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Panda Bear: Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

01/15/2015

As tangled and intricate as Animal Collective’s music may sometimes seem, it can really be boiled down into two simple components: songs written by David Portner (aka Avey Tare) and songs written by Noah Lennox...

Concert Preview:
Panda Bear

Ryan Thomas

09/24/2014

Concert Previews, Madison

Let’s generalize: Anyone reading this has probably heard Panda Bear. But maybe you didn’t know it. Panda Bear, the Baltimore-born, Lisbon-based musician otherwise known as Noah Lennox, keeps a low profile...

Concert Preview:
Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks

Ryan Thomas

04/16/2014

Concert Previews, Madison

Animal Collective have never been shy of side projects. The indie/experimental troupe’s singer/drummer Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) is as famous for his wondrous solo work as he is his exploits with Daft Punk. And ...

Q&A with Animal Collective’s
Brian Weitz

Andrew Brandt

02/25/2013

Interviews, Madison

Animal Collective — the umbrella term for the musical output of David Portner (Avey Tare), Noah Lennox (Panda Bear), Brian Weitz (Geologist), and Josh Dibb (Deakin) — returned to the studio early last year to r...

Animal Collective: “Today’s Supernatural”

Alex Wolfe

08/23/2012

Songs

Avey, Panda Bear, Geologist, and (for the first time since 2006) Deaken will not stop freaking out. Although it can already be streamed in full online, Animal Collective's ninth album Centipede Hz is due on Sep...

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Jonk Music

12/29/2009

Songs

"What Would I Want? Sky"from the EP Fall Be Kind2009iTunesThere was reason to expect that Fall Be Kind would be an abrupt turn back to the abstract abrasiveness Animal Collective was known for before this year'...

Animal Collective

Jonk Music

06/15/2009

Songs

WEEKEND VIDEOAnimal Collective"Summertime Clothes"Merriweather Post Pavilion2009iTunesA waterlogged sample of a voice croaking, "You can dance" opens Animal Collective's ninth album, and it's a sign of what's t...

Animal Collective

Jonk Music

02/02/2009

Songs

"My Girls"from the album Merriweather Post Pavilion2009iTunesThe searching souls in Animal Collective have evolved into one of the most fascinating bands of our time, in part for the way they jam signals of var...

Animal Collective

Jonk Music

10/24/2005

Songs

"Did You See the Words?"from the album Feels2005iTunesStream a clip of "Did You See the Words?" and other songsat the FatCat Records website.Routine influence-spotting fails with Animal Collective. Really, no b...

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