Animal Collective's ODDSAC: The Reviews Are In

Well, a review is in. Hitfix's Katie Hasty took one for the internet by traveling out to Sundance (tough gig) for last night's premiere of Animal Collective and Danny Perez's "visual album." The 53-minute film, set to entirely new music... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE'S ODDSAC: THE REVIEWS ARE IN»

Posted on January 27, 2010 (11 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Girls

Animal Collective Debuting ODDSAC At Sundance, Watch The Trailer

The list-topping oddballs of Animal Collective are taking a break from solo gigs and DJ sets to set their sights on the Sundance Film Festival where, tonight, they unveil their ODDSAC, "an earthy, psychedelic experimental narrative infused with [the band's]... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE DEBUTING ODDSAC AT SUNDANCE, WATCH THE TRAILER»

Posted on January 26, 2010 in Video (15 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Girls | Sundance

New Panda Bear Tunes, Tomboy Shirts Debut In Berlin

Bummed 2009 passed away and left Merriweather Post Pavilion a less sexy option for so and so is > so and so equations? Cheer up, Panda Bear did a one-man "Daily Routine" (with projections, natch) at the Life Is Live... CONTINUE READING NEW PANDA BEAR TUNES, TOMBOY SHIRTS DEBUT IN BERLIN»

Posted on January 18, 2010 in MP3, Video (10 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Panda Bear | Sleigh Bells

DJs Animal Collective & Fischerspooner @ The American Museum Of Natural History, NYC 1/8/10

For those heading uptown Friday night to NYC's American Museum Of Natural History Friday, site of the FADER-presented Animal Collective DJ set/One Step Beyond party, the onstage visual was 33% true to Animal Collective onstage visuals of the past year... CONTINUE READING DJS ANIMAL COLLECTIVE & FISCHERSPOONER @ THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NYC 1/8/10»

Posted on January 11, 2010 in Photo (5 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Fischerspooner | Geologist | Michael Stipe

New Animal Collective Video - "Brothersport"

When most bands premiere a video, they want optimal publish time and PR company press releases to secure eyeballs. Most bands don't have a fanbase as rabidly internettable as Animal Collective's, though, where their best PR agents are the same... CONTINUE READING NEW ANIMAL COLLECTIVE VIDEO - "BROTHERSPORT"»

Posted on January 8, 2010 in Video (30 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Aziz Ansari

Animal Collective's Deacon Plays First Solo Gig, Heads To Mali

You got more than enough Animal Collective in 2009, but Deacon, formerly known as Deakin, and known to his family/friends as Josh Dibb, was absent from Merriweather Post Pavilion and its ensuing full-court press. He offered up remixes, but that... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE'S DEACON PLAYS FIRST SOLO GIG, HEADS TO MALI»

Posted on January 4, 2010 in MP3, Video (4 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Deacon | Deakin | Yeasayer

Stereogum & team9 Present... MySplice 4: 2009 Mashed Up

There could not have been a more apt ID3 than that of Freelance Hellraiser's "Stroke Of Genius," the MP3 that launched this decade's most fitting musical legacy. Parts of two or three or thirty tracks mixed into one supersong? What... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM & TEAM9 PRESENT... MYSPLICE 4: 2009 MASHED UP»

Sondre Lerche Covers Animal Collective

Seems like Animal Collective couldn't keep themselves from topping most every list that came out this Listmas, even that of the Norwegian singer-songwriting Brooklyn transplant Sondre Lerche. Instead of conforming to the consensus pick of "My Girls," though, Lerche told... CONTINUE READING SONDRE LERCHE COVERS ANIMAL COLLECTIVE»

Posted on December 23, 2009 in MP3 (27 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Delorean | Sondre Lerche

Ridiculous Gift Guide For Music Fans 2009

Gift Guides help narrow things down a bit, but they're still just providing you with someone else's guess work. Try as you might, the holiday season brings plenty of pointless gifts along with its good cheer. It's not anyone's fault:... CONTINUE READING RIDICULOUS GIFT GUIDE FOR MUSIC FANS 2009»

SPIN's 40 Best Albums Of 2009

Halfway through the year SPIN tipped their hand by offering the 20 Greatest Albums Of 2009 ... So Far. If you remember, the list wasn't in any specific order. Their 40 Best Albums Of 2009 are, and it's interesting to... CONTINUE READING SPIN'S 40 BEST ALBUMS OF 2009»

Posted on December 8, 2009 in List (170 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective

Animal Collective's ODDSAC Premiering At Sundance

AC's anticipated filmic collaboration with director Danny Perez, "an earthy, psychedelic experimental narrative infused with [the band's] aural and musical sensibilities," debuts at Sundance somewhere between 01/21-31. Book your flight to Utah.... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE'S ODDSAC PREMIERING AT SUNDANCE»

Posted on December 3, 2009 (15 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Cymbals Eat Guitars

New Animal Collective - "Graze" & "What Would I Want? Sky"

Those 30 second samples of Animal Collective's forthcoming Fall Be Kind EP weren't all that satisfying. Even if you were already somewhat familiar with "What Would I Want Sky," "Bleed," and "On A Highway," the mystery of opener "Graze" and... CONTINUE READING NEW ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - "GRAZE" & "WHAT WOULD I WANT? SKY"»

