I WAS THERE: Animal Collective Test the Patience of Recent Converts and Longterm Fans At Second Prospect Park Show

SUPPORT THIS: And This Week’s Really-Could-Have-Been-Headlining Opening Act Is … Lullabye Arkestra

LISTENING STATION: Canyons Share Their Prized Singles, Get Ready to Rock the DFA/People Don’t Dance No More Boat Party

COCAINE BLUES: Old Crow Medicine Show Sing About Dranking and Drugging, Inspire People To Toss Beer From Beacon Theatre Balcony

I WAS THERE: Deerhunter, Dan Deacon and No Age Nail Round Robin Performance At Brooklyn Bowl

S/T Survived … The Front and Center Position At Pig Destroyer, Where We Dodged Elbows and Dropkicks For Three Hours

S/T Survived … The ‘Red Carpet’ & Raucous Photo Pit At Diesel’s Clusterfuck of a Free Concert, F/ Kanye West, Lykke Li, Passion Pit and More

HYPE CHECK: M.I.A. What? Janelle Monae Who? Ebony Bones Makes Her Bid For 2009’s Avant-Pop Crown At Bowery Ballroom Show

SUPPORT THIS: And This Week’s Really-Could-Be-Headlining Opening Act Is … HEALTH

S/T Survived … Rabid Black Lips Fans Collapsing the Pit Barricade, Driving Unprepared Williamsburg Waterfront Security Insane

1MM (P4K EDITION): The Best of the Rest, Featuring M83, Matt & Kim, Wavves, The Black Lips, Beirut and a Guy in an Alien Costume

P4K FOCUS (DAY THREE): Grizzly Bear Do Battle With Flaming Lips’ Confetti Guns

HYPE CHECK: Dirty Projectors Unload Melisma on a Crowd of Screaming, Weeping (Yes, Weeping) Dudes

P4K FOCUS (DAY THREE): The Flaming Lips Keep the Acid Flashbacks Coming

P4K FOCUS (DAY THREE): The Walkmen Jingle/Jangle Their Way Through Mid-Afternoon Set