New Animal Collective Video - "Brother Sport" (Live In Lyon, France)

Over the past few days we've enjoyed "Water Curses" in audio and video forms -- basking in the beach-y bounce, the way it conjures sunnier climes. We get the same feeling with "Brother Sport," a song that won't show up... CONTINUE READING NEW ANIMAL COLLECTIVE VIDEO - "BROTHER SPORT" (LIVE IN LYON, FRANCE)»

Posted on April 17, 2008 in Video (14 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective

New Animal Collective Video - "Water Curses"

We recently took a listen to "Water Curses," the title track to Animal Collective's forthcoming post-Jam EP for Domino. At it's core, it's a beach-holiday pop song, bathed and swabbed in whooshes and the sort of aural accoutremonts that help... CONTINUE READING NEW ANIMAL COLLECTIVE VIDEO - "WATER CURSES"»

Posted on April 14, 2008 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective

New Animal Collective - "Water Curses"

At the end of February, we told you about Animal Collective's Water Curses EP, and showed you the band's creepy new pic. The fearsome foursome's currently streaming the EP's title track at MySpace, and it's a gurgling, uptempo jam. Remember... CONTINUE READING NEW ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - "WATER CURSES"»

Posted on April 10, 2008 (14 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective

NY Times Profiles Brooklyn's Experimental (And Stylish) Indie Rockers

Stereogum's tag cloud hovers above The Paper Of Record today, with profiles on Brooklyn alt-rockers in Arts & Leisure and an indie rock dress-up cheat sheet in the Men Styles Magazine. Consider it a print version of the story run... CONTINUE READING NY TIMES PROFILES BROOKLYN'S EXPERIMENTAL (AND STYLISH) INDIE ROCKERS»

Animal Collective Prep New EP, Pose For New Photo

It feels like we're still savoring the flavor of Strawberry Jam, but Animal Collective are already returning with a new four-track EP, Water Curses. According to the press release:All four tracks have a more stripped down feel than their recent... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE PREP NEW EP, POSE FOR NEW PHOTO»

Posted on February 28, 2008 (23 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective

La Blogothèque Film Animal Collective, Get Harrassed By Animal Collective Fanatics

The writeups that accompany La Blog's always excellent filmed sessions are usually quite charming, if only for their eloquent albeit second-language hyperbole and gushing descriptions of the usually magical recording process. The blurbs for the Animal Collective segments are telling,... CONTINUE READING LA BLOGOTHèQUE FILM ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, GET HARRASSED BY ANIMAL COLLECTIVE FANATICS»

Posted on February 4, 2008 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective

Stereogum's 30 Favorite Live Shows Of 2007

We saw a lot of concerts this year! You probably did too, if you're the sort to be checking music blogs on your downtime over holiday break, so let's all trade notes. Stereogum's Amrit Singh kicks things off with a... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S 30 FAVORITE LIVE SHOWS OF 2007»

Animal Collective Play New Tunes On Radio 1

We're still jamming mightily to the Strawberry and post-Jam stuff, but ever productive, when Avey, Panda, and the boys hit Radio 1's Rob da Bank, they folded a couple newbies into the mix. From one animal to another, GvsB has... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE PLAY NEW TUNES ON RADIO 1»

Posted on November 19, 2007 (1 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective

New Panda Bear Video - "Comfy In Nautica"

You hear a train on the tracks at the track's outset, but Noah Lennox brings you waves lapping gently on the beach, a mystical man (John from Cincinnati?) emerging from the water armed with ... a skateboard. So while "Comfy"... CONTINUE READING NEW PANDA BEAR VIDEO - "COMFY IN NAUTICA"»

Posted on October 31, 2007 in MP3, Video (4 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Panda Bear

David Byrne Reviews Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective (Plus Avey Et Al Bring Conan Some Jam)

Since nailing down Band To Watch status around here earlier this year, the Ivy League Afro-beat/new wave/indie pop kids of VMPRWKND have seen their name written (usually with vowels) in the NMEs and the SPINs the Rolling Stones of the... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE REVIEWS VAMPIRE WEEKEND, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE (PLUS AVEY ET AL BRING CONAN SOME JAM)»

Posted on October 8, 2007 in Video (16 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Conan O'Brien | David Byrne | Vampire Weekend

New Animal Collective Video - "Peacebone"

A love story between a bizarre-looking being with bad teeth and an alien? Why not! Animal Collective mines cohesive beauty out of structure-averse bleeps, snarls, and screams, so making an intergalactic liaison between two fang-led specimens seem cutesy is rather... CONTINUE READING NEW ANIMAL COLLECTIVE VIDEO - "PEACEBONE"»

Posted on August 22, 2007 in Video (10 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective

Animal Collective, After The Jam

When the Collective toured just prior to Sung Tongs' release, they treated Animal acolytes to sets pulling primarily from Feels -- a group of tunes more than a year away from seeing the studio. And those catching the Geologist/Avey/Panda express... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, AFTER THE JAM»

Posted on July 27, 2007 (6 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective

Jeff Tweedy Likes Animal Bands (And Battles)

