Showing All "Animal Collective" Posts
Jul 16th, 2011 3 Comments
The beautiful thing about a festival like Pitchfork is the genre-spanning curating: The principal principle is a commitment to independent-minded music, and from that viewpoint Pitchfork succeeds in… Read Story »
May 13th, 2011 5 Comments
Hopefully by now you've heard Smother, the third album from Wild Beasts. As with all their records, it feels like it comes out of nowhere. And as always, I have trouble finding reference points to… Read Story »
Apr 21st, 2011 32 Comments
After watching the recently unearthed footage of Arcade Fire playing a house party in 2002 and a 17-year-old Robin Pecknold covering Radiohead and Simon & Garfunkel, I thought it would be fun to… Read Story »
Apr 19th, 2011 2 Comments
In recent weeks Animal Collective's given us the Keep Mixtape, new songs, and before all of that, a two-hour ATP Mixtape featuring plenty of Mick Barr, along with other folks performing at the ATP… Read Story »
Apr 17th, 2011 Comment
While we wait for Kanye's Super Secret Surprise Guests (Rebecca Black?), let's glance back at yesterday's highlights. AnCo, Erykah Badu, Arcade Fire, Big Audio Dynamite, Bright Eyes, Cults, Suede,… Read Story »
Apr 11th, 2011 11 Comments
Animal Collective is playing shows on their way to their Coachella appearance on Saturday, and according to the Animal Collective message board Collected Animals, they performed up to nine new songs… Read Story »
Apr 6th, 2011 22 Comments
Last week the Animal Collective bros released an official mixtape for their new … sneakers. That is a thing now. Gotta keep fans on their toes (ouch, sorry). The shoes which you can see here… Read Story »
Apr 4th, 2011 91 Comments
After listening to the pre-album singles, checking out the cover, and getting a taste of the proper Tomboy tracks, we can finally listen to all of Tomboy. Visit NPR to listen to the whole record… Read Story »
Mar 28th, 2011 5 Comments
We've spoken about Animal Collective's sneakers and the related Keep mixtape. Unlike the lengthy various artist ATP mix, the Keep tape features just four previously unreleased solo AC tracks. You've… Read Story »
Mar 22nd, 2011 2 Comments
Animal Collective's free mix opens as most mixtapes should, with a blazing excerpt from Orthrelm's brilliant OV. (It's one of two showings by Mick Barr on the collection, though no Krallice.) The… Read Story »
