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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 >>

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 >>

Animal Collective: live from Big Sur

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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Magical Mystery Allure

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

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

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

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

Animal Collective

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

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 >>

Bouncer’s Highly Accurate Bar Quiz

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Let's Get Killed's Top Albums of 2009

​​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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Women's Music

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Pink Inside

Ariel Pink isn't afraid to share the details.

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 >>

Panda Bear: Show Preview

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 >>

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 >>

Pantha Du Prince: 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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]