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Animal Collective

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Music Links: PJ Harvey's Strange Headwear, Shannon & the Clams' Clothing Advice, Rad Female DJs, and More

    PJ Harvey photo by Ray Chavez/San Jose Mercury News​What the hell was PJ Harvey wearing on her head at the Warfield Thursday night? [Mercury News]Sartorial advice from members of the incomparable Shannon and the Clams. [The Bay Bridged]

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Animal Collective's Henry Miller Library Show Moved to Santa Cruz; More Tix Onsale Thursday

    Is Animal Collective laughing in the face of Mother Nature, or laughing at the fact that they'll now sell more tickets?​Mother Nature, you are a saucy bitch. First, you offer us a sweet place like Big Sur's Henry Miller Library to have shows. The place books a concert for the beloved weirdo band A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    In Which We Solemnly Vow to Never Use the Word "Hipster" Again

    You see yourself in here somewhere, hipster. Via YesButNoButYes.​Chain-smoking. Chronic masturbation. Leaving the toilet seat up. There comes a time in life when we must all break our bad habits, readers, and today, that time has come for use of the word "hipster." Once a slur aimed at the alleged ... More >>

  • Music

    February 2, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and lows from the last week in S.F. music

    You see yourself in here somewhere, hipster. Via YesButNoButYes.​Chain-smoking. Chronic masturbation. Leaving the toilet seat up. There comes a time in life when we must all break our bad habits, readers, and today, that time has come for use of the word "hipster." Once a slur aimed at the alleged ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Mi Ami Learns to Love the Sampler. This Is a Good Thing.

    Mi Ami as a two-piece​Following the departure of bassist Jacob Long, the evolution of Mi Ami's sound has been an ongoing process. The once three-piece S.F. noise-rock outfit used to blowout eardrums with huge, distorted bass. But now a two-man crew, the band decided to embrace more of an electron ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Coachella Runoff: Animal Collective Plays Great American Music Hall This April (Updated)

    The creature-loving crew of Animal Collective​ All behold the glorious largesse of Fauxchella! When many among the massive onslaught of bands coming to the Golden State for that sweaty confab down south spread the love to we cold-weather-preferring hippies of Nor-Cal! Thus heaping yet another eco- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Painted Palms' Canopy EP = Dreamy Local Psych-Pop For Free

    ​Not sure if it's considered a pejorative to call a new band "chillwave" these days, so perhaps it's best to avoid that word when bringing up Painted Palms, a newish S.F. outfit whose upbeat electro-psych-pop we are rather enjoying. Anyway, what this two-person bedroom project really sounds like i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Get to Know Pantha du Prince Before His S.F. Show This Weekend

    As mentioned last week, Seattle's The Sight Below and Berlin's Pantha du Prince are bringing their own unique styles of beautiful, stripped-down techno soundscapes to The Independent this Saturday, September 18, and I'm more than excited to have them here. Especially because the last time German p ... More >>

  • Music

    September 15, 2010

    Pantha Du Prince: Show Preview

    As mentioned last week, Seattle's The Sight Below and Berlin's Pantha du Prince are bringing their own unique styles of beautiful, stripped-down techno soundscapes to The Independent this Saturday, September 18, and I'm more than excited to have them here. Especially because the last time German p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Panda Bear Previews 'Tomboy' at the Fox Theater

    Richard Haick​Panda Bear@ The Fox Theater, OaklandSeptember 6, 2010 Better than: Camp counselor-ing on shrooms, which could be cool. It's becoming increasingly clear that Noah Lennox, known to animals and hipsters as Panda Bear, is to experitronica champions Animal Collective what Jonny ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2010

    Panda Bear: Show Preview

    Richard Haick​Panda Bear@ The Fox Theater, OaklandSeptember 6, 2010 Better than: Camp counselor-ing on shrooms, which could be cool. It's becoming increasingly clear that Noah Lennox, known to animals and hipsters as Panda Bear, is to experitronica champions Animal Collective what Jonny ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Chicago Critic's Pitchfork Dis Gets the Blogosphere Steaming

    Jason StoffRobyn at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago​Just when it seemed cool to hate the taste-making music site Pitchfork, one critic went and ripped the site (and its music festival in Chicago this past weekend) a good one. So how did indie-loving blogs and blog readers respond -- that i ... More >>

  • Music

    July 7, 2010

    Pink Inside

    Ariel Pink isn't afraid to share the details.

