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»
Posted on October 9, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties | Animal Collective | Avey Tare | Axl Rose | Boredoms | Bradford Cox | Deerhunter | Hisham Bharoocha | No Age | Panda Bear | Ponytail | Soft Circle | Steve Albini | Ulrich Schnauss | Volcano The Bear | Zach Hill
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
Earlier this week Animal Collective's website started spitting up cryptic things about something called Merriweather Post Pavilion, which diligent Animal scout Gorilla Vs. Bear was quick to speculate was the title of a new LP from the band due in... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE'S MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION LP GETS A TRACKLIST»
Posted on October 9, 2008 in (24 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Avey Tare | Bonnaroo | Coachella | David Byrne | Panda Bear | TV On The Radio
Yesterday we kicked off our line of Think Ups tee and hoodie designs, made possible by the fine clothiers at Neighborhoodies.com. Actually it's a great time to unveil a clothing line because the fashion industry isn't at all preoccupied with... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM X NEIGHBORHOODIES THINK UPS T-SHIRT #2 »
Posted on September 9, 2008 (5 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Avey Tare | Doves | Panda Bear | Peter Bjorn And John | SXSW | Think Ups
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 (21 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Avey Tare | Danielson | Panda Bear
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 (42 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Avey Tare | Panda Bear
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 (7 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Avey Tare | Kría Brekkan | múm