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 give people when recommending them (Antony? Talking Heads?). That's why I asked the band to talk about some of the albums and songs they listened to while writing and recording it, as well as some of the bands that inspired them when they started. Bassist/vocalist Tom Fleming created this list on behalf of Wild Beasts, though it includes some [...]
I just heard Julian Lynch for the first time bright and early this morning on my way in to work and I decided it was my duty as an endowed member of Newdust & Co. to share it with you guys. It was "Terra" that graced my cochleas this morning, with its free-jazz & Animal [...]

Es miércoles y eso significa que nos toca presentarles una nueva banda aquí en Under . Esta semana vamos a viajar hasta Montreal para conocer a un cuarteto de chicos que ha llamado la atención de todos los medios musicales gracias a su rock-pop experimental de vocales dulces y ritmos magnéticos que atrapan desde el primer acorde. BRAIDS es el nombre de este grupo compuesto por Raphaelle Standell-Preston, Katie Lee, Austin Tufts y Taylor Smith . La historia de la agrupación comienza allá por el año 2006, cuando un [...]
![[Listen/Download] – Jai Paul – “BTSTU” (Official Edit)](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3388142_lg.jpg)
This song came out in 2007 and is only just getting an official release. Well, when I say it came out 2007, what I mean is that's when Jai Paul (Jay Paul) recorded the demo and presumably passed it around for some peeps to hear, but nothing really happened until the tail end of 2009/start of 2010 when some blogs started posting it, then radio DJs like Zane Lowe got a hold of it and started playing it, and now....over a year later the dude has signed to XL Records and has released an [...]
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 collect more early videos of our favorite bands from before we ever heard them. Well, fun for us, maybe not so much for them... Read More...

Animal Collective continued on with their California tour today after rolling through San Francisco last night ot play the Great American Music Hall. Anticipation amongst the crew was especially hyped given that a few of us had time to digest the show we saw on Sunday night in Petaluma , and last night's show delivered the exact same set (basically) with an entirely better sound system and a vastly improved mix over the first time I had heard these new tracks. All in all a great show and me and my whole crew enjoyed [...]

I was one of the lucky ones to attend the Animal Collective tour opener last night in Petaluma, just a quick hour drive north after a day spent out in the sun with friends. I've been pretty amped on the band since their work on Merriweather Post Pavilion and it's really brought me back deeper into their catalog, which was something that actually didn't come in handy at all given the band's choice of about 9 new songs to anchor their 80 minute set in a punk movie theater in [...]
![[Watch] Animal Collective debuts nine new songs live in California](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3355455_lg.jpg)
Last night, psychadelic band Animal Collective kicked off their five day California tour, which will build up to their appearance at this years Coachella Festival , at the Phoenix Theatre in Petaluma, California. Not only are the boys playing the shows in order to build up to Coachella, but they're also using them to showcase some new music. According to the band's message boards , they played nine new songs at the show last night, several of which you can watch after the jump, courtesy of YouTube user erasmustyc . As of yet, there has [...]

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 at their Petaluma, California show last night. Consequence Of Sound gathered some videos from the show from Youtuber Erasmustyc . You can't guess much about their Merriweather followup based on these clips, but it might tell you something about their set list for Saturday. Read More...
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Chissà secondo quale scelta di marketing mirato i produttori di scarpe vanno a pescare nel mondo della musica: prima vi abbiamo parlato dell'incontro fra Adidas e i Justice , stavolta invece di quello fra Keep , brand di scarpe made in U.S.A., e gli Animal Collective . La band americana infatti ha progettato un paio di scarpe che fa parte della nuova collezione del marchio che sarà disponibile a partire dal 26 di marzo sul sito www.keepcompany.com . Ma visto che si tratta pure sempre di una band, e non di semplici stilisti, chiunque [...]
This is a kind of visual mixtape featuring snippets of music from the various member of Animal Collective set against a typically trippy video. The full mixtape comes free when you order a pair of Animal Collective Keep sneakers . Tracklisting: 1. Geologist – 'Jailhouse' 2. Avey Tare – 'Call Home (Buy Grapes)' 3. Deakin – 'Country Report' 4. Panda Bear – 'The Preakness' Thanks to Stereogum .

Here's the cover art + track list for Animal Collective 's collab cassette release with Keep , which benefits the Socorro Island Conservation fund . The tape drops on March 26 , but you have to buy the shoes to get it . Here's the tracklist: 1) "Jailhouse" :: Geologist 2) "Call home (buy grapes)" :: Avey Tare 3) "Country Report" :: Deakin 4) "The Preakness" :: Panda Bear [ via ]
Way back when I had the red and black lumberjack, with the hat to match , I posted about Jai Paul and the sublime music he had posted on his MySpace page. Well now that's all gone and has been replaced with a short message from him and two flashing images that follow it; Air Force, and XL Recordings. Yup, looks like the dude got signed, which isn't surprising since I didn't hear a single bad thing said about the guy. I spoke to him a few times over the course of last year, mainly [...]
![[Video] Panda Bear – “Atiba Song”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3121017_lg.jpg)
The Panda Bear, aka Noah Lennox from Animal Collective, album is one of the most anticipated albums of the year. The release date for his fourth full-length album, Tomboy is finally set for April 19. Here is a newly released video for "Atiba Song." It is still undetermined if this song will be on the upcoming release. "I got tired of the severe parameters of using samplers. Thinking about Nirvana and the White Stripes got me into the idea of doing something with a heavy focus on guitar and rhythm." Favoring a darker, more-streamlined sound on Tomboy [...]
It is funny how many pieces of news/interest can come out of one video depending on priorities. The video crowd sees a stunning sports documentary shot on new, high-end equipment. The skate/sports crowd sees skilled professionals at play shot in an exciting manner. And we hear new music from Noah Lennox aka Panda Bear , still the most exciting solo project to come out of the Animal Collective camp. Atiba Song is not a ground-breaking piece of work from Panda Bear, but it is pleasant and perfect [...]
You're gonna like this one, I guarantee it. Ok, I don't really guarantee it, but I can say you'll love it if you loved their astounding debut EP . As you'd expect from the song, the video follows suit with some trippy visuals, cold electronic synthetics, and a slightly creepy vibe with some hooded entity roaming the snow-covered New Zealand countryside (hey, I get creeped out by snow, gimme a break ok?), and ending with about a minute and a half of black screen before it switches to a white noise [...]
A bizarre, tripped-out interview in which Avey Tare discusses his new album, Down There . Written and directed by Abby Portner , shot on VHS, and featuring "additional music and swamp sounds by Avey Tare." mp3: Avey Tare :: Lucky 1
Watch today's feature below. Enjoy his official video for 'Lucky One' here. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: Avey Tare - Lucky 1
Oct 9, 2010, 6:57am
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Selge see, et kõik Animal Collective'iga seonduv on automaatselt kohustuslik kuulamine. Avey Tare'i uuelt albumilt Down There värske singel tõestab seda veelgi. Nagu tõestust üldse vaja oleks. Video Abby Portnerilt. Avey Tare - Lucky 1