if you weren’t lucky enough to be apart of the lucky few that got to catch animal collectives “visual album” ODDSAC, don’t fret. the new release will drop june 29th, and will feature some currently unknown “bonus material” other than just the film.

in the meantime, AC will be screening ODDSAC in select cities. [...]

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im a firm believer that you can make a mix for almost anything. today is no exception, and this morning while i was putting together a playlist for the day, i thought i might as well post some of my personal favorites up here.
happy valentines day, celebrate and spread the love [...]

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ladies and gentlemen, introducing…ODDSAC? Who wants to take a hit of acid and journey on up to sundance for this with me?
mp3// safer [strawberry jam bside]

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nearly a year after merriweather post pavillions release, animal collective have released the video for “brothersport”. they’ve really out done themselves with this one. this is probably the close i’ll ever come to tripping balls on acid. fast forward to the song’s midsection interlude to see what i mean.

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Animal Collective’s much awaited and rumored film collaboration with director Danny Perez is finally set in stone. The band will be releasing it at this years Sundance Festival. The film could premiere between January 21-31. Even as a Utah native, I’ve never taken advantage of the festival, but maybe this means that’s [...]

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Ever since my good friend Justus introduced me to the this song, sitting by a pool in Vegas earlier this year, it’s always been among my favorite Animal Collective tracks. Previously only available from the BBC sessions they did, Animal Collective revamped it and put it through the studio for their Fall Be Kind [...]

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I always though Merriweather Post Pavillion’s lush opener “In The Flowers” didn’t get enough play, being overshadowed by the pop mammoths of “My Girls” and “Summertime Clothes”, but now that they’ve both had their run, AC have put together a new video for the album opener. since it’s non-embeddable, you’ll have to hit it up [...]

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The previously announced new Animal Collective Fall Be Kind EP is now available for pre-order.
preorder// fall be kind ep
fall be kind ep is due out december 15 via domino

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Animal Collective will be putting out a 10″ single for Merriweather Post Pavilion’s bouncing track “Brother Sport” The vinyl only release will feature the aforementioned live track “Bleeding” and will hit the streets November 9 via Domino.
EDIT It also looks as if the band are planning on releasing a new EP entitled Fall [...]

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What do you get when you have one of biggest names in modern independent music remix another? Just what you’d expect, solid gold. It seems like half the remixes I get today have one of these two bands involved, but I’m not complaining. Check out this daze driven remix by Animal Collective of [...]

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Surprisingly, acoustic renditions of “My Girls” is not a rare occurrence. None of the painfully amateur attempts that I’ve seen or heard thus far live up to Dappled Cities rendition, which sounds like it may have taken more than a few minutes and a cheap digital camera to record.
DOWNLOAD:: Dappled Cities “My [...]

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This isn’t the first time someone’s decided to mash-up Animal Collective and The Beach Boys. This one comes from Johnny Disaster of Porch of The Mystics. Hit it up for the air tight pairing of Animal Collective’s “Banshee Beat” and Beach Boys “I’m Waiting For The Day”
Download:: I’m Waiting For My Banshee [MP3]

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On the heels of my recently posted best records of the decade, i’ve spent quite some time compiling what are, in my opinion, the top 50 songs released from 2000 to the end of 2009.
as always, if you dig the song, support the artist!
the picture is of my brother getting punched in the [...]

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Animal Collective – My Girls from Rob Chesnutt on Vimeo.
Makes me wish I was back in Vegas…

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Hopefully this is something I can continue doing, from now on i’ll try to post a comprehensive list of new albums hitting stores every tuesday. heres the (2nd) edition.
must haves:

poison the well – the tropic rot
for fans that liked the new direction taken by versions, but still love the bands original material, the tropic [...]

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