animal collective

Animal Collective is a band originally from Baltimore, Maryland, currently based in New York City. Animal Collective consists of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Deakin, also spelled as Deacon or Deaken (Josh Dibb), and Geologist (Brian Weitz). Records released under the name Animal Collective may include contributions from any or all of these members; the lineup is not uniform. The band members met in school and started recording together in various forms of collaboration from a young age. The group also runs the record label Paw Tracks on which they have released their own material as well as that of other artists.

Continue

Animal Collective Pictures

All animal collective pictures
Syndicate content

animal collective Latest News

New Video : Animal Collective : Brothersport
Animal Collective sure don’t invest much money in their videos, but you probably wouldn’t like them as much if the did. They prefer to focus their video energy on making sure if you are on drugs, when you watch their vids, you have a complete and total freakout. Their third official video release from their incredible 2009 release Merriweather Post Pavilion is for Brothersport.
Guest top 10s: The Zookeepers
The Zookeepers biffed out our number one record of 2009 - Ballin’ Outrageous. Think of all the amazing records this year - there is a shitload of them - and in our opinion Ballin’ Outrageous is better than all of the rest of them. Here are The Zookeepers favourite albums of 2009, handily arranged in alphabetical order. Good to see they’re not afraid of including their...
Which indie artists will be selected as ‘The Best _____ of the Year’?
As yall know from the popular website calendar.blogspot.com, the year 2k9 only has 2 months left. The annual music cycle is ‘officially over’ and will be dormant until the first major indie album release in 2k10. This means ‘we’ as an altosphere need 2 do our best to reflect on the year that we just lived, and try 2 analyze which album/artist/mp3 we want to be the...
It’s not for the cock, it’s for a review of the decade
The Recession, 9/11, The Internet, Terrorism, George Bush, July 7th 2005, Big Brother, Reality Television, Social Networking, Celebrity, Tony Blair, Online Shopping, The First Black President, The Smoking Ban, I-Pods, Borat, Banksy, Chavs… In no chronological or logical order, these are just some of the things that the decade dubbed “the noughties” may be remembered...
Guest top 10s: Health
Our favourite masters of noise HEALTH have come up with their own top 10 of 2009. Feast your eyes after the jump. <!--break--> 1. PICTUREPLANE Travis Egedy a.k.a Pictureplane a.k.a Captain Experience a.k.a The Man With The Golden Cock is a man from a mostly unknown incredible scene in Denver, Colorado. We’ve been doing all we can to let people experience the captain. His...
All animal collective news
Syndicate content

animal collective MP3s

Leaky Faucet - Animal Collective, Beach House etc.
Who: Beach House Title: Teen Dream Release Date: January 26th Label: Sub Pop Thoughts: At this point I have to assume that all of you have heard the fantastic new record from Beach House. Sure it doesn’t officially see the light of day until January, but the way it has been lighting up the blogs and the torrent sites the past week makes us believe someone has been listening. So you should...
WALKABOUT
This track is all over the place by now, but such a match made in heaven cant be ignored. Bradford Cox (Deerhunter & Atlas Sound) and Noah Lennox (Panda Bear from Animal Collective) have teamed up to produce one of the most gorgeous, bouncy dream-pop tracks of the past few years. I really hope the rest of the upcoming Atlas Sound LP is as good as this. Kinda reminds me of good times....
Is Atlas Sound (ft Panda Bear) the MP3 we have been waiting 4 all year?
[MP3] Atlas Sound Walkabout (w/ Panda Bear) I heard that this song is possibly one of the most ‘relevant’ and ‘organically created + released’ mp3s of the year. From what I understand, the DeerhunterBro was ‘chilling’ with the Animal Collective, then Panda Bear (Noah Lenbro) ‘taught’ DeerBro how to use his lil conceptual music making gadget...
Favorite Albums of 2009 (so far)
See also:  Artrocker.com’s own Top 12 albums of the year so far list Whether it’s from phenomenal debut albums or continued greatness from reliable favorites, one thing is for certain, 2009 has already been a very exciting year for music. This is my annual mid-year recap of what I believe to be the best albums of 2009 so far. As I’ve done from this site...
MP3: Golden Ages – “Everything Will Be Alright”
Golden Ages is a new band from Philly with a  sound you may be familiar with (think M83, Animal Collective). The song is head-trip as is the free EP. (Mediafire Download) {MP3} Golden Ages - "Everything Will Be Alright" [audio:] (via HoneyPower)
All animal collective mp3s
Syndicate content

