Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin totally stupid show tonight. both BD & AC rocked crazy/ hard. About halfway thru the set AC slowed down a bit, but finished strong + 3 encores. also played 'chores' from Strawberry Jam. BD played intense... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Animal Collective @ the 2009 Sasquatch Festival (more by Chris Graham) The Walkmen @ the 2009 Sasquatch Festival (more by Chris Graham) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Marduk signing session @ Duff's * Antifolk Festival @ Sidewalk Cafe *... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Josh Dibb/Animal Collective remix (MP3) Animal Collective @ Sonar 2009 (more by Zach Dilgard) Despite what a few anonymous troublemakers tried to get people to believe, Noah 'Panda Bear' Lennox is still in Animal Collective (he just isn't p... more info

Guardian Music — Fans investigating the mysterious online appearance of These Are My Twisted Words are speculating that it may have been leaked by Thom Yorke himselfWhile the rest of the world spent yesterday lounging in the sun, the music fans went online to hunt fo... more info

Guardian Music — The ghosts of pop stars past and present can be heard in this week's brilliant batch of tunesCalvin Harris – Ready for the WeekendThe adoration of the Bebo generation seems to have gone to this usually self-deprecating singer's head. Having dr... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I've been waiting for this day for a while now... the day that Sub Pop spinoff Hardly Art would release a new song from the miraculous Le Loup (whose debut album was an overlooked gem of 2007). With comparisons to Animal Collective and Sufjan Steven... more info

Pop Candy — I was just perusing this list of excellent album covers from '09 and noticed that some of the best art happens to overlap with my favorite releases: the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dinosaur Jr., Animal Collective. more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Monday: Hockey + Sigmund Droid @ Mercury Lounge 8pm $8My choices for this week were really tough to come by. All summer long we have been pretty much inundated by fantastic live shows and for whatever reason this week is pretty weak and fairly expens... more info

Perfect Porridge — We first told you about Netherfriends in late July as part of the Chompilation project. The Chicago trio has a refreshing air about them, and fans of Animal Collective, F-Buttons and Flaming Lips should readily scoop up their new album, Calling You... more info

NME — Win tickets to see Animal Collective live and Temper Trap albums more info