Pitchfork — What: The Great EscapeWhen: May 13-15Where: Brighton, EnglandWho: Broken Social Scene, Wild Beasts, the Big Pink, the Walkmen, These New Puritans, Surfer Blood, Here We Go Magic, Morning Benders, John Talabot, Sleigh Bells, the Fiery Furnaces, Warpai... more info

Music for Robots — Get up! Fang Island - Daisy. I should probably wake up to this song every day, because it would beat the hell out of the ringtone that currently tries to shove me out of bed in the morning. In fact, it would beat the hell out of most things - those d... more info

Let There Be Night — Here's a band I missed that has been around for a while, but that I'm just getting wind of now. German electronic musician Pantha du Prince debuted his first 12" in 2002, and most recently released Black Noise this year. His "Saturn Strobe," release... more info

Guardian Music — 'Authenticity' has had its day – which is good news for Scots rappers with American accentsThere are few true stories as brilliantly unbelievable as that of Silibil N' Brains, the stormin' Californian rap duo otherwise known as plain old Gav a... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Although there has been at least one example where an Animal Collective song has been tapped for promotional purposes, this just seems a little pointless. I'm all for bands branching out to new audiences via commercials and the like--at least lending... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Because the best things in life are always free (according to many a coffee mug and paperweight), and quite possibly because my man ETHEREA doesn't know just exactly how good he is at making booties bounce, he decided to give away his very first rele... more info

Rolling Stone — Lots of exclamation points in the Tour Tracker today: Animal Collective map out screening dates for their experimental film Oddsac in April, including a 4/20 stop in Boston that’ll probably draw an extra large crowd. Plus, Against Me! hit the road ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — I discovered the Chicago band Yawn after seeing this video of them performing at SXSW. My reaction went something like this: “Holy shit, they sound just like Animal Collective. Hell, the singer literally sounds like Panda Bear on that live video. T... more info

MVSW — Delorean ~ “Stay Close” views: 25,577 “Stay Close” is Euro Club meets Animal Collective, and it blends together like a warm lazy summer afternoon. Delorean is a foursome out of Spain with a style that intersects pop, dance, and a little indi... more info

Altsounds — DC-based brother duo Bluebrain has assembled some of DC's most forward-thinking musicians to help compose new music for a Phil Kline-inspired Boombox Event this Saturday, April 3rd on the capital's National Mall. Music fans are asked to bring t... more info