It's hard to think of any band that has had a better year and half than that of Animal Collective . Still riding the success of Merriweather Post Pavilion , and to a lesser extent the release of Fall Be Kind EP , the boys from Baltimore offered up this recent video clip for Guys Eyes from the aforementioned Merriweather Post Pavilion . Pay close attention and you'll spot Geologist making an appearance. In other AC related news, Panda Bear fans can look forward to the [...]
I fortunati che hanno assistito a qualche concerto degli Animal Collective negli ultimi due anni ricorderanno il dj che apriva i loro live con un set di techno minimale e d'atmosfera. È un dj tedesco e si chiama Pantha du Prince. Qualche mese fa si è sentito parlare molto di lui per via di un pezzo che giustamente è considerato tra le migliori canzoni uscite in questa prima metà di 2010 intitolato Stick To My Side. Dopo aver condiviso un lungo tour, le due entità musicali in questioni tornano a incrociare le proprie strade, cosa che [...]
More up today from the experimental music ensemble Animal Collective and their most recent EP Fall Be Kind , released digitally on November 23rd of this year, and physically on the 15th of December. What Would I Want? Sky found it's way into the #11 spot on Pitchfork 's Top 100 Tracks of 2009, and was the 2nd song ever to receive a 10-out-of-10 rating from the publication; the first was While You Wait for the Others from the Brooklyn-based indie-rock band Grizzly Bear . Interestingly, the song features the first ever [...]
Een meesterwerk in de moderne popmuziek; dat typte ik al in januari . Merriweather Post Pavilion was het eerste album van 2009 dat ik in 2008 hoorde. En we sluiten dit jaar er ook mee af. Bij de halfjaarcijfers moest Animal Collective de eerste plaats nog even afstaan aan Köhn , een eenmalige stuiptrekking van mijn kant. Stuiptrekkingen zijn Animal Collective niet vreemd. Merriweather Post Pavilion stuitert werkelijk alle kanten op, maar verliest nergens zijn coherentie. Ook een jaar later blijkt het album een briljante combinatie van spitsvondig psychedelisch experiment [...]
Drake cherry picks an EP from his favorite band for this condensed "garbage week" edition of The Take . -ed. Drake's Take: New Releases 12.08.09 - 12.15.09 Here it is, nearly the end of the year and Animal Collective has released a superb EP, reminding us that they started 2009 off right as well. Other than that, there's the blues/hip-hop collaboration Blakroc . Beyond that... it's a holiday dumping ground, for the most part. Playlist: New Releases 12.08.09 to 12.15.09 [...]
A couple of minutes into the opening song on Animal Collective's new EP, Panda Bear interrupts the thoughts of his bandmate Avey Tare to self-consciously wonder aloud "how does a band turn into such a thing?". Having first made their mark upon the world just after the dawn of the millennium with the unreal-sounding Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished , this EP serves a sort of Auld Lang Syne to a decade which should - justice-serving - see the group remembered alongside far less exciting happenings like terrorism and financial crises. Aurally, they've been all-encompassing, journeying [...]
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Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind EP - Domino Records After getting all newsy on the early buzz going around , it seemed like Fall Be Kind was a LONG-ASS time coming, which is great because it delivered. Read my Tiny Mix Tapes review HERE . Whatcha think? Posted in Animal Collective, Avey Tare, Deakin, Domino Records, Geologist, Panda Bear Tagged: "Fall Be Kind, Animal Collective, Avey Tare, Carpark Records, Deakin, Domino Records, Geologist, Panda Bear, Paw Tracks [...]
The Needle Drop Podcast: 12-05-09This week, Ted Leo's Animal Collective."Sunset" is what singer-songwriter Bill Baird calls himself when he wants to make some lush, home-recorded psych pop. His new record is good. It's full of fuzzy guitars solos, pianos, and his Beck-esque baritone. If you need psych, then you'll like.We also have a couple tracks from the new Animal Collective EP, Fall Be Kind.
With the year winding to an end, Animal Collective are poised to sweep most music critics best of lists with their now legendary LP Merriweather Post Pavillion . The Fader magazine are so taken with the psych-rock band, that they've granted them guest editor duties for the final issue of 2009. The issue hits stands on December 15th. The band also just released a new ep Fall Be Kind , which features the first ever legally licensed Grateful Dead sample. It available now digitally and December 15th [...]
