Blog: Music Fans Mic

words: Jamie Milton originally scribed for gigwise Let's cut the clichéd expressions some slack. There are very few times when you can bring out the " ...and look at you now! ", pre/post-makeover shot from not-much-of-a-looker to hubba-hubba-God-bless-Rimmel-L ondon, but now's one of them. Animal Collective started 2009 as a cult band, celebrated by the majority of their listeners who knew their beloved were on the fringe of something much greater. And alas, here they are now, rounding off a year of critical acclaim and tolerance of the word "hype", certified as a band who polarize [...]