Blog: Drawer B

I recently received a bit of press in my inbox with the following lead-in: "If you LIKE Animal Collective, you will LOVE Francois Virot." Well, then I guess I will detest Francois Virot. Email deleted. Like Wilco and The Flaming Lips, there are just certain bands I have an illogical, knee-jerk reaction to. I am fully aware that my seething disgust for these bands is sometimes hard to justify, but I know what I like and what I don't (the common thread being this weird hippie vibe that is anathema to me). Animal Collective is the latest band to drive [...]