BBC 6 Music — Daniel Johnston, Panda Bear and Liars prepare more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Stoner-sample collagists Happy Family and Run DMT will release a split EP together, cleverly titled Banana Split, June 1 on CD and cassette via Wigflip. "Youtube" is taken from Happy Family's contribution, and it features looped sunshine-pop sampl... more info

NME - Radar — The Buzz is the magazine's weekly rundown of artists, scenes and clubs breaking forth from the underground 1. Walls Think Panda Bear collaborating with Krautrock stalwart Hans-Joachim Roedelius, or Fuck Buttons with more emphasis on the foreplay. Wa... more info

Pitchfork — This year's Øya Festival crashes down in Oslo, Norway August 10-14. And here's another list of bands that'll make you want to book a flight to Europe ASAP: M.I.A., Pavement, LCD Soundsystem, Panda Bear, the Stooges, Big Boi, the xx, Air, Jón... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hopscotch Music Fest will be happening at ten venues in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, September 9th-11th. The three-day fest's two headlining shows are Panda Bear & Broken Social Scene with The Rosebuds on September 10th, and Public Enemy with... more info

Pitchfork — This year's Pitchfork Music Festival comes to Chicago's Union Park July 16-18, and the lineup is already ridiculously stacked: Pavement, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene, Raekwon, and plenty more. And now it's time to fi... 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

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

Pitchfork — What: HopscotchWhen: September 9-11Where: Raleigh, NCWho: Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene, Public Enemy, Fucked Up, No Age, Atlas Sound, Washed Out, Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Marissa Nadler, Javelin, Active Child, Harvey Milk, Tortoise, and more. (... more info

Pitchfork — "It took its toll in terms of us just being exhausted. So I think all of us are trying to lay low just for a second... So I don't know, this could be it. I don't expect it to be, I should say, but you never know." -- Panda Bear, talking about the sta... more info