Though Animal Collective have touched on plenty of genres and moods throughout their long, knotty career, it's interesting to note that the darker elements of their sound are rarely brought to the forefront. You could ... read more

Bands are really getting into releasing remix albums or EP's of their music, but generally most have been pretty good. Animal Collective is the latest to be releasing a set of remixes on an EP called Monkey Been To Burn Town , which is out May 28th via Domino. The band released another cut from the album, this time a Shabazz Palaces remix of the more recent "New Town Burnout" off Centipede Hz . Give it a spin below and let us know what you think. Fresh? [...]
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Young Dreams: Between Places - Take a moment to imagine the joyful energy of any classic Beach Boys track blended with the innovative characteristics of old Animal Collective songs, maybe a dash of fusion jazz and whatever else you can find, and what you’ve got is Young Dreams . Their debut album, Between Places , is a great way to kick off the spring season; it’s a fun, crazy, beautiful, disorienting, and imaginative auditory experience. I’ll admit, after the first track, I had to hear another. Throughout the album [...]
I fondly look back upon the gloopy, expressively organic electronica of earlier AnCo recordings – that which sticks it all together. The Feels , and the Strawberry Jam of their discography and in turn everything external to it – everything these albums have subsequently inspired. Whether that be BRAIDS, or the exhilarating lifework of Canarian Pablo Díaz-Reixa or whoever else, its impact is always extraordinarily immediate. And so we come to London-based, though Lecce-born Antonio Elia Forte, who masquerades musically as Echopark . And perhaps rather inevitably, we find ourselves lost in the perfectly woozy imperfections of Teleportation. A dew-laced soundscape [...]

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Might as well use this post to kill two birds with one stone. Animal Collective have premiered the band's psychedelic technicolor video for "Applesauce," starring model Linsey Wixson and directed [...]
Depending on who you are, maybe you know Black Dice as that super weird band that opens up for Animal Collective sometimes. Maybe you remember them from their noisier, more organic roots, or maybe you've ... read more
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Surprise! Animal Collective have just released a new single. " Crimson " is available on the B-side of a 10-inch single for "Applesauce," a track from the latest album, Centipede Hz, released in September. How many of you realized there was a new Animal Collective album out this year? I'm a little disappointed that their latest release, Centipede Hz, isn't getting as much attention but I'm also not entirely surprised. 2009's Merriweather Post Pavilion is a tough act to follow and Centipede isn't stocked with dance hits like the former. [...]
We are so excited! The avantgarde-experimental-pop quartet Animal Collective are finally back to Berlin to play a show at Astra (near Warschauerstrasse), November 18th. They are probably bringing their crazy live light show + stage buildings (huge teeth & colored spikes) and Brookyln-based artist trio Prince Rama will support. Check out their amazing 20 minute- long video '15 [...]
Billowing through the airwaves this afternoon on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 program was Animal Collective's "Crimson," a non-album track that plays up Avey Tare's rapturous pipes, accentuated by slow winds and warping instrumentals. The ... read more
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Fantasmes: Redness Moon - There isn't quite a finger to place on Fantasmes ' latest Redness Moon . In fact, it'd be a damn shame to put them under any particular umbrella. They groove an ambling lack of direction that's both mesmerizing and slightly frustrating to the ear at the same time. Take 'Play It Wrong'... While a fantastically gritty guitar riffs throughout, there's a faint background hum and gurgle of someone mumbling intermittently throughout. Or the Pink Floyd -esque 'Passages' of strung out echoes reverberating through speakers. Even the title [...]