NME — White Lies, Little Boots, Animal Collective, Mongrel and Deerhunter are among the acts confirmed to play at the forthcoming for Liverpool Sound City festival in May. more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Skateboard enthusiasts Animal Collective recently lent two of the best jams from MPP to the newest Alien Workshop skate video, MIND FIELD. The legendary Jason Dill gets down to "In the Flowers," and as seen below, Jake Johnson's scene is cut with som... more info

Pitchfork — When Grizzly Bear released their much-loved 2006 LP Yellow House, maybe the world wasn't quite ready for their specific kind of fractured fragility. But since that time, Fleet Foxes have taken a variation on their churchy close-harmony prettiness st... more info

Pitchfork — When Grizzly Bear released their much-loved 2006 LP Yellow House, maybe the world wasn't quite ready for their specific kind of fractured fragility. But since that time, Fleet Foxes have taken a variation on their churchy close-harmony prettine... more info

Pasta Primavera — As we all seem to know now, Austin, Texas has some sort of magical soil in being home to so many awesome bands.  Add  The Sour Notes to the list of Austin stand outs.  They are relatively new to the world (they just formed in 2008) but al... more info

Totally Fuzzy — mOnkton said...Introducing:Dent May and his Magnificent UkuleleSounds like:Little Joy, The Beach Boys, Animal Collective, Morrissey, Nicole Atkins.http://www.monktonvsplankton.co.ukThanks Fuzzy :-)Oracle said...Portal of Groove just posted:Si Zentner... more info

Pitchfork — One dude's opinion: The New York guitars-and-bloops duo Ratatat's LP3, quiet as it's kept, was one of last year's best electronic albums. And there's more to come from these two. Last May, we reported that Animal Collective and YACHT would remix Rata... more info

Pitchfork — One dude's opinion: The New York guitars-and-bloops duo Ratatat's LP3, quiet as it's kept, was one of last year's best electronic albums. And there's more to come from these two. Last May, we reported that Animal Collective a... more info

Guardian Music — As anyone who witnessed those YouTube clips of Joaquin Phoenix launching his hip-hop career can attest, white people rapping is a field fraught with pitfalls. Largely, this is because hip-hop is so tied up with African-American identity. Even when do... more info

Stereogum — They're also St. Petersburg, Florida kids Kyle Wyss and Orhan Chettri, who meld together syrupy psychedelic pop abstractions as Blind Man's Colour. The band name, however awkward, is fitting enough: These colors evoked don't match naturally occurring... more info