animal collective Reviews

Lollapalooza 2009 - Recap and Day One Photos
The last Lollapalooza of the this decade is in the books and despite, what on paper, looked like a less than impressive lineup, it turned out another weekend of exciting and memorable moments just as in years past. Every year going at Lolla, one is expected to battle oppressive heat, but on Friday this year, Mother Nature decided to throw in a little something extra - a rain storm that only...
Water Curses
Band name: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Label: Fat Cat Teaser: We’re all animal fans here at artrocker.com (our preference is K9s, since you asked) so it’s with pleasure that we welcome back these psych-folk-noise legends. Alice Wagstaffe reviews their new EP… First para: Yet another glorious gift from those clever Animal Collective blokes, the Water Curses EP is a...
Singles for week beginning August 13th
Band name: Frank Musik, Pigeon Detectives, SFA & More! Label: various sooper labels Teaser: Rory Carroll takes us through this week’s singles, and finds himself strangely in the mood for playing the Keytar… Pull quote 2: …despite their best efforts ‘Take Her Back’ ends up sounding like the product of a wet dream about the Arctic Monkeys...
Women - Women
It’s a curious name these four Canadian men have taken. If there was a definite article, or if the music were very different, you could maybe put it down to macho attention-seeking or glammy affectation. In fact, ‘women’ is simply the opposite of what they collectively are: an erasure of self that extends to the cover of their debut album, an old Felix Greene photograph of...
Fill Up The Room
Band name: Saturday Looks Good To Me Label: How Does It Feel To Be Loved? Teaser: Experimental indie pop collective Saturday Looks Good To me have transcended their influences and gone on to make one of the records of the year - according to The Sonic Destroyer, who brings us this review… Pull quote 2: Records this good really shouldn’t come this late in the ...
All animal collective reviews
Syndicate content

Best of 2009

more

Have You Read?

  • Penalties, Brel et Moi, and Kevin Keegan and Alan Curbishley resign

    PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Travel News : Penalties When I got to the First Capital Connect ticket office there was nobody serving. The one member of staff had left his position to go and tell another (who...

  • Demo kitchen with iLiKETRAiNS

    istavan.jpgiLiKETRAiNS DEMO OF THE WEEK: ISTVAN & THE KOSMAS / DISCO CLUB IMPERIAL DAVE: The song started out pretty promisingly, but it didn’t really develop. It could be just me! Having said...

  • Joe Gideon & The Shark - Civilisation

    Joe Gideon & The Shark - Civilisation from Bronzerat Records on Vimeo. Awesome video from Joe Gideon & The Shark. Sharp white suits, Mark E Smith style monologues and NoMeansNo heavy...

  • Volcano Choir - Unmap

    What we know about Justin Vernon: he’s a fantastic songwriter with a soulful voice, which has slowly but surely found widespread acclaim with Bon Iver. We also found out from the Blood Bank EP...

  • Delia's Gig Guide: 19 November

    Sunday 18th November Monkey Chews – Friend Of The Bride, Looker, Jon byrne, Marcus Mumford Cargo – Wire doo dah – Jackie-o motherfkkkccer5, polly shang kuan band

  • Magazine at the Forum

    PARSLEY’S COMMLOCK Concert Review: Magazine, The Forum 12/02/09 Before I describe what it was like to be at a Magazine concert in 2009, I feel I should let you in on what it was like to be at...