This week features a new-ish track by indie sensation Animal Collective , as well as a fun little track by We Have Band . Animal Collective have just released another EP, Fall Be Kind . Five more tracks appear here, and the track I'm talking about is easily the standout of the five. Another highlight is "I Think I Can", but I'm here to bring everyone "What Would I Want? Sky". So considering the ruckus over Merriweather Post Pavilion , this little EP adds some fuel to the fire for [...]
Turns out I didn't listen to much music while I was on my travels aside from the occasional Thai cover band rocking a serious Taylor Swift cover. But the first thing that awaited me upon my return was a shiny new copy of Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind EP . (Many thanks to my friends at Motormouth Media.) I seem to be on a serious AnCo binge as of late as I consider whether or not to make a year-end list and if so, will this list include Merriweather Post Pavilion ? As I mentioned before, [...]
How can Animal Collective follow up on Merriweather Post Pavilion , and all the hype that came with it? Remember all of that? Everybody was gushing about how great it was going to be. The Web Sheriff roamed the internet and sent cease and desist orders to any blog that dare leak it, causing somebody to literally hack into Geologist's e-mail account and write a fake e-mail saying the band wanted the whole thing out there so it could be properly heard as a full album. Eventually Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste got caught in [...]
I've been hearing a wide range of opinions about Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind EP , which leaked last week before its December 15th debut. For me, I give it an instant thumbs up. It's like a little treat, getting a five-song bundle from a these three crazies less than a year before their release of Merriweather Post Pavilion. The opening track 'Graze' really does it for me - it contains one of the most beautifully strange transitions I've ever heard. It's a body high of a dream sequence [...]
This just in: Pitchfork has given the new Animal Collective EP (releasing on December 15) a perfect 10 rating. We wanted to mark the occasion since the music blog is stingy with its perfect rating (rightly so) and because A.C. now reside in the upper echelons of the Pitchfork elite alongside Miles Davis , The Who , Radiohead , Bob Dylan . And even though we at Chordstrike fawned all over the band and included them in our Best [...]
first popularised by the goat-foot God Pan, the pan-pipe was a much-maligned instrument before it was rehabilitated by indie tastemakers Animal Collective in Winter 2009 Whatever criticisms you might throw at Animal Collective, never let it be said that they don't cater to their fans. 'Fall be Kind' sees them release their fourth EP of fine music following an album proper. And, like the EPs which preceded it - Prospect Hummer, People and Water Curses - the sense you get listening to this material is less one of scraps of stale crud cleared [...]
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 [...]
When Animal Collective released their rarities collection Animal Crack Box earlier this year, the artwork was the thing that caught my eye above and beyond anything else. Jon Vermilyea's incredible illustration for the collection is now available on a high quality 20 x 373 print. It's limited to 150 copies and each one is signed by the artist himself. Look at the detail of that print up close! Put this in a frame and you'll make the AC fan in your life super happy this holiday season. Buy it from SEEN Studio . You can [...]
Track: Animal Collective- "What Would I Want? Sky" (9)Stream a track from the new Animal Collective EP right here. For more info, go to myanimalhome.net.
Tempo fa vi parlammo di un nuovo ep degli Animal Collective intitolato "Fall Be Kind", in uscita digitale a fine novembre e fisica a dicembre per la Domino Records . Ma siccome sul web le aspettative musicali sono sempre difficile da dissimulare ecco già che arriva una anticipazione del disco. La canzone è quella che apre il nuovo disco. Si intitola Graze ed è decisamente strana anche per i canoni inventivi del gruppo di Baltimora. La prima parte è quasi essenzialmente vocale per poi partire in cassa dritta e strani loop musicali. [...]
Jackie les estuvo hablando hace algunos días de Fall Be Kina el nuevo EP de Animal Collective , una de las bandas electrónicas alternativas más famosas del mundo que, con sólo un disco, logró posicionarse de una forma increíble en la escena actual. La producción, a sólo 3 días de publicarse oficialmente, ya alcanzó la red y se puede conseguir por todos lados. Les dejo el tracklist, conformado por 5 temas: Graze What Would I Want? Sky Bleed On [...]
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