My Old Kentucky — Sure, there are a lot of obvious records and and artists to look forward to in 2009, but who are the ones that are going to come out of nowhere and knock your socks off? Yeah, normally you might just need to check Gorilla Vs. Bear religiously to fin... more info

Pitchfork — Sigh. Here's the latest entry in an ever-growing series I like to call "wow, people on teh internetz iz dumb": Yesterday, the Quietus ran a story with the headline "Animal Collective Call for Album Leak". They reported to have received an email from... more info

Pitchfork — Sigh. Here's the latest entry in an ever-growing series I like to call "wow, people on teh internetz iz dumb": Yesterday, the Quietus ran a story with the headline "Animal Collective Call for Album Leak". They reported to have received an email... more info

Said the Gramophone — Andreas Scholl - "Venus' Birds Whose Mournful Tunes". Countertenors are grown on farms. They are planted in fields of chamomile and sage, fed melted caramels. The most successful countertenors are grown on farms near the ocean, where the clouds wil... more info

Stereogum — Between the Web Sheriff fiasco and back-and-forth apologies, the hubbub surrounding Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion feels more like a nerdy soap opera than the release of an indie rock album. The drama was ratcheted up a few notches a... more info

Pasta Primavera — When I listen to Miracles Of Modern Science’s debut EP, I can’t help but think to myself, “This is how music is supposed to be.”  Floating somewhere between the pop styles of Ra Ra Riot and the everything else sound of Broken Social Sce... more info

Silent Uproar — One day of the second annual All Tomorrow's Parties Festival New York will be curated by The Flaming Lips. The festival will be held September 11-13, 2009 at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, NY. Other confirmed performers include Panda Bear, Atl... more info

Pasta Primavera — Here. This is going to be one heck of an album.  I really don’t know what else to say but come on 2009. Thanks to earfarm for the link.  Hurry up and listen to because most of these streams go down pretty quickly. If you liked this post... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Winter/Getty The Flaming Lips will curate and perform at the third night of next year’s All Tomorrows Parties festival in New York. The band will take the stage on September 13th, 2009 at the Kutshers Country Club in Montecello. Animal Colle... more info

Topix — New Music: Reverend Green [ft. Antony Hegarty and Kria Brekkan]: "Be Good to the Earth This Season" [Stream] Animal Collective fans might find the name of this project familiar. more info