Sung Tongs is a rilly excellent album IMO.
― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 2 April 2004 20:09 (twenty years ago) link
― frankE (frankE), Friday, 23 July 2004 15:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 13:35 (nineteen years ago) link
However, I don't know if I'd put them in the same scene as the Boredoms and Black Dice, or even Black Dice and the Boredoms in the same scene. Not only because the Boredoms have been around 10 years longer.
I don't know if I'd call them straight up noise per say, either. There's a difference I think between noisy rock bands and noise. Just as there is a difference between Merzbow and Sonic Youth, Whitehouse and My Bloody Valentine.
― David Allen (David Allen), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 14:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link
No, seriously, name just one band.
― David Allen (David Allen), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 16:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ganbare Goemon (ex machina), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link
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― from The ends of your fingers (prosper.strummer.), Sunday, 21 January 2007 00:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― spastic heritage (spastic heritage), Sunday, 21 January 2007 00:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― sleeve version 2.0 (sleeve testing), Sunday, 21 January 2007 05:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― the table is the table (treesessplode), Sunday, 21 January 2007 05:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― am0n (am0n), Sunday, 21 January 2007 05:38 (seventeen years ago) link
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― from The ends of your fingers (prosper.strummer.), Sunday, 21 January 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― am0n (am0n), Sunday, 21 January 2007 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link
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― from The ends of your fingers (prosper.strummer.), Sunday, 21 January 2007 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link
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― gaseous (gaseous), Sunday, 21 January 2007 20:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― mizzzell (mizzzell), Sunday, 21 January 2007 20:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― mike powell (mike powell), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― from The ends of your fingers (prosper.strummer.), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― the table is the table (treesessplode), Monday, 22 January 2007 01:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― mizzzell (mizzzell), Monday, 22 January 2007 01:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― the table is the table (treesessplode), Monday, 22 January 2007 01:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― keyth (keyth), Monday, 22 January 2007 01:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― the table is the table (treesessplode), Monday, 22 January 2007 01:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Go, GO, GO!!! (Go!), Monday, 22 January 2007 02:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― mizzzell (mizzzell), Monday, 22 January 2007 02:10 (seventeen years ago) link
otm and way way better than young prayer
― am0n (am0n), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 03:03 (seventeen years ago) link
the new album is gonna be called "strawberry jam"??
― jermainetwo, Thursday, 31 May 2007 20:48 (seventeen years ago) link
I know!!! Sounds pretty lame to me, but if as many people were panting for my record, I wouldn't care about what it was called either. Still, I'm getting very excited about this one. I hope its a little rawer than feels. More Here Comes The Indian/ Mouth Wooed Her territory please.
― I know, right?, Friday, 1 June 2007 10:10 (seventeen years ago) link
that was a song by al hirt called strawberry jam maybe it's a cover of that song
― delta88, Friday, 1 June 2007 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link
I'd be very surprised if they returned to Here Comes the Indian territory again on a proper Animal Collective release. Don't a couple of them have kids? I have to think that probably plays into the songwriting, the idea of keeping the career going and selling more records. Not to say that they won't continue to make interesting music.
― Mark Rich@rdson, Friday, 1 June 2007 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link
That's depressing. I loved feels just as much as anyone, but I don't think that it is their best album by a long shot, and I don't think that Animal Collective have already turned their back on what made them my favourite band still recording in the first place. I just think they need to go on tour with Black Dice again or something...:)
― I know, right?, Friday, 1 June 2007 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link
ysi?
― am0n, Thursday, 7 June 2007 04:08 (seventeen years ago) link
I'd be very surprised if they returned to Here Comes the Indian territory again on a proper Animal Collective release. Don't a couple of them have kids? I have to think that probably plays into the songwriting, the idea of keeping the career going and selling more records. Not to say that they won't continue to make interesting music. This is a little cynical. There could be a lot of reasons why they haven't returned to a HCTI sound. Like they don't want to. To assume they are only trying to sell records is pretty unfair.
― mizzell, Thursday, 7 June 2007 14:15 (seventeen years ago) link
I chuckled at this part of the NYT review of their South St Seaport show. Strawberry Jam material is too old and moldy for them to play live.
Animal Collective tends to play new music in performance: this means music that hasn’t been recorded yet, not the music that will appear on its next album, “Strawberry Jam” (Domino), in September. (Bits of that, from earlier concerts, has already gone up on YouTube.)
