Animal Collective Do What They Do on ‘Isn’t It Now?’
Animal Collective’s Isn’t It Now? suggests both urgency and passivity, displaying some of their best attributes but also their self-circumscribed limits.
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Animal Collective Give Us Their Most Accessible Album with ‘Time Skiffs’
Time Skiffs finds Animal Collective in a calm, contemplative state yet places them closer in style to most indie rock bands.
The 60 Best Albums of 2007
From tech house to Radiohead and Americana to indie and everything in between, the 60 best albums of 2007 included many of the 2000s' best albums.
The 50 Best Songs of 2009
As part of PopMatters’ 20th anniversary, we are revisiting classic features. Travel back in time a decade ago to 2009, when indie rock was in its full ascendency,and hear the songs that soundtracked the era.
The 60 Best Albums of 2009
PopMatters turns 20 years old this October and we're beginning to celebrate our history by taking you back in time a decade ago. Obama was in the White House and the musical times were very good indeed. Revisit 2009 through its best albums.
How Avey Tare Made a Whole Album Out of Necessity
The songs on Avey Tare's Cows on Hourglass Pond emerged from a need for material for a live show, but you wouldn't assume that when sucked in by their soothing, intricate surrealism. Tare speaks about his creative process, the technical forces driving the record, and where he's at lyrically.
Panda Bear’s Last Night at the Regency
Panda Bear's show is truly a vocal performance backed by pulsating electronica with his latest, Buoys, as the primary source for much of the set.
Animal Collective Dives Into the Sea with ‘Tangerine Reef’
Baltimore's resident oddball experimental quartet Animal Collective add a new dimension to their sound - for a good cause - on Tangerine Reef.
Animal Collective – “Kinda Bonkers” (Singles Going Steady)
Like much of Animal Collective's best work, “Kinda Bonkers” is bursting with ideas.
Animal Collective: Painting With
With its focus on tight song craft and stylistic familiarity, Painting With is what Animal Collective sounds like when they stick to the script.
Animal Collective – “FloriDada” (Singles Going Steady)
“Floridada” sounds as much of a sunny-side parody of Animal Collective as you could get.
Animal Collective Drop Their New Single “FloriDada”
Animal Collective returns with "FloriDada" and a new album release in early 2016.