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    The 10 Worst Answers to 'What Kind of Music Do You Listen To?"

    BrokeNCYDE: All your fears about the younger generation, realized.​It's a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible question. And a necessary one. Why necessary? Hell, we need some way to talk about the stuff. And it's terrible, obviously, because there's no successful way to answer it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Free Mixtape for Free Show Thursday at Milk Bar

    Skeletal System​ Ain't no tickets left for the LCD Soundsystem show on Thursday, so indie fans looking for a good time that night shouldn't need a helluva lot of carrot-waving to hit up the solid bill of up-and-comers playing for free (with RSVP) at Milk Bar. But just in case you do, show promoter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Five Opening Bands To Show Up Early For This Week

    Fang Island​Five nights of solid shows and at least one good band to kick off each one. So head out and get your grub 'n' sauce on if you gotta -- but don't dawdle past the start times of these excellent openers: Tuesday: Weekend with The Mantles and Dimmer at Rickshaw Stop. S.F. trio Weeke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Cheat Sheet for Cassettes to Care About in 2010

    ​Toro y Moi Chazwick Bundick's brand of chillwave is less grandiose than Washed Out and less distinguished than Neon Indian but makes better-suited cassette listening with more minimal dance grooves than nostalgia-evoking 80s chintz effects. You can even dance (grind?) to "You Hid" sober. ​N ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2010

    Women's Music

    ​Toro y Moi Chazwick Bundick's brand of chillwave is less grandiose than Washed Out and less distinguished than Neon Indian but makes better-suited cassette listening with more minimal dance grooves than nostalgia-evoking 80s chintz effects. You can even dance (grind?) to "You Hid" sober. ​N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Bleep.com Offers Best of '09 Tracks For One Day Only

    S.F.'s Ghosts on Tape makes Bleep.com's Top 100 of 2009 list​If there's one thing the music world loves to do, it's make lists. Best ofs, worst ofs, personal faves, and what-have-you rundowns catch the public eye and add a little personality to whichever publication puts them together. One such li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Track of the Day: Pantha Du Prince

    ​Anyone who has guests Noah Lennox of Animal Collective and Tyler Pope of !!! and LCD Soundsystem on an album is worth a listen. But even without the indie extras, Pantha Du Prince weaves a beautifully complicated web for the ears.  Hendrik Weber, a Paris- and Berlin-based DJ and producer who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Worthy (Anabatic Records, Dirtybird)

    ​Don't ask DJ Worthy to spin Tiesto. The dude has too many good records in his bag to make room for that crap. As part of the Dirtybird house/techno crew and owner of Anabatic Records, the DC-born, locally-based DJ keeps an ear on breaking tech house, funk, soul, and, well, the good '80s shit (met ... More >>

  • Music

    December 30, 2009

    Let's Get Killed's Top Albums of 2009

    ​Don't ask DJ Worthy to spin Tiesto. The dude has too many good records in his bag to make room for that crap. As part of the Dirtybird house/techno crew and owner of Anabatic Records, the DC-born, locally-based DJ keeps an ear on breaking tech house, funk, soul, and, well, the good '80s shit (met ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Track of the Day: Dam-Funk Remixes Animal Collective

    ​​I'm still on a high (or, is it that I'm still high) from the Dam-Funk show at Poleng over the weekend, so today's Track of the Day is related to the modern funk maestro. The Los Angeles keytar king remixed Animal Collective's "Summertime Clothes" for RCRDLBL, adding a little bit of cosmic grin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Last Night: Le Loup and French Miami at Bottom of the Hill

    Le Loup and French MiamiTuesday, Oct. 27, 2009Bottom of the HillBetter than: Staying home and working on your sexy wood sprite Halloween costume.French Miami​There are far worse bands to take influence from than Animal Collective. At their best moments, those zany pop freaks sound ecstatic, primal ... More >>

  • Music

    June 3, 2009

    Animal Collective: live from Big Sur

    Le Loup and French MiamiTuesday, Oct. 27, 2009Bottom of the HillBetter than: Staying home and working on your sexy wood sprite Halloween costume.French Miami​There are far worse bands to take influence from than Animal Collective. At their best moments, those zany pop freaks sound ecstatic, primal ... More >>