― dmr, Thursday, 7 June 2007 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link
i thought their show on the pier was great, frankly. and sort of amazing that they got by with the setup they did--it relied a lot more on programmed drones and vocal work (which, i guess, the nyt review pointed out).
it was fascinating to hear them tailoring their old songs to the new sound--i don't think anyone even realized that they played 'who could win a rabbit' until after the song was over; they also did 'hey light' and 'leaf house' in ways that were barely recognizeable.
and re: HCTI/black dice. i dunno, i think that they're outdoing black dice at whatever the hell they were trying to do with creature comforts--abstract, beat-oriented, trancey. of course, i think they're a lot more talented than BD, but that's just me.
― mike powell, Thursday, 7 June 2007 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link
not just you!
the songs I heard them do live last summer (which I assume will be on this record) were very strange, kinda loud, and deeply weird in terms of structure and sound. I have some recordings of that tour but haven't had the time to really absorb them.
― sleeve, Thursday, 7 June 2007 17:04 (seventeen years ago) link
I hope this is the cover http://www.thefader.com/blog/files/avey.jpg
― mizzell, Friday, 8 June 2007 20:33 (seventeen years ago) link
it's much better than this http://www.thefader.com/blog/files/animalcollective.jpg
― mizzell, Friday, 8 June 2007 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Poor deakin
― Treeship, Sunday, 17 April 2016 17:39 (eight years ago) link
(I would add that I'm more inclined to give this album a chance than the new AC record, FWIW.)
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 17 April 2016 17:44 (eight years ago) link
the new anco album gets better every time i listen to it btw
― Treeship, Sunday, 17 April 2016 18:40 (eight years ago) link
this is probably one of the coolest things i've ever heard a band do. the AC showed up to their gig in Edmonton yesterday, the venue couldn't get an all ages permit, so the band asked any underage fans to email them and see what they could do to make it up. they played a private set for 2 kids. so fucking cool https://www.instagram.com/p/BK_3SVOgHls/
― flappy bird, Saturday, 1 October 2016 12:00 (seven years ago) link
That's really cool. At the Calgary show, probably 75% of the audience were kids, or at least in the all-ages section.
― hardcore dilettante, Saturday, 1 October 2016 17:04 (seven years ago) link
new EP called The Painters coming soon, they played some of it at a DJ gig the other night. it's an Avey song called "Kinda Bonkers":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtWfCPDOmcU
― flappy bird, Saturday, 11 February 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikl16iLeHIY
― mickcsmith (micarl), Monday, 13 February 2017 16:17 (seven years ago) link
so psyched that they recorded Jimmy Mack! that sort of filled the Brother Sport spot in the two sets I saw last year...
― flappy bird, Monday, 13 February 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
The new EP is kinda better than the album, no? More diverse. Kinda Bonkers is a great track.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 23 February 2017 11:25 (seven years ago) link
I don't think so, it's too short. Kinda Bonkers is sweet - I love how it starts out with the exact same rhythm/drum sound as FloriDada, but structurally it sounds like it's melting, and it goes in five or six different directions in three minutes, the exact opposite of the super structured FloriDada. Peacemaker is probably my favorite song on the EP, a nice sneaky melody from PB, one of the few mellow songs from this era. Goalkeeper is too nuts, sorry Avey, I still can't crack that nut. The Jimmy Mack cover was a highlight of both shows I saw last year, but it's way too short here. Anyway, I'm psyched to see them again in May, I hope they debut Bonkers and Peacemaker live for this last round of PW shows. FYI Avey is playing a festival in Sonoma, CA in June by himself, I suspect a new solo album will be out sometime later this year...
― flappy bird, Thursday, 23 February 2017 14:26 (seven years ago) link
All AC post the "Fall Be Kind" EP hasn't connected with me at all. MCC codified their pop sound, "Fall Be Kind" hinted at an exciting new way forward, and then they dove straight up their own ass forever.
