Tag: "Animal Collective"

Animal Collective @ The Palace Theatre
0 Comments. 266 Views. Posted 12 Feb 2013 @ 11:34am.
My exposure to the Animal Collective amounts to listening to Merriweather Post Pavilion once, like the rest of you, and mostly ignoring their set at Meredith by guzzling pink drinks… or was it Golden Plains? Either way I’m no expert. So I walked in to the Palace as a damp sponge, ready to soak up whatever it is they were prepared to shower me with. The opening act, Africa Hitech was a puzzling... Read More
Big Day Out 2013 Sideshows Revealed
1 Comments. 2,647 Views. Posted 18 Sep 2012 @ 9:00am.
After a doozy of a lineup announcement, the avalanche of Big Day Out sideshows has started to roll in - with more than a few big names hitting relatively intimate venues. The full list (so far) of Big Day Out sideshows looks a little something like this:   The Killers The Palace, Tuesday January 22 Gary Clark Jr The Corner, Tuesday January 22 Crystal Castles Billboard,... Read More
Animal Collective Big Day Out Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,285 Views. Posted 18 Sep 2012 @ 8:59am.
Heading our way for the Big Day Out, third millennium psychedelic heroes and recent Beat cover stars Animal Collective have announced a Melbourne sideshow.  The enigmatic quartet have taught us to expect the unexpected across ten albums and more than ten years. Bursting with textures – radio snippets, advertising samples, broadcast static – and with a newfound rhythmic immediacy, their... Read More
Animal Collective : Centipede Hz
0 Comments. 653 Views. Posted 4 Sep 2012 @ 12:10pm.
Centipede Hz is a big, ugly mess. That’s not a bad thing, the motif of radio broadcast gone horribly twisted works for the most part – like an album forged by ‘80s oddity Max Headroom. In this sense it’s probably as close to a concept record as Animal Collective, venturing into an experimental territory showcased on the band’s pre-Strawberry Jam output. Not that Centipede Hz is all that ... Read More
Animal Collective
0 Comments. 816 Views. Posted 29 Aug 2012 @ 5:49am.
It's strange that Animal Collective are so popular. The quartet's music may be pop at heart, but it's riven with enough drug culture allusions and avant-gardism to make for a pretty gritty listen. The fact that the band is signed to the largest of major labels feels like a minor coup. In the same way that Revolution 9 exposed thousands of Beatles fans to musique concréte in the late '... Read More
Animal Collective : Today's Supernatural
0 Comments. 559 Views. Posted 8 Aug 2012 @ 11:46am.
There’s a strident thread of vocals through Today’s Supernatural that should replicate the effect of the vocals in My Girls – it should cut through the whirligig of technicolour noise and create an emotional anchor in this song. Here, it throws you even further out of whack. There’s an edge of aggression, a spitting, yowling air in Avey Tare’s voice that creates sharp peaks and drops in amongst... Read More
Listen: Animal Collective : Today's Supernatural
1 Comments. 957 Views. Posted 30 Jul 2012 @ 2:25pm.
Ahead of the upcoming release of their eagerly anticipated ninth studio LP Centipede Hz, Animal Collective have unleashed, Today's Supernatural,  the first official single from the album. Revealed on Animal Collective Radio earlier today, the track is very big and very weird.    Expect to hear Today's Supernatural  when the band take to the stage as part of next... Read More
Animal Collective : Honeycomb/Gotham
0 Comments. 685 Views. Posted 30 May 2012 @ 7:03am.
And this is what they did next. Launching the follow up to their groundbreaking 2009 album Merriweather Post Pavillion, Animal Collective crank up the intensity of their day-glo electro psychedelia. Honeycomb is oddly rigid, despite the many layers of warped synth and the sunny, harmonised vocal melody, driven by a fierce staccato rhythm. It’s colourful, but not joyful – imagine Animal... Read More
Harvest 2012 Rumour Roundup
4 Comments. 4,297 Views. Posted 22 May 2012 @ 4:10pm.
Looking back, last year's Harvest lineup was nothing short of fucking awesome. And despite a few logistical mishaps in the inaugural Melbourne leg, the festival established itself as one of the giants on the calendar. As a result, expectations are running high for this year's instalment. Let's take a look at who might be gracing the lush surrounds of Werribee Mansion. First up, we can rule out... Read More
Black Dice
0 Comments. 1,038 Views. Posted 5 Oct 2011 @ 9:19am.
As a kid I always liked music that I knew my parents would hate. That's what I blame for my (long expired) infatuation with Korn and System of A Down but I must admit Rage Against The Machine is a much cherished nugget I have carried with me for the years. As I got older and stopped hanging out with my parents I found that it got harder and harder to listen to truly experimental and jaw-dropping... Read More
Akron Family : S/T II: The Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju TNT
0 Comments. 2,048 Views. Posted 17 May 2011 @ 5:29pm.
What a mouthful. Even the band admit that this title is bollocks. Tell you what though, it's brilliant. Let's get that out of the way. This record is brilliant. From their perfectly-layered outer-space arrangements and controlled execution comes such a heady, sloppy, delightfully reckless, dare it even be said, fun oeuvre that sees Akron/Family once again rendering their past outings irrelevant... Read More
Greedy Hen Present Debut Album At Lamington Drive
0 Comments. 2,010 Views. Posted 28 Apr 2011 @ 10:33am.
Sydney illustrators Greedy Hen present their fictitious debut album at Lamington Drive this May. Well-known for their work in the music industry (Cloud Control, Richard In Your Mind, Washington, Josh Pyke, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Florence And The Machine, Animal Collective), Katherine Brickman and Kate Mitchell have very delightfully created a show based around an album that they would... Read More
Tommy Little - Has No Answers
0 Comments. 1,592 Views. Posted 28 Apr 2011 @ 5:01pm.
Jovial, energetic and reliably entertaining, Tommy Little resembles the friend that will happily accompany you to any function ... if it's not a political forum or educational seminar. But that's not to say that Little doesn't delve into any serious issues; he just doesn't feel as intellectually capable as his peers to do so. Therefore, bringing up racism is about as serious as it gets, as Little... Read More
Ariel Pink's support bands announced.
0 Comments. 1,664 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Ariel Pink’s support bands for his Haunted Graffiti tour have finally been revealed. Mistletone have announced that they will be none other than folk/pop wizards Pikelet, Jarrod Quarrel and Lost Animal.   Discovered in 2003 by Animal Collective, Ariel Rosenberg began as somewhat of a cult figure in underground Los Angeles, but has now thankfully moved on to international tours.... Read More
Pantha Du Prince Melbourne Show
1 Comments. 2,641 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
New Guernica bar will host some ambient techno magic. For the first time, Pantha Du Prince is bringing his live show to Australia this Decemeber.   His minimalist indie techno album Black Noise features Panda Bear (Animal Collective), Tyler Pope (!!!) and LCD Soundsystem. Pantha du Prince’s mission with the latest album was to render what is unheard and unheard of: black noise, a frequency... Read More
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