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Animal Collective Expand ‘Painting With’ Tour Dates, Announce Festival in Big Sur

Animal Collective are currently in the midst of their first leg of shows supporting their recently released LP, Painting With, and today the band confirmed anot...

PHOTOS / RECAP: Animal Collective, Ratking @ Neptune Theatre, Seattle 3.4.16

Like observing a rainbow, or the site-specific sculpture art of the 1970s, Animal Collective’s music is intrinsically subjective, defined by the unique perspect...

Animal Collective Reveal New LP ‘Painting With’ Details, Release New Track “FloriDada”

After Animal Collective treated "fans" to an unannounced unveiling of their new album at the Baltimore airport last week, the band has kicked off our Monday wit...

STREAM THIS: New Exclusive DRKWAV Track “Shmeeans Kuti”

It was late last week when I finally sat down with the first single from the new supergroup DRKWAV, and I was honestly a bit speechless after what I heard. I kn...

Animal Collective releases Live from Bonnaroo 2013 set exclusively on Spotify

Animal Collective just released a four-song playlist from their 2013 Bonnaroo Music Festival set exclusively via Spotify. Here's the set of songs they ran with...

WATCH: Tears for Fears cover “My Girls” by Animal Collective [official video]

Tears for Fears caught our attention recently when they tackled the Arcade Fire track "Ready to Start" to tons of blogger fanfare, and today they're catching my...

WATCH: Animal Collective – “Monkey Riches” (Official Video), New Tour Dates Announced

Animal Collective released a new music video yesterday for "Monkey Riches", one of my favorite go-to tracks from their Centipede Hz album. The video was put ou...

Bonnaroo 2013: Day Two Highlights (Paul McCartney, Amadou & Mariam, Superjam, Animal Collective)

Words and Photos by Stephen Taylor Friday was another beautiful day on the farm. Temperatures reached a mid-day high of 85 degrees, which is plenty to s...

PHOTOS: Governor’s Ball 2013 (Kanye West, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Cut Copy, Foals & more)

Governor's Ball got hit with the rain on Friday making photos almost impossible to get and the headliners (Kings of Leon and Pretty Lights) both got cancelled w...

Treasure Island 2013 Lineup: Atoms for Peace, Beck, Animal Collective, Major Lazer & more

The lineup for Treasure Island Music Festival was just announced officially, and it's amazing compared to some of the lineups I've seen them throw together ...

Bonnaroo Announces 2013 Late Night Lineup

The late night scene at Bonnaroo is arguably unparalleled on the American festival circuit when it comes to producing legendary, one-of-a-kind performances on a...

Forecastle Festival 2013 Lineup: Black Keys, String Cheese Incident, Animal Collective and more

The lineup for the annual Forecastle Festival in Louisville was just announced! Holding down the top slots this year will be The Black Keys, String Cheese Inci...

Camp Bisco 2013 Lineup: Disco Biscuits, Animal Collective, Umphrey’s McGee, STS9, Bassnectar & More

Camp Bisco just announced the lineup for their July 11-13 festival at the Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, NY. The festival was founded and will be h...

Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup: Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons, Tom Petty, Bjork, Pretty Lights, Wilco and more

The lineup for Bonnaroo has been announced! Headlining this year's festival will be Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Bjor...

2013 Governors Ball Lineup: Kanye West, Kings of Leon, Pretty Lights, Animal Collective and more

The lineup for the 2013 Governor's Ball Music Festival just dropped and it's ridiculously big. Headlining this year's first three-day version of this festival ...

TOUR DATES: Animal Collective Announce 2013 Tour w/ Dan Deacon

Animal Collective have just announced a tour in support of their most recent album Centipede Hz. The tour kicks off March 7th at Boston’s House of Blues ending...