Two new songs:
PLUS download ENTIRE CONCERT SET by PANDA BEAR RIGHT THE-FUCK HERRRRRE …
I’m not much of a “post random videos all day” or “provide secondhand news for people who still don’t know what Pitchfork is” guy, but I make an exception for Animal Collective and its members, Panda Bear, Avey Tare, [...]
Eric Alexandrakis is one of my favorite music-journalist stories.
I reviewed his I.V. Catatonia, an album about the rigors of chemotherapy, waaaaay back in 2002, when I was still a journalism student at WSU and harbored dreams of someday working for Spin (at this point I was also much more innocent; it [...]
After getting all newsy on the early buzz going around, it seemed like Fall Be Kind was a LONG-ASS time coming, which is great because it delivered.
Read my Tiny Mix Tapes review HERE. Whatcha think?
Did I mention I’m going to be reviewing the new Animal Collective EP, Fall Be Kind, for Tiny Mix Tapes? It’ll be my first AC review for any mag, any site … if you’ve known me over the years you know full-well how crazy this is, as A. Collective are likely [...]
Look, I know it’s late (early?) but sometimes the good shit just can’t wait. This new Animal Collective — you know, Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Deakin, Geologist — video, filmed God-knows-when by God-knows-whom, just blows my fucking mind.
It’s like every lysergic puppet show I’ve watched combined with every long road trip I’ve [...]
FINALLY-FINALLY-FINALLY WE HAVE CLOSURE: Animal Collective’s crazy-ass way of announcing new albums is at the very least the most original I’ve seen in the digital era. I mean, they didn’t really tell anyone; some kid noticed Fall Be Kind on Amazon for preorder and told Pitchfork … not really a high-profile deal.
Now, AC’s Avey Tare [...]
Well shit, maybe THIS was what they meant all along: On Dec. 8, a new Animal Collective record will be released, yes indeed.
But it will be a single: “Brother Sport,” to be precise (as always, listen to it over there —->) presented in 10-inch LP and CD form with live b-side “Bleeding.”
If you’ve listened to [...]
This is effing nutso (and I’m supposed to be getting ready for a job interview! Damn indie news of the day … ). Animal Collective have already released one of the — if not The — most highly lauded albums of the year in Merriweather Post-Pavillion and toured the world with Black Dice.
They’re also talking about [...]
This is great news if you follow Animal Collective (and if you don’t it’s a little late): Campfire Songs, their one-off album recorded at a house somewhere in Maryland, out amongst the thicket, will see reissue sometime next year on AC’s label Paw Tracks.
Will it be vinyl? CD? MP3? Fucking cassette? No one seems to [...]
Animal Collective …
I wish I could explain them with words, but their music does the best job anyway.
Panda Bear, Avey Tare, Deakin and Geologist speak a language only they can understand; this sort of music often leaves me wrangling with writer’s block (I’m thinking about songs like “Slippi,” which AC played live a month or so [...]
There are certain things a musician can do to get my attention.
One of the best ways is to toil in the underground for years with little fanfare or outside notice, then release a record at the height of your powers and send it to me.
Another method is to create a SHIT-LOAD of amazing [...]
Black Dice and Animal Collective have been blowing their effects-pedal loads together for years now, and everything about them matches up (even their acronymns: A and C correspond with B and D in the alphabet).
They used to almost sound like one giant band back in the Hollindagain days, and AC’s Paw Tracks label [...]