“I’m probably the only person that wanted to be a rock critic and failed at it and started a band" is the crux of Jeff Tweedy's shot at a music crit column in yesterday's New York Times. Pretty sure Jeff's... CONTINUE READING JEFF TWEEDY LIKES ANIMAL BANDS (AND BATTLES)»

New Animal Collective Video - "Fireworks"

After leaving the excellent, free Midlake/New Pornos show at Battery Park yesterday (post tk), we discovered something rather awesome: East Village apartments have outstanding views of the East River fireworks! And after watching Animal Collective's first vid from Strawberry Jam,... CONTINUE READING NEW ANIMAL COLLECTIVE VIDEO - "FIREWORKS"»

Posted on July 5, 2007 in Video (10 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective

Panda Bear @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC 6/23/07

You have to know what you're getting into with a Panda Bear solo show. The Portuguese-domiciled Animal Collective man sticks to his mic and tray of knobs and buttons: no instruments, no Geologist-style head whips, no ursine embellishments. But if... CONTINUE READING PANDA BEAR @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 6/23/07»

Posted on June 25, 2007 in Concert (10 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Panda Bear

Panda Bear On Leaking, Nudity

Person Pitch was a Stereofave, we're loving Strawberry Jam, and getting psyched for Panda Bear's solo show at Bowery tomorrow night ... so indulge us here. PTW points us to Shoutmouth, who met with Noah Lennox in our local haunt... CONTINUE READING PANDA BEAR ON LEAKING, NUDITY»

Posted on June 22, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Panda Bear | The Real Housewives Of New York City

Danielson/Animal Collective @ South Street Seaport, NYC 6/1/07

For most who made the trip way downtown for the River To River / Seaport Music Festival kick-off show, it was the official start to NYC's summer concert season. And you couldn't do better, opening with the uniformed Danielson and... CONTINUE READING DANIELSON/ANIMAL COLLECTIVE @ SOUTH STREET SEAPORT, NYC 6/1/07»

Posted on June 4, 2007 in Concert (21 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Avey Tare | Danielson | Panda Bear

Premature Evaluation: Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

In a year of older prayers and reversed Icelandic gurgles, our ears might've sharpened: On initial listens Strawberry Jam's lyrics are easier to parse than past Animal Collective chirps, chants, and librettos. The syllables on the quartet's eighth album (seven... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - STRAWBERRY JAM»

Posted on June 1, 2007 in Premature Evaluation (42 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Avey Tare | Panda Bear

New Animal Collective Live Video - "Cuckoo"

All that stays serene about this stunning newbie from Animal Collective is the piano melody; the rest, as you'd expect, is prone to sonic freak outs and the Geologist's manipulative madness. P4K dug up this clip, recorded for TVP Kultura,... CONTINUE READING NEW ANIMAL COLLECTIVE LIVE VIDEO - "CUCKOO"»

Posted on May 14, 2007 in Tour Dates, Video (5 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective

Crayola Presents: Sung Tongs

You and your niece are totally gonna bond over this one. Stereogum reader Scott writes:I was watching TV this afternoon when a commercial for some new Crayola marker came on. It only shows up on special paper or whatever. Anyway,... CONTINUE READING CRAYOLA PRESENTS: SUNG TONGS»

Posted on March 12, 2007 in Commercial Appeal (3 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective

Kría Brekkan Sings Along The Seine

La Blogothèque have a knack for featuring some of our favorite artists in their cinematic live performance videos. And also for setting their selected chanteuses along picturesque bodies of water. This clip stars Kría Brekkan (aka Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir), formerly... CONTINUE READING KRíA BREKKAN SINGS ALONG THE SEINE»

Posted on February 28, 2007 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Avey Tare | Kría Brekkan | múm

New Panda Bear - "Comfy In Nautica"

Animal Collective's Noah Lennox is unleashing a third solo effort, one which he promises to be a drastic shift from his last effort Young Prayer, swapping acoustic instruments for "samplers and electronics." And while we're taking the label at their... CONTINUE READING NEW PANDA BEAR - "COMFY IN NAUTICA"»

Posted on January 4, 2007 in MP3 (9 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Panda Bear

How Indie Rockers Spent Their Summer Vacation

Some of our favorite artists took on the "essay topic everybody hates" for The Onion's AV Club: Avery Tare (Animal Collective) "I spent a lot of summer in Iceland. Some of my wife's family lives on a sheep farm right... CONTINUE READING HOW INDIE ROCKERS SPENT THEIR SUMMER VACATION»

Posted on September 11, 2006 (4 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Kaki King | The Rapture

Stereogum's St. Patrick's Day @ SXSW '06

Wolves, horses, and Moz, oh my. Last week Austin gave music fans everything short of Hasidic reggae rap. In its 20th year, SXSW may not be "what it used to be," but we wouldn't know about that. It was Stereogum's... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S ST. PATRICK'S DAY @ SXSW '06»

Pantheon Awards

I kept wondering why everyone was talking about the Pantheon Awards, as I'd never heard of 'em. Turns out Pantheon Is The New Shortlist, which recognizes under-the-radar albums (less than 500k copies sold domestically between 7/1/04 and 10/30/05).Pantheon Awards: Top... CONTINUE READING PANTHEON AWARDS»

Posted on January 12, 2006 (40 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Arcade Fire | Bloc Party | Fiona Apple