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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Top 20 Albums of 2015 (10-01)
10. Negative Scanner: Negative Scanner Like a devastating tornado in the middle of the night, Chicago’s Negative Scanner delivered their excellent self-titled full length…
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10. Soko ft. Ariel Pink “Lovetrap” You’d be hard-pressed to find a better female/male indie pop duet in 2015 than French chanteuse Soko’s “Lovetrap”….
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Panda Bear: Crosswords EP
Panda Bear‘s album from January, Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper remains one of my favorites of the year. While it might not have…
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Panda Bear “Crosswords (Pete Rock Remix)”
“Crosswords” was one of my favorite tracks off of the new Panda Bear LP. It strikes that perfect balance of simplicity and density that…
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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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Time for my annual fool’s errand at Surviving the Golden Age. I was 5/10 last year in terms of listing albums that were eventually…
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#30 Future Islands “Back in the Tall Grass” Witnessing Future Islands live is nothing short of transcendent. Partially due to Samuel T. Herring’s upstanding…
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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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