence and is available to buy from Rough Trade Shops. more info

Pitchfork — You have until June 29 to get yourself some really comfortable floor pillows. That's when the DVD version of ODDSAC, the new movie (or, if you prefer, "visual album") from Animal Collective and frequent collaborator Danny Perez, will be released. The... more info

Discobelle.net — Pic by Alberto Seveso Pantha Du Prince makes some of the smoothest techno we know, Panda Bear makes alot of experimental stuff with Animal Collective and Four Tet is just brilliant. Here we get them all together with the Four Tet remix of the track �... more info