Longtime Animal Collective visual-art compatriot Danny Perez has set a series of his mushroom-clouded, swirling video trip-outs to Panda Bear's Tomboy standout "You Can Count On Me." It is an…   Read Story »

Avey Tare's out there touring his solo record Down There; I recently caught his stop at Brooklyn's Knitting Factory with Black Dice's Eric Copeland opening and both of them backed up by a Yoda-masked…   Read Story »

Though the show happened last year, AnCo just released a short video of their collaborative multimedia performance with artist Danny Perez that took place at NYC's Guggenheim Museum. Check out the…   Read Story »

Thanks to everyone who came to 285 Kent last night for our party with Domino/Ribbon Music, and Todd P, and the Software label. Hope everyone that wanted to get in, got in -- I know it was a wet night…   Read Story »

UPDATE: We are happy to announce that Four Tet has been added to this bill, and will DJ from 8-9PM (which is precisely the time there will be free vodka). Come early and often. Iceland Airwaves…   Read Story »

Next week, NYC's streets will be teeming with a mix of earnest collegiate indie rock aficionados and grizzled music biz veterans. There will be wonderful lineups at all sorts of venues, and if you…   Read Story »

If you're a Busdriver fan, this is probably too reverent a cover for you. Animal Collective's Sung Tongs classic "Leaf House" is here in the hands of the quickfire rap specialist, but it's not really…   Read Story »

The beautiful thing about a festival like Pitchfork is the genre-spanning curating: The principal principle is a commitment to independent-minded music, and from that viewpoint Pitchfork succeeds in…   Read Story »

Hopefully by now you've heard Smother, the third album from Wild Beasts. As with all their records, it feels like it comes out of nowhere. And as always, I have trouble finding reference points to…   Read Story »

After watching the recently unearthed footage of Arcade Fire playing a house party in 2002 and a 17-year-old Robin Pecknold covering Radiohead and Simon & Garfunkel, I thought it would be fun to…   Read Story »