AngryApe — The band hit the UK, US and Europe early in the new year more info

DrownedInSound — From the sublime to the ridiculous: our pick of this week's music news more info

The Quietus — Dates to accompany new album more info

Clickmusic — The band to play London the day 'Merriweather Post Pavilion' is released. more info

NME — Animal Collective have announced details of a 2009 tour. more info

NME — Animal Collective have announced details of a 2009 tour. more info

Pitchfork — It will be too chilly to hold a show at the outdoor Maryland venue for which their latest LP is named, so Animal Collective will just have hit that one when summer comes around. For the time being, however, we've got quite a few new Animal Collective... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Being a history major, well.. just being an American citizen made tonight pretty incredible to witness. I'm consumed with relief, excitement, anticipation, hope, and surreal astonishment that I lack the words to describe. Most of you are probably i... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — While Pablo Díaz-Reixa was blowing up all over the indie world as El Guincho with his much-adored debut Alegranza!, his original musical project Coconut (with Cristian Subirà and Jens Neumaier) was left somewhat in the dust. Like the sample-he... more info

Rolling Stone — Tuesday night, a few dozen journalists and fortunate fans braved inclement weather to get a first listen to Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, due January 20th on Domino Records. On first listen, the band’s eighth studio album proved... more info