Posted on November 19, 2009 (64 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Free Energy | Grateful Dead

Sample Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind

We gave you the supposedly "darker," somewhat familiar Fall Be Kind tracklist of "Graze," "What Would I Want Sky," "Bleed" (not "Bleeding"), "On A Highway," and "I Think I Can." The EP's cover art does look sufficiently dark (piper at... CONTINUE READING SAMPLE ANIMAL COLLECTIVE'S FALL BE KIND»

Posted on November 16, 2009 (11 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Sleigh Bells

New Animal Collective Video - "In The Flowers"

Based on the thumbnail selected for this post, you could have thought the latest Merriweather Post Pavilion video was some fuzzily focused cinéma vérité, a children's show spelling lesson, the most eye-bending screensaver you'd ever seen, or an Eric Wareheim-directed... CONTINUE READING NEW ANIMAL COLLECTIVE VIDEO - "IN THE FLOWERS" »

Posted on November 12, 2009 in Video (22 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Holiday Shores

New Animal Collective - "Bleeding" (Live From Big Sur)

This teeming, downcast B-Side from the recently released "Brothersport" 10" was formerly known as the brief clanging transitional piece "Bleed." It must've cast a million swirling desert shadows in its new epic form. Listen at HypeM.... CONTINUE READING NEW ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - "BLEEDING" (LIVE FROM BIG SUR)»

Posted on November 12, 2009 (3 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Javelin

Animal Collective Love Animals

Or put another way: They hate Canada's annual seal slaughter, and have joined other critical darlings like Perez Hilton and Brody Jenner for a series of PETA spots to call an end to this horrid, fashion-industry practice, in time for... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE LOVE ANIMALS»

Posted on October 20, 2009 (41 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie

Stereogum Spends The Weekend At ATP NY

ATP was the year's finest festival. We've already covered that. But the band performances are only half the (All Tomorrow's) party. For a weekend, the mountain resort that inspired Dirty Dancing is a surreal estate, overrun by music-heads and artists;... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM SPENDS THE WEEKEND AT ATP NY»

Animal Collective Fall Be Kind Revealed

The "darker" five-song EP's tracklist features studio recordings of the road-tested "Graze," "What Would I Want Sky," "Bleed," "On A Highway," and "I Think I Can." Avey promises a digital release next month, with vinyl/CD out in December. More at... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE FALL BE KIND REVEALED»

Posted on October 9, 2009 (7 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Avey Tare | Sufjan Stevens

Animal Collective's Fall Plans

Depending on your indie-oriented-site-that-ranks-bands-on-ten-point-scales of choice, it seems Animal Collective are second only to Radiohead as the aughts' most relevant band. And with the bevy of activity the Collective has lined up, they seem to be angling to extend that... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE'S FALL PLANS»

Posted on October 7, 2009 (43 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Sundance | Thom Yorke

2009 mtvU Woodie Award Nominations: Animal Collective Vs. 3OH!3

mtvU is the college-dorm targeted branch of Viacom's pop-cultural giving tree. While most of its boughs are wilting when it comes to recognizing relevant music, this university-centric twig at least maintains some semblance of staying evergreen, if only because their... CONTINUE READING 2009 MTVU WOODIE AWARD NOMINATIONS: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE VS. 3OH!3»

Animal Collective Remix Phoenix

It's Thursday which must mean it is time for Phoenix remix news. But this one trumps your typical Thursday Phoenix remix news, because it is the news that hearkens an entire Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix remix album, nearly every track covered... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE REMIX PHOENIX»

Posted on October 1, 2009 in MP3 (23 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Daniel Johnston | Phoenix

New Taken By Trees Video - "My Boys"

You've probably already heard the "Young Folks"/ex-Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman, aka Taken By Trees, do her gender-specific take on "My Girls." Now you can watch her, aka her stunt double, walk a tightrope in an idyllic, sunspotted field while intoning... CONTINUE READING NEW TAKEN BY TREES VIDEO - "MY BOYS"»

Posted on September 28, 2009 in Video (16 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Taken By Trees

ATP NY 2009: Wayne's World

Our second year at Kutsher's was rainier than the first, but that didn't matter so much to us or, seemingly, the other attendees: If anything, this year felt more celebratory (and debauched) than 2008. You wouldn't be faulted for noting... CONTINUE READING ATP NY 2009: WAYNE'S WORLD»

Taken By Trees Covers Animal Collective's "My Girls"

We're tired of the achingly sincere amateurs and questionable remixes. Where's an indie contemporary's premature spin on the ninth best song of the decade? Some of us have blogs to blog! Enter "Young Folks"/ex-Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman aka Taken By... CONTINUE READING TAKEN BY TREES COVERS ANIMAL COLLECTIVE'S "MY GIRLS"»

Posted on August 28, 2009 (26 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Candles Of Paradise | Taken By Trees

Green Man Festival 2009 In Photos

The eco-friendly Green Man took over Brecon Beacons, Wales this past weekend with a heavy dose of Americana: from midwestern folkies (Bon Iver, Wilco, Andrew Bird) to wailing east coast electropoppers (Animal Collective, Gang Gang Dance) and reinvigorated psych legends... CONTINUE READING GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 2009 IN PHOTOS»