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
When Bradford Cox's server got hacked, a version of the unreleased Atlas Sound LP Logos spread all over the web. As he told us recently, that was just a draft; the real LP is a far cry from Let The... CONTINUE READING NEW ATLAS SOUND (FEAT. NOAH LENNOX) - "WALKABOUT"»
Posted on July 17, 2009 in (37 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Panda Bear | Wild Beasts
If you've always wondered how Korg gear fits into Animal Collective's creative process, you're in luck. Korg.com has an interview with Noah Lennox in which he talks about his early experiments with the 0/1W Pro and his plans to use... CONTINUE READING PANDA BEAR ENDORSES KORG»
Posted on April 6, 2009 (7 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Panda Bear
It's unclear why there's a video for Person Pitch's "Take Pills" popping up now, but since it is Panda Bear, and it was directed by Gang Gang Dance multi-tasker Brian DeGraw, reasons don't matter so much. Also, DeGraw updates the... CONTINUE READING NEW PANDA BEAR VIDEO - "TAKE PILLS"»
Posted on March 25, 2009 in (17 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Gang Gang Dance | Panda Bear
So there's this band called Animal Collective, they played a show at Bowery Ballroom the other night, it was pretty good. If instead you watched Sawyer shirtless, or don't live in NYC, or bought fake tickets from this douchebag, there's... CONTINUE READING STREAM ANIMAL COLLECTIVE'S BOWERY BALLROOM SHOW»
Posted on January 23, 2009 in (15 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Bumbershoot | Cave Singers | Panda Bear
Was Animal Collective at Bowery Ballroom The Best Concert Of 2009? Far be it for me to pose such irresponsibly hyperbolic questions so early in the year. So Was Animal Collective at Bowery Ballroom Worth DVRing the LOST Premiere For?... CONTINUE READING ANIMAL COLLECTIVE @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 1/21/09»
Posted on January 22, 2009 in , , (28 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Panda Bear
Although we still don't know who'll be stepping into Kevin Shields's gazey shoes as headliner/curator, ATP NY has confirmed an initial round of performers for next year's party at Kutschers: Animal Collective, Panda Bear, Atlas Sound, Antipop Consortium, Suicide doing... CONTINUE READING ATP NY '09 CONFIRMS ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, ATLAS SOUND, SUICIDE, AND DAVID CROSS»
Posted on November 25, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties | Animal Collective | Antipop Consortium | Atlas Sound | David Cross | MSTRKRFT | Panda Bear | Suicide
If you were forced to close your eyes and had to guess, it'd be hard to locate the original song behind Panda Bear's "remix" of the Notwist's "Boneless." Which is why it's Noah's photo up there, not the German ambient... CONTINUE READING NEW NOTWIST - "BONELESS (PANDA BEAR REMIX)"»
Posted on October 9, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Bonnaroo | Coachella | David Byrne | Panda Bear | The Notwist | Tinariwen
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
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy After a night of "classic" recreations, it was nice to dive into the current state of the indie landscape. Yesterday's lineup was stacked, and we spent the day scissoring back and forth catching... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on July 20, 2008 in (35 comments)
Tags: Abe Vigoda | Animal Collective | Caribou | Chk Chk Chk | Dizzee Rascal | Fleet Foxes | Fuck Buttons | High Places | Jarvis Cocker | No Age | Panda Bear | Pit Er Pat | Pitchfork Music Festival | Pulp | The Hold Steady | Vampire Weekend
Well finally here it is, the undisputed and anticipated biggie list we've all been patiently awaiting so as to begin the lobs and insults of pretension. But honestly, P4K's done well by their readers, and mostly well by us, too.... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK'S TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2007 LIST GETS PERSON PITCHED»
Posted on December 18, 2007 in , (159 comments)
Tags: Panda Bear
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 , (4 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Panda Bear
“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)»
Posted on July 23, 2007 (7 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Battles | Dr. Dog | Grizzly Bear | Jon Pareles | Panda Bear | Wilco
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 (10 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Panda Bear
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
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
Panda Bear's Person Pitch will be released officially later this month, but you've already been telling your friends that it's one of the year's best releases. And hey, you are absolutely right. This is the premiere of Noah's first solo... CONTINUE READING NEW PANDA BEAR VIDEO - "BROS"»
Posted on March 7, 2007 in , (8 comments)
Tags: Panda Bear
Sometimes we have Gilmore Girls nights. Especially when we're asked (forced) to. And though Gilmore always throws in indie references, this exchange seemed a little over the top (starting with pregnant Lane's Eddie Argos love). Watch it here, sorta halfway... CONTINUE READING GILMORE GIRLS INDIE TALK OVERLOAD»
Posted on January 25, 2007 (26 comments)
Tags: Art Brut | Beirut | Gilmore Girls | Panda Bear
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 (9 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Panda Bear
