Animal Collective at Celebrate Brooklyn! On Sale Today + Unofficial Schedule

Animal Collective at Celebrate Brooklyn! (08/14/09) Animal Collective will be playing a benefit show for the Celebrate Brooklyn! concert series on August 14, 2009 at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Tickets for that show go on sale to the general public Wednesday, March 25th at 12:00 PM. I’ve also started making a 2009 Celebrate Brooklyn! unofficial…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 01.20.09

Last week was the first mammoth new release week of 2009 and as you might expect, Drake wasn’t going to let it pass him by without a few choice words. Perennial Drake faves, Animal Collective, loom large in this week’s “Take”, garnering a virtual “9.6” from our own erstwhile critic in-residence. On a personal note,…

Animal Collective Live Chat at 2PM on NPR.org

Join us at 2 p.m. ET today (Wednesday, Jan. 21) as All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with Dave Portner (a.k.a. Avey Tare) and Noah Lennox (a.k.a. Panda Bear) of Animal Collective. The two will take listeners’ questions about the band’s new album, Merriweather Post Pavilion. MPP is currently streaming on NPR.org as part…

More NPR Exclusive “First Listens”

M. Ward – Hold Time Streaming on NPR Music starting January 12, 2009 at 11:59 pm Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion Streaming on NPR Music starting January 19, 2009 at 11:59 pm Bruce Springsteen – Working on a Dream Streaming on NPR Music starting January 19, 2009 at 11:59 pm and… Andrew Bird –…

New Animal Collective LP Streaming on Aussie MySpace

LISTEN: Free MySpace Stream Merriweather Post Pavilion, the new “near perfect” (at least according to Pitchfork) record from Animal Collective is legally streaming right now in its entirety over at Domino Records Australian MySpace page. Though the CD release is set for January 20, the new album is currently available on vinyl (if you can…