Animal Collective: Time Skiffs
Animal Collective feels like they wanted to voyage in the mainstream with 2009’s Merriweather Post Pavilion. Since then, though, the band has experimented with…
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Panda Bear: Buoys
If Animal Collective is to the Beatles in that they are a gateway band to modern psychedelia, then Panda is their Paul, and Buoys…
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Animal Collective: Meeting of the Waters
In the early 2000’s, Animal Collective gained a cult following of fans for their experimental insistence, not only in samples and sound, but in…
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Top 20 Albums of 2016 (10-01)
#10 Thee Oh Sees: A Weird Exits In a litany of recent albums A Weird Exits is tops. John Dwyer is quite possibly one…
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Top 50 Tracks of 2016 (30-21)
#30 Cold Pumas “Slippery Slopes” Despite being around since 2008, this UK outfit has flown under the radar here in the US. Often linked…
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Painting With (by) Animal Collective is one hell of a thing. It’s easily one of the most anticipated and awaited releases for many freak-folk…
Read More#TuesdayTopTen: Most Anticipated Albums of 2016
The most anticipated albums list is a yearly tradition around these parts—and a year exercise in futility. Last year I was fairly on point,…
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Panda Bear: Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
Panda Bear was 22 when he made Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished with Avey Tare. He was 26 when Sung Tongs came out,…
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Panda Bear: Mr. Noah EP
Noah Lennox, or Panda Bear, is finally back, four years after the release of his Person Pitch follow-up, Tomboy. Compared to Person Pitch, Tomboy…
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Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks “Little Fang”
I was among the few who really liked Avey Tare’s previous solo album, Down There. Sure, maybe my opinion comes with the disclaimer that…
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