  • Skinny Jeans Can F*** Off

  • Free Papers on Diana, Ryan Air, Private Eye, and Which? (Consumers Association) AGM

    PARSLEY'S COMMLOCK Media News : Free Papers report Diana Inquest When people complain about the media's prurient interests, they often say 'if people didn't buy it then the papers wouldn't print it...

Photos

  • In Pictures: Steve Gullick retrospective

    Legendary rock photographer Steve Gullick has a retrospective at Manchester’s KRAAK Gallery running from March 12th til March 27th, featuring shots taken for NME and Melody Maker as well as his...

  • In Pictures: Tune-Yards, Trash Kit and Think about Life

    To accompany the review of tUnE-yArDs’ Monday gig at Cargo, a few tasty shots of Think about Life, Trash Kit and New England native Merrill Garbus aka tUnE-yArDs. Read the review of the night...

  • In Pictures: Worst Record Covers of the Year

    We have collected some truly heinous examples of recent album covers, from Empire of the Sun’s Star Wars travesty to the banal evil that is Razorlight’s Slipway Fire. Discretionary...

  • In Pictures: Best record covers 2009

    Album art in this gallery was selected based on several simple traits: strong concept, fine graphics including creative typography and general lushness. The first three of ‘The Best Record...

  • In Pictures: Placebo

    Placebo pictures: just in - some photos of Placebo and Brian Molko from last week’s gig at the Glasgow SECC. Also check out the review here

chart

  • the Dirty Dishes - In the Clouds EP

    Ahhhh. I love this. When Jenny Tuite of the Dirty Dishes emailed us at Artrocker.com, there was no extended press drivel or desperate pleadings for promotion, just a simple "Hey there!...

  • Cutting Some Shapes

    Not Squares From: Belfast, Northern Ireland On debut single ‘Asylum’ (Richter Collective) Irish punktronic (we really do love inventing these meaningless genres !) trio Not Squares...

  • Turning Japanese

    The Japanese War Effort From: Scotland, United Kingdom The Japanese War Effort is a one man band, based in Edinburgh. Martin Moog (surely an adopted name otherwise baby he was born to moog...

  • Mondrian, Cakes, Pastries and Mille-Feuille

    There’s a tiny town to the north-east of Paris called Peronne. It’s in the Somme, so it rains a lot, and both the buildings and surrounding countryside are deeply gashed with marks from...

  • Wu Lyf (Finally) and The Great BBC 6Music Sham

    I knew something didn’t add up. The BBC 6Music kerfuffle drags on and on – with more and more music fans, politicians and BBC bigwigs all competing to see who can yelp their opinions...

  • Sleeping With The NME

    Yes Giantess Boston, Massachusetts, United States The current incarnation of the NME may be a pale shadow of itself and struggling with it’s identity, not knowing whether to...

  • EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Egyptian Hip Hop - Round Pot (This is Horseflesh's Rad Pitt Reincarnation)

    According to This is Horseflesh (the nom de guerre of Egyptian Hip Hop drummer Alex Pierce) this fantastic ‘reincarnation’ of the band’s own "Rad Pitt" was written to...

  • Bromheads: Dedicated mp3

    Bromheads are continuing their free monthly download singles with a genius reworking of ‘Dedicated to the One I Love’, a song made famous by the Shirelles.  Unsubtle mix tape...

  • Japanese Voyeurs new single, track giveaway

    If Wyldman’s recent live review has picqued your interest in Japanese Voyeurs, then you might be interested in their free download track ‘Dumb’.  They’re biffing it out...

  • Sissy And The Blisters, and The Folly Of Rock And Roll Adoration

    Forming a rock ‘n’ roll band is one of the more deceptive and fickle actions a group of young men (and it’s almost always young men) can take. It seems so easy: get a self-...
More MP3s

Blogs