• Tame Impala's Kevin Parker Helps You Sleep With 'Bedtime Mix' Playlist

    Phil Taggart invited Tame Impala's Kevin Parker onto his BBC Radio 1 program late Sunday night to pick some tunes designed to get listener's minds off the coming Monday grind and help them fall asleep with Parker's "Bedtime Mix," which included Frank Ocean, Panda Bear, Air, Gotye, King Crimson, Kaftwerk and The Flaming Lips.
  • CMJ 2015 Lineup: Tobias Jesso Jr, Titus Andronicus, Panda Bear Lead NYC Festival

    It may be hard to believe, but CMJ 2015 is right around the corner. Set to take over New York City from Oct. 13 to 17, today (Sept. 9), the annual festival announced its big round of live acts. This year, major players at CMJ include Tobias Jesso Jr., Titus Andronicus, BORNS, Catfish and the Bottleman, The Wonder Years, Panda Bear and more.
  • Animal Collective's New Album Is Finally Finished

    Animal Collective's forthcoming studio album is finally complete. Details confirming the full length follow up to 2012's Centipede HZ were posted to L.A. based recording studio EastWest's Instagram account earlier this week. "We are so proud of them and this album," commented EastWest. In addition to EastWest's updates, recent Instagram updates also confirmed that Animal Collective has been writing and rehearsing at Drop of Sun Studios in Ashville.
  • Primavera Sound 2015 Announces Lineup, Featuring Alt-J, Sleater-Kinney, The Strokes, Many More

    The latest festival to announce its 2015 line-up is Primavera Sound, which is celebrating its 15th year. The line-up was originally announced through an app called Line-App, but if you don't feel like downloading that, you can just watch the video announcement below. As can be expected from Primavera Sound, this year's lineup is absolutely killer. Among the most notable acts performing this year are Alt-J, The Black Keys, Belle & Sebastian, The Strokes, Run The Jewels, Interpol, Sun Kil Moon, Spiritualized, Mac DeMarco, Patti Smith, Panda Bear, The New Pornographers, Caribou, Ariel Pink, Tyler, The Creator, Swans, Brand New, Twin Shadow, and many, many more.
  • Panda Bear Announces US, European Tour Dates in Support of New Album [FULL SCHEDULE]

    In support of his new album "Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper," psych-pop artist Panda Bear will be embarking on a tour of Europe and the United States. According to "Pitchfork," the European leg of his tour kicks off March 4 in London and finishes up March 12 in Panda Bear's adopted home country of Portugal, with psychedelic artist Jib Kidder opening on four of those dates. The American leg of the tour kicks off April 10 in Las Vegas and finishes May 9 in Asheville, North Carolina, with two stops at Coachella in between.You can check out all of Panda Bear's upcoming tour dates here:
  • Panda Bear Releases New EP 'Mr. Noah,' Announces New Album 'Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper,' Shares Music Video [WATCH]

    This is a pretty exciting morning for fans of Animal Collective and Panda Bear. The 36-year-old psych-pop musician, whose real name is Noah Lennox, has shared a new four-song EP called "Mr. Noah," which is currently available on iTunes. In addition to this new EP, he has also released a music video for the EP's title track, which will also be included on his upcoming album "Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper," the cover of which is above.
  • 7 Artists Who Changed Their Names (After Becoming Famous): Dinosaur Jr., Animal Collective, and More

    Today, Long Island band Twin Sister announced that it would be changing its name to Mr. Twin Sister. Though it's not at all uncommon for a band to change its name a couple of times when starting out (I've been in bands that went months without a name at all), once the band starts releasing music and gaining an audience, like Mr. Twin Sister, changing names becomes tricky. Here are seven artists that have also changed their names after becoming famous.
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