Animal Collective

Animal Collective and Danny Perez Present 'Oddsac'new

Twisted images and Kubrick-like abstraction color new visual interpretation of the band.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Chad Radford | 04-27-2010 | Music

Sac Attack: The Story of Animal Collective's Mindbending Filmnew

The movie Oddsac is an aptly-titled grab bag of headfucking psychedelia directed by Danny Perez and starring, scored by- and jointly conceptualized with the indie rock band Animal Collective.

Philadelphia Weekly | Jonathan Valania | 04-19-2010 | Movies

Tags: Danny Perez, Oddsac, Animal Collective

Animal Collective: Same Song and Dancenew

Animal Collective’s vibrant, psychedelic pop experiments have settled into the proverbial ass-groove in the couch

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Chad Radford | 01-12-2010 | Reviews

Tags: Fall Be Kind, Animal Collective

Our Dismal Decade: A Highly Subjective Look at the Decade in Musicnew

The decade was imminently forgettable. But with great tribulation comes great art, and music saved my soul. It's no wonder this list is dominated by dour, dark music — as a mirror of emotion, it's practically flawless.

Dig Boston | David Day | 12-30-2009 | Music

Tags: decade in review, Animal Collective, The Strokes, M.I.A., The Knife

Animal Collective: Live from Big Surnew

There wasn't a couple getting hitched, but Animal Collective's show in Big Sur felt more like a hippie wedding than a concert.

SF Weekly | Jennifer Maerz | 06-05-2009 | Concerts

Tags: (((folkYEAH!))), Animal Collective, concerts, Big Sur

Wildly Accessible: Animal Collective's 'Merriweather Post Pavilion'new

This album's restrained approach creates something to warm up to, but its consistent beauty gives it serious legs.

Tucson Weekly | Michael Petitti | 02-05-2009 | Reviews

Tags: Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion, experimental rock

The Polka Dot Lives on for Animal Collectivenew

Animal Collective make music that’s sometimes discordant garage rock, sometimes more like the most unrestrained Beach Boys, sometimes nothing like rock or pop at all. Their albums are a welter of found sounds and instruments, each treated and warped and rolled inside-out until they’re unrecognizable. But there’s beauty and joy and life there, too.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Trinie Dalton | 01-23-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion, experimental rock

'Merriweather' Is One More Step Up the Evolutionary Laddernew

When distorted guitar loops bleed into Animal Collective's trademark slur of serene mantras, the many layers of Merriweather Post Pavilion rise to the surface and dangle threads just waiting to be tugged, while only offering hints at what further listens will reveal.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Chad Radford | 01-21-2009 | Reviews

Tags: Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion, experimental rock

Animal Collective: The Gateway Drug to Experimental Musicnew

Over five albums, they've developed a strident sonic approach, using noise, sustained tones, short, iterative samples, delirious tribal drumming and sing-to-the-sky harmonies to make points of skewing pop on a slow-burn pyre.

INDY Week | Grayson Currin | 09-27-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam