New Video: Animal Collective – Brothersport

Actually captures the song pretty well with its paint dripping, children wandering, cartoon conscience visuals!

Also, you should really checkout that song below from Pure Ecstasy and go out to one of his current tour dates if you can…he really seems like a new musical force to be reckoned with. Such solid melodies and great vocals. In the zone at his show yesterday at Aquarius I caught myself thinking he’s mining a different aural element of Mr. B Wilson than Panda Bear does. Of course that’s oversimplifying as Pure Ecstasy seems to draw upon many influences, but it’s still great to hear someone changing it up a bit.

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[Exclusive Radio Sessions] Six Organs, Devendra Banhart, Animal Collective

        

These sessions were recorded at KVRX in Austin, Texas.  I came across them while digging through CD’s at the radio station. There are no photographs from the Six Organs or Animal Collective sessions.

Six Organs of Admittance, 11 May 2004

This one was recorded around the time of For Octavio Paz and Untitled CDR. It’s just Ben Chasny and steel string guitar. Need I say more?

1. Thousand Birds
2. Journey through Sankuan Pass
3. Black Needle Rhymes
4. Drinking with Jack
5. Birds and Sun and Clay
6. The Manifestation
7. Somewhere Between
8. Hlao-Roo
9. Khidr and the Fountain
10. Lisbon

Devendra Banhart, 19 March 2004

Devendra’s set was recorded in between the release of Black Babies and Rejoicing in the Hands. The tracks hearken back to the era of Golden Apples of the Sun, and include two well placed covers along with some entertaining banter.

1. Onward the Indian
2. Michigan State
3. This Beard Is for Siobhán
4. Little Monkey
5. It’s a Sight to Behold
6. Marigold
7. Soon is Good
8. Todo los Dolores
9. Colorado Girl
10. The Body Breaks
11. Maybe I Should Have a Glass of Water
12. Green Rocky Road

Avey Tare & Panda Bear, 11 July 2003

Avey Tare and Panda Bear played this set on acoustic guitars. The sound is filled out slightly by some recorded sounds and features vocal harmonies that wander into an a cappella bit at the end.

1. Pilot (Through Crash)
2. You’ll Be Alright
3. College

-kevin-

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Animal Collective Live Chat on NPR TODAY

TODAY, Wednesday, Jan. 21, Dave Portner (a.k.a. Avey Tare) and Noah Lennox (a.k.a. Panda Bear) of Animal Collective will chat live with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen and take listeners’ questions about the new album. In the meantime, Merriweather Post Pavilion is available to hear in its entirety on NPR Music as part of the First Listen series.

The chat will take place live TODAY Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m. ET, and then archived.

[ Click Here for Stream ]

Photo: Gries/Getty

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Animal Collective announce spring tour dates

Animal Collective have announced the dates for their upcoming tour this spring. I’d be lying if I said that anything else in quite awhile has caught my ear as much as Merriweather Post Pavilion has. You really must make it out to one of these upcoming shows… bound to be quite the experience.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE TOUR DATES

May 11, 09  Washington, DC – 9:30 Club

May 12, 09  Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory

May 13, 09  New York, NY – Terminal 5

May 14, 09  Boston, MA – House of Blues

May 15, 09  Montreal, PQ – Metropolis

May 16, 09  Toronto, ON – Sound Academy

May 18, 09  Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Hall

May 19, 09  Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom

May 20, 09  Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue

May 24, 09  Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom

May 25, 09  Portland, OR – Roseland Theater

May 26, 09  Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre

May 27, 09  Big Sur, CA – Henry Miller Memorial Library

May 29, 09  Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern

May 30, 09  Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues

May 31, 09  Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theater

Jun 01, 09   Albuquerque, MN – Sunshine Theater

Jun 02, 09   Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre

Jun 04, 09   Dallas, TX – House Of Blues

Jun 05, 09   Austin, TX – Stubbs

Jun 06, 09   Oxford, MS – The Library

Jun 08, 09   St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre

Jun 09, 09   Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room

Jun 10, 09   Orlando, FL – Club Firestone

Edvard

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Animal Collective Release Vinyl Early, plan listening parties

“Animal Collective’s 9th full-length album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, will be released early on deluxe 2xLP 180-gram gatefold vinyl with full album download card (WAV or MP3) January 6th 2009, on Domino Records in North America. The CD & digital release date will remain January 20th (Jan. 12 UK/Europe). To coincide with the early vinyl release will be a series of release/listening parties across the country in conjunction with Terrorbird Media, Domino, record stores, blogs and college radio stations. The release parties will take place at record stores or venues the week of the vinyl release and will feature pre-orders, Animal Collective listing party exclusive goodies including giant posters and download cards, ticket giveaways and grand prize giveaways of ‘The Domino Years’ prize packs. Every party will be a little different, and information on the specifics of each party will be available on the host’s website. An up-to-date list of confirmed parties will be available at www.dominorecordco.us.”

