Stereogum — We're already well aware that Crayola wants your kids to listen to hip music while they do their coloring. So far we've seen Animal Collective take us down a sweet road to vibrant color, pre-sciatica Dan Deacon brandish his Glow Station, and Unico... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — My apologies for the lack of posts today! I had total brains freeze last night when trying to come up with a Top 10 list today and my to say I've been lacking in new musical discoveries for a "Band of the Week" is pretty much an understatement of gar... more info

Stereogum — Those 30 second samples of Animal Collective's forthcoming Fall Be Kind EP weren't all that satisfying. Even if you were already somewhat familiar with "What Would I Want Sky," "Bleed," and "On A Highway," the mystery of opener "Graze" and seeming... more info

!tashed — Sensual Harassment is a Reptilian Humanoid alliance utilizing sonic mind control through beat-driven psych-pop. In their debut broadcast, the scaly Brooklyn trio seamlessly shape-shifts from reverb-drenched post-Apocalyptic new wave to epileptic spac... more info

5 Acts — Brooklyn, NYI think I've admitted before that I am greatly affected by a band's name. ArpLine is not one that really appealed to me, but I finally broke and I'm glad I checked 'em out. "Fold Up Like A Piece Of Paper" definitely shows influence from ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — What's with all the NSFW videos of naked people running around in fields and forests hitting the web these days? Has this replaced hand-drawn animation as the new cool indie video fad? All that's not to undervalue Yeasayer's new video (up at their ... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Photo by Atiba Jefferson The video for Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion opener, "In the Flowers", is full of even more hallucinatory visuals courtesy of the band you love to love. Directed by Avey Tare's sister, Abby Portner. ... more info

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Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — (Note: the winners of this contest have been notified! thanks for playing!)Early this year we were so sure we had our year end list all planned out. The Antlers, Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, and Grizzly Bear had all stood us on our heads with... more info