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International news roundup: Psy, Splendour and Obama's soul

By Tom Mann 12th Apr, 2013

Three big collaborations, Psy tries to shake the one-hit-wonder tag with a new single, a stack of bands we can rule out from Splendour contention, Chvrches try to melt the internet and President Obama "dueting" with Justin Timberlake.

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International news roundup: Atoms For Peace on our doorstep in November

By Darren Levin 18th Mar, 2013

Atoms For Peace touring Japan, strep throat sidelines Animal Collective and Lil Wayne on the wane – all this and more in this morning’s international news roundup

Animal Collective @ The Palace, Melbourne (23/01/2013)

By Ryan Lloyd 25th Jan, 2013

'Centipede Hz' represents an unfaltering forward-movement in their sound and the band drew heavily – and for the first half of the set, exclusively – on the new material.

Weekend festival wrap: Big Day Out, Sugar Mountain and more

By Tom Mann 22nd Jan, 2013

What a weekend! Catch up on all the action from the hottest Big Day Out ever, the controversial Sugar Mountain festival in Melbourne, BDO sideshows from The Killers, Death Grips and more.

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Say "hello" to Carlton Dry at Big Day Out Melb, Gold Coast

By Faster Louder 16th Jan, 2013

Carlton Dry's "Hello Beer" bar is set to make its return to Big Day Out on both the Gold Coast and in Melbourne.

Animal Collective date change for Big Day Out sideshow

By Tom Mann 10th Jan, 2013

"We know words of apology don't go very far in making this situation right..."

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Animal Collective - Centipede Hz

By Tim Klingbiel 21st Sep, 2012

On Animal Collective's latest long-player, things don't always go as planned - then again, would we really want them to?

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Big Day Out 2013 sideshows

By Sarah Smith 17th Sep, 2012

The Big Day Out has announced a handful of intimate sideshows for their 2013 lineup.

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Weekend listening: Kanye West, Thom Yorke, Mark Of Cain

By Darren Levin 7th Sep, 2012

We pick out the best bits of music this week – from Kanye’s guide to race relations to The Mark of Cain’s brutal riffery and Thom Yorke being a paranoid android again.

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Animal Collective: “We never just look at albums like music; they’re conceptual projects”

By Clementine Zawadzki 21st Aug, 2012

Brian Weitz aka Geologist on Animal Collective's tenth record 'Centipede Hz': "We still want to sound like Animal Collective, but like something new at the same time."