The Cities (details to follow)

Anchorage, AK – KRUA Presents*

Atlanta, GA – Criminal Records – Jan. 1st @ 4PM

Austin, TX – End Of And Ear Records & KVRX – Jan. 3 @ 6PM

Boston, MA – WZBC presents*

Chicago, IL – WHPK presents*

Dallas, TX – Gorilla Vs. Bear Presents*

Eugene, OR – KWVA Presents*

Lawrence, KS – Love Garden Sounds & KJHK – Jan. 6th

Los Angeles, CA – Fingerprints Records & KXLU – Jan. 6th

Miami, FL – WRGP Presents*

Minneapolis, MN – KUOM Presents*

New York, NY – Other Music Presents – Jan. 5th

Philadelphia, PA – WXPN Presents*

Portland, OR – Music Millennium – Jan. 3 @ 6PM

Raleigh, NC – WKNC Presents*

San Francisco, CA – Terrorbird Presents @ The Knockout – Jan. 6th, 7-10pm**

Santa Cruz, CA – KZSC Presents*

Seattle, WA – KUPS Presents*

St. Louis, MO – Vintage Vinyl & KDHX – Jan. 6th

Vancouver, BC – CFUV presents*

*Location & Date TBA

** w/ Maus Haus, French Miami

More cities to come.

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Animal Collective’s Merriweather listening party in NYC

Just got final word about the time and place you can check out the new Animal Collective album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, in its full in a little under a week from now.

Here’s the details, make sure to RSVP today/soon if you’re in NYC and plan on making it out:

Edvard

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New Animal Collective album due in January?

A new website has been put up for what seems to be an announcement for a new Animal Collective album titled Merriweather Post Pavilion due sometime in January. I suppose it’s rather sad that the polarized animatronic fish video looping on the website at the moment gave me more than a moment of excitement. Maybe I can finally give their Midi performance videos of them performing the new material on youtube a break.

Not many details yet, but you can check out the cryptic update here:

http://www.myanimalhome.net/

and watch some of their new material peformed here

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Video Naturalismo:

Here’s a menagerie of videos i’ve been cycling through on a regular rotation over the past few weeks. The first two are from the serendipitous La Blogotheque and the third was inspired by the ingenious madness over at WFMU’s Bewware of the Blog.

Is it presumptuous to think that everything Animal Collective sets their collective minds to is gold? This video from late April of them performing ‘Taste’ doesn’t do anything to dissuade the thought.

This is nothing short of epic, it’s everything a hippie drum circle is not.

This is more of a tease to get you to go over to WFMU and watch the bottom left video of Dutch psych rock band Gasolin’ performing an unreleased song in the late 60’s. The other videos in the round up of “Trees, Grass and Stones” are great as well.

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Sigur Rós – Gobbledigook

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I’m feeling very visually inclined this week and Sigur Rós beautiful new video for their song Gobbledigook feels like the perfect way to start summer. The song is accompanied by the stunning visuals of the previously mentioned Ryan McGinley, who I think has done an amazing job at reviving the (sadly) now nostalgic concept of insouciant nudity once again- breathing in a playful life to the natural inclinations of the human body. It’s refreshing to see the post-modern constructs of nudity either being taboo or an over-exposed blase’ canvas not enough to shock or enthrall being broken down. Such is life in America in the latter half of the first decade of the 2000’s I suppose. The song itself recalls Animal Collective’s (in my opinion) most ambitious and strongest album to date Sung Tongs.

If you’re in the San Francisco area Ryan McGinley’s “I know where summer goes” is now open at Ratio 3, here’s a map of how to get there. It is FREE admission and runs until June 21. Wed-Saturday from 11am-6pm.

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Animal Collective Announces Water Curses EP

This just in: Animal Collective will be releasing Water Curses, their much anticipated follow-up to Strawberry Jam, on May 6. According to its press release, “All tracks find Animal Collective exploring strange new waters….” Oddly enough, that doesn’t surprise me.

Water Curses tracklist:
01 Water Curses
02 Street Flash
03 Cobwebs
04 Seal Eyeing

[download] “Peacebone” from Strawberry Jam

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