― yesca, Saturday, 25 February 2017 15:42 (seven years ago) link
I will root for Centipede Hz all the way, it was my favorite record that year, and it still sounds exciting and different five years later. But they used to reinvent themselves at least once every two years, and it's been a much slower since then, their solo-albums has been less adventurous too. But they did their part, and now they're coasting a bit, and I guess that's ok.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 25 February 2017 19:54 (seven years ago) link
I prefer Noah's nod to pop on his solo album
― calstars, Saturday, 25 February 2017 19:59 (seven years ago) link
yesca otm
Centipede has really grown on me, but I was heartbroken when it came out. Important RJ remember they weren't just following up MPP, they were on a winning streak their entire career up until that point. I don't know what they could've done to lift that weight. Centipede and PW are totally distinct and sweet in their own way, but bands almost never have perfect runs that last over a decade.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 25 February 2017 22:21 (seven years ago) link
I think I avoided the heartbreak because 1) the three year break made it feel as if the streak was done even before I heard the music and 2) I really really loved Moonjock.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 25 February 2017 22:34 (seven years ago) link
me too. but I still can't stand "Today's Supernatural" - the only song by the AC I actively dislike.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 25 February 2017 23:37 (seven years ago) link
new EP Meeting of the Waters coming out on Record Store Day. avey and geo went to brazil last year and recorded some songs:
The EP was recorded in a Brazilian rainforest and will be accompanied later this year by an episode of “Earth Works” on Viceland. Below, check out a trailer for their episode of “Earth Works.”
http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/news/72373/dde79d04.JPG
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
...with a big electronic machine. hm.
― orientmammal, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 10:41 (seven years ago) link
good eye!
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
psyched to see them tonight. they've added reworks of 'Sweet Road' and 'Taste' on this leg, in addition to 'Kinda Bonkers' and 'Peacemaker' from the new EP. tonight is their first show in DC since the election, I really hope they open with 'Pride and Fight.' I thought that was such an inspired choice to bust out a super obscure song in the middle of a tour and debut it on election night.
― flappy bird, Monday, 22 May 2017 17:02 (seven years ago) link
well that was the best set i've ever seen them play, out of the 8 AC shows i've been to maybe only the first one in 2006 tops tonight. just stunning. they're better than ever, go see them while they're still around. opening with Taste had me welling up.
TasteOn DelayLying in the GrassThe BurglarsKinda BonkersHocus PocusBeesSweet RoadKids on HolidaySumming the WretchSummertime Clothes———PeacemakerWater Curses (w/ The Other One intro)FloriDada
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 05:12 (seven years ago) link
there is a new album ? lol did anybody notice
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 17 August 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
got my copy in the mail yesterday but haven't listened. it was only announced a month ago, it's a live in studio album & they're not touring on it. saw very little promo about it.
― flappy bird, Friday, 17 August 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
“At this point, we feel like we do have a core audience, and those are the outside thoughts or ears that we think about the most outside our own,” Portner says. “There is a continuous thread, or sound, that goes through all this stuff. Whether it’s something that we’re trying to work on for an album cycle or something like [“Tangerine Reef”] that’s a little more off the cuff.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/animal-collective-wants-to-do-their-own-thing-and-that-means-saving-coral-reefs/2018/08/16/596bfe0a-9cb0-11e8-8d5e-c6c594024954_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_source=reddit.com&utm_term=.30c6ad547e90
― flappy bird, Friday, 17 August 2018 17:15 (five years ago) link
Feels very much like a throwback to their early stuff - very aimless.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 18 August 2018 00:26 (five years ago) link
halfway thru side B now, I really like it so far. reminds me of Here Comes the Indian but way more mellow
― flappy bird, Saturday, 18 August 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
just got a mailer from Domino out of the blue, liners / announcement of new Avey Tare solo album Cows on Hourglass Pond.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 26 January 2019 00:33 (five years ago) link
Bartender was playing some AC or so I thought and it sounded great. Shazam told me it was “you can count on me” by PB
― calstars, Saturday, 26 January 2019 02:01 (five years ago) link
https://anmlcollectve.bandcamp.com/track/ballad-of-reverend-war-character-silver-jews-cover-2
A few weeks ago we planned on seeing Purple Mountains together. Instead we spent the night listening to David’s records and talking about how much his music and art meant to us. He was an inspiration for decades. One we wouldn’t be here without. We’ve been playing covers of his music since 1994 when we first picked up guitars together, so it felt like one of the few things we could do to get through the sadness. The next day we worked on this cover of “Ballad of Reverend War Character”. Per the request from David’s family, all of the proceeds will be donated to MusiCares and Music Health Alliance, so pay as much as you want. - Avey Tare & Geologist
― flappy bird, Saturday, 31 August 2019 06:39 (four years ago) link