  • Music

    May 27, 2009

    Bouncer’s Highly Accurate Bar Quiz

    Le Loup and French MiamiTuesday, Oct. 27, 2009Bottom of the HillBetter than: Staying home and working on your sexy wood sprite Halloween costume.French Miami​There are far worse bands to take influence from than Animal Collective. At their best moments, those zany pop freaks sound ecstatic, primal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Tonalism in Big Sur: All Night Ambient Music (Free Tix Available)

    Windy and Carl(((folkYEAH!))) promotes the most interesting music events in Northern California, hosting numerous shows in Big Sur and the Santa Cruz Mountains. Next week, honcho Britt Govea has two big performances: Animal Collective on Wednesday, May 27, and an extra special all night gathering de ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2009

    Animal Collective

    Windy and Carl(((folkYEAH!))) promotes the most interesting music events in Northern California, hosting numerous shows in Big Sur and the Santa Cruz Mountains. Next week, honcho Britt Govea has two big performances: Animal Collective on Wednesday, May 27, and an extra special all night gathering de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Track of the Day: Stag Hare

    In the same enchanted forest of reverb and rainbow synths that houses bands like Animal Collective and Deerhunter, Utah's Stag Hare is making a nest out of chimes, shaker percussion, and lots of fuck-with-your-head electronic echoes. The songs come on slow, like a high that's subtle as it drops from ... More >>

  • Music

    March 11, 2009

    Ariel Pink craves a label to call home

    In the same enchanted forest of reverb and rainbow synths that houses bands like Animal Collective and Deerhunter, Utah's Stag Hare is making a nest out of chimes, shaker percussion, and lots of fuck-with-your-head electronic echoes. The songs come on slow, like a high that's subtle as it drops from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Animal Collective Plays Big Sur in May

    I no longer have to fantasize about the perfect setting for an Animal Collective show: Britt Govea of (((folkYEAH!))) has created it. He booked the psychedelic popsters to perform at the Henry Miller Library on Wednesday, May 27, at 7 p.m. Only 300 tickets will go on sale for this incredible event, ... More >>

  • Music

    January 14, 2009

    Animal Collective

    Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2008

    Friday Night: El Guincho at the Independent

    El GuinchoFriday, Nov. 21, 2008The Independent ( 628 Divisadero St.)Review by Jennifer MaerzBetter than: Watching your friends play Guitar Hero to Animal Collective. I imagine that being a one-man band is pretty sweet in a lot of ways. You never have to argue with your bandmates about what ... More >>

  • Music

    July 2, 2008

    Modey Lemon

    Season of Sweets (Birdman)

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Sigur Ros

    Season of Sweets (Birdman)

  • Music

    January 23, 2008

    Yeasayer: riding the blog buzz on inventive pop

    Season of Sweets (Birdman)

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2008

    Coachella 2008 Lineup Announced

    Season of Sweets (Birdman)

  • Music

    September 12, 2007

    Animal Collective's Panoramic Kingdom

    A casting call of the wild

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2007

    Ex-Black Dice-r Hits Bay Area

    A casting call of the wild

  • Music

    March 28, 2007

    Downy Drummers

    Soft Circle and Panda Bear embrace a new age of folksy experimentalism

  • Music

    September 27, 2006

    Grizzly Bear

    Yellow House (Warp)

  • Music

    September 27, 2006

    Misc. Reviews

    Band-name watch: Gettin' Grizzly

  • Music

    May 31, 2006

    The devil and death-metalheads

    Band-name watch: Gettin' Grizzly

  • Music

    November 16, 2005

    Magical Mystery Allure

    In search of an ephemeral, glowing blue sphere in the music of Animal Collective

  • Music

    August 3, 2005

    Excepter

    Throne

  • Music

    June 15, 2005

    Terrestrial Tones

    Blasted

  • Music

    March 2, 2005

    Hear This

    Freak-folk Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear roars into town; G. Love takes to the Warfield sans Special Sauce

  • Music

    November 3, 2004

    BeatBox

    Greg Davis and Signer bring tweaked beats to the Hemlock; All-star DJs show up for "Get Selected!," an SF DJ competition

  • Music

    August 18, 2004

    Hear This

    The 3rd Annual Noise Rock Picnic wreaks havoc on unsuspecting families. Black Dice and Animal Collective bring the Brooklyn noise.

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