Guardian Music — Micachu and the Shapes and Wilco's Glenn Kotche will also contribute to double album of Congotronics covers and remixes ... but there's no sign of BjörkAnimal Collective, Micachu and the Shapes and Wilco's Glenn Kotche are among those who will cover... more info

The Culture Of Me — Yet another in a long line of exceptional bookings from the gang of PopGun, Animal Collective’s Avey Tare will be slinging records, CD’s and MP3′s this Friday night, September 24, in a DJ set at Glasslands Gallery, with supporting live performa... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Zer0_II said... Guest blogger J-Unit 1 blasts into orbit with his first selection for Sci-Fi September. A 1957 gem which combines soft rock and space-age-pop, and then gives it a sci-fi twist. Jimmie Haskell - Countdown! http://digitalmeltd0wn.blogsp... more info

Stereogum — Avey Tare’s first complete solo recording, the brief Down There is out next month. Fans of Animal Collective should be into it, especially those of you drawn to the group’s early darker, swampier moments. Though there’s plenty of later-period l... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — interview by Billy Jones, FYF photos by Chris Juarez Panda Bear @ FYF Fest - Sept 4, 2010 "Noah Lennox (born July 17, 1978) in Baltimore, Maryland known as Panda Bear, is an experimental musician and a founding member of... more info

KEXP Seattle — From Montreal, Plants and Animals play deliberate, carefully constructed indie rock that is sometimes subdued and desolate, and sometimes mellow but high-spirited indie rock that shows flashes of bands like MGMT and Animal Collective. On their second... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In the strange ecosystem of Animal Collective, Panda Bear is the difficult one. That’s saying something for a guy in a band with barely a phonetically discernible lyric in its long catalog of tongue-wagging acid jams. But while co-frontman Avey... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Rising Brooklyn-based psych trio Prince Rama have a full-length, Shadow Temple, that's coming out September 14 via Animal Collective's Paw Tracks label. You've already heard the frantic "Lightening Fossil", and now you can stream Shadow Temple's drum... more info

BBC 6 Music — Band work with Danny Perez to produce Oddsac more info

All About Jazz — By Pico Before there was Sonic Youth, before there was Radiohead, Material, The Flaming Lips or the Animal Collective, there was Curlew. Founded by saxophonist/composer George Cartwright in 1979, Curlew soon became an incubator for just about every ... more info