Deastro have probably never heard The Enemy, yet ‘Moondagger’ sounds suspiciously like Tom Clarke and his mullet-topped brethren frotting with Deerhunter to the tune of the Tesco Value version of ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’.

Animal Collective – Trinity Arts Centre, Bristol 22/03/09
A band who’ve always had problems transferring that brilliant recorded sound into an equally revelatory and transfixing live experience. Adam Nelson is left feeling a tad dissapointed after the Bristol leg of AC’s recent UK tour.
Dan Deacon – Bromst
Better than Animal Collective’s recent? Most definitely. Adam Elmahdi reviews the greatest album of 2009 so far…

Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele – The Good Feeling Music of …
Attention Animal Collective fans! Want a peek into your heroes’ mindset? Might not be what you expect.

White Lies, Animal Collective and Little Boots Announced for Liverpool SoundCity
The initial line-up and ticket prices have been announced for this years SoundCity festival in Liverpool, taking place in May.
Animal Collective – Koko, London 12/01/2009
Adam Elmahdi is our man at Koko’s to witness one of the most anticipated lives shows for some time.
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Less “how weird can you go” than you might think, Animal Collective’s ninth album is an admittedly odd, but cerebral and engaging experience.
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Playback Review)
Ama Chana is lucky enough to get a sneak preview listen of the highly anticipated new Animal Collective album… he MAY have soiled himself in anticipation, but don’t hold it against him…
Animal Collective tour dates
Animal Collective have announced a string of tour date across the UK around the release of their eagerly anticipated new album in January.
Headache alert! Animal Collective reveal album artwork
Prepare for the optical illusion that is… the new album artwork from Animal Collective.
TLOBF Loves… Panda Bear
Noah Lennox truly radiates apart from his Animal Collective cohorts. For his third solo project jaunt (released in March of this year) Panda Bear’s influences stand at the forefront and they shimmer. Lennox’s beguiling pinwheel of found sounds—elevator shafts, freeway underpasses, hooting owls, and lethargic ocean water—mesh nicely with his usual Brian Wilson vocal posturing. On the 12-minute centerpiece “Bros” vocal chants swirl in a warm harmonic ether. “Take Pills” adds levity to a song that for all projected rationales seems to be about drug abuse. The hypnotism is found in the details on “I’m Not.”
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