Today's animal inspired post is ripped completely off of my kind friend and constant song-sparker, DJ Schmeejay, who plays the world's greatest music from 9-noon on Tuesdays on KUSF here in San Francisco. Always a mix of the old and the new, the pleasant and the challenging, the witty and the odd, the completely wacked and the sweetly touching. Anyway, at the end of the show today came a set that made me smile and twirl want to share. Listen to his show on iTunes (Radio-Alternative) or stream from their website sometime. He always spins a rad mix of music.

First was Gruff Rhys's Candylion. When I was putting this together, I remembered that Clea shared this song a long time back, but hey, we can hear it again, no? Someone compared parts of this song to "Tracks of My Tears". Can you hear it?!

Gruff Rhys -- Candylion

Then was Animal Collective's Winter's Love off their Sung Tongs record. This song is super danceable. Very twirly. Annie has announced that she doesn't like this song, but I think when Max hears it tomorrow, he'll break out some moves. And I know Annie will come around, shortly. Listen past the intro...

Animal Collective -- Winter's Love

And last, Panda Bear. Oh, Panda Bear. He didn't play Panda Bear (which is why he played Animal Collective), because the disc was missing. Sad, so sad. But I like this song from Person Pitch. I like the lyrics to that other song better but this one makes me go a little dancey. Nice retro sound. This is Bros.

Panda Bear -- Bros (edit)

--debinsf