Brooklyn Vegan — photos by P Squared Panda Bear / Animal Collective / Ratking @ Irving Plaza - 2/23/16 Fresh off releasing their new album Painting With, Animal Collective brought their tour to NYC for the first of two sold-out BrooklynVegan-presented shows at... more info

Stereogum — Animal Collective’s Deakin has supposedly been working on a solo album for years now, but those infrequent but persistent reports have yet to yield anything in the way of actual released music that we can listen to. That day is getting closer, howe... more info

Stereogum — “Crosswords” is the fifth track from Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper to get a video, following clips for “Mr Noah,” “Boys Latin,” “Tropic Of Cancer,” and “Come To Your Senses.” This one was directed by Mount Emult, and stars a ve... more info

Stereogum — Panda Bear released a surprise EP back in August titled Crosswords, which was presented as a kind of accompaniment to his most recent full-length, Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper. The release was initially announced on Beats1, and when fans pre-orde... more info

Stereogum — Panda Bear’s latest record, Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper, already got an outtakes collection of sorts with the Crosswords EP, but it turns out the Animal Collective member has even more where that came from: Today, he’s shared a mix called Sw... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Greg Cristman Panda Bear is on tour now in support of his great new record, Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper. That tour landed in NYC last night to begin a three-night run at Bowery Ballroom. Like he... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Panda Bear at Warsaw in 2014 (more by PSquared) Because of CMJ, we're doing 'What's Going On' slightly different this week. Each day there's a handful of day shows which are listed first, followed by the night shows. With... more info

Stereogum — The CMJ Music Marathon is returning to New York City venues for the 35th year next month, and the organizers have just announced the first round of artists who will be playing this year. As always, it’s an exciting mix of established veterans and p... more info

Stereogum — Panda Bear’s not the only one to release a new surprise EP today. Earlier this year, the Wisconsin punk trio Tenement released Predatory Highlights, an excellent and wide-ranging double album that’s really snuck up on me in the past few months. T... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Panda Bear at Pitchfork Fest 2015 (more by James Richards IV) In addition to Panda Bear's new album Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper and his remix EP, the Animal Collective member just surprise-released a new five-song EP called... more info