Pasta Primavera — Animal Collective have released their first video from their amazing new album Merriweather Post Pavilion.  It’s for “My Girls” and this has to be one of the best visual representations of a song.  It’s great when a bit of video can ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Well this just made my week. With Animal Collective, Bon Iver, Andrew Bird, and countless other indie artists hitting sales records while the rest of the industry is in decline, would it be that far of a stretch to believe that, in the web-based wor... more info

Stereogum — The fake Coachella flyers come earlier and earlier, but this year the official reveal is weeks late. KROQ's Kevin and Bean promised they would announce the line-up yesterday morning, but did not deliver. Now Ryan Seacrest has posted an "official 2009... more info

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Pitchfork — Big week for indie rock on the Billboard 200 chart. Andrew Bird's Noble Beast lands at number 12, selling 25,471 copies. Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion lands right behind at number 13, selling 24, 684 copies. (Hey, that Fleet Foxes e... more info

Pitchfork — Big week for indie rock on the Billboard 200 chart. Andrew Bird's Noble Beast lands at number 12, selling 25,00 copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan. Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion lands right behind at number 13, selling�... more info

MTV.com News — Indie faves Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes also make their mark during slow sales week.By Gil Kaufman Taylor Swift Photo: Candice Lawler Taylor Swift is making this look too easy. The singer will make it an even eight weeks at the top of the Bil... more info

VH1 News — Taylor Swift tops the Billboard albums chart for the eighth week, while indie faves Animal Collective, Andrew Bird and Bon Iver sneak into the top 20. more info

My Old Kentucky — I guess we could find a reason to talk about Animal Collective every day if we wanted to, but we'll leave that up to our friends for the most part. We can thank IGIF for this one. Post-Merriweather we already have all sorts of new material surfacin... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — From Murrieta, California's Ancient Crux (via No Pain in Pop) comes one of my favorite things I've heard so far this young year. Family Time Records says of Ancient Crux's new Interracial Coupling EP: "...at times it may seem pop, in the way roy orbi... more info