Animal Collective

UR1 Promises to Announce "New Festival Dates Along With Refund Procedures"

Promises. In July, UR1 Festival organizers pledged to bring "a true celebration of art and music" to this year's Art Basel Miami Beach week. But two weeks ago, after assembling an awesome two-day "EDM, pop, hip-hop, and rock" lineup led by Kanye West and Lou Reed, "The UR1 Music & Art Festival ... More >>

Flying Lotus and Zola Jesus Cancel on Windish Agency's Basel Party

Bad news, Baselites. If you were stoked about seeing tripped-out experimental pop-hop producer Flying Lotus during Art Basel Miami Beach ... It ain't gonna happen. After the hugely anticipated UR1 Fest got postponed, we here at Crossfade -- just like you, FlyLo, Zola Jesus, and Dan Deacon -- made ... More >>

Tanlines at Bardot July 19

Tanlines Brings Beach Worship to Bardot Miami on July 19

Humans are obsessed with the beach because it reminds us that we are sacks of flesh fulfilling the evolutionary teleology that began when all life on Earth was, like, primordial soup. This is about more than sand, saltwater, and boobies, dammit. We're talking about the birthplace of our existence. ... More >>

Top Ten Seizure-Inducing Music Videos

Music videos are the ultimate promotional tool. Sometimes they tell a story. Sometimes they bring the concert into our homes. And sometimes they just slam us in the face with superfast editing and more erratic, bright lights than is medically advisable. Everyone knows the best vids come with a sur ... More >>

Battles Making South Florida Return at Grand Central October 27

​Crossfade was doing some casual afternoon lurking when the Events section of the Nightdrive blog slapped us in the face with some pretty cool news. According to the Miami promoters-slash-bloggers, math-rock mutant-pop ensemble Battles will be making its return to South Florida. The listing offe ... More >>

Animal Collective's Geologist Creates Original Soundtrack for Coral Morphologic

The Coral Morphologic guys. Magical visual manipulators of sea life Coral Morphologic, comprised of Colin Foord and Jared McKay, not only landed a spot at the Borscht Film Festival, screening their short "Man O War," but also an original soundtrack for the film by Animal Collective's Geolo ... More >>

Cut Copy at Ultra Music Festival March 26

Cut Copy Drops Dreamy Psychedelics at Ultra Music Festival March 26

​Influenced by Fleetwood Mac, Chicago house music, Animal Collective, and copious amounts of peppermint tea, Cut Copy -- made up of Dan Whitford, Tim Hoey, Mitchell Scott, and Ben Browing -- began as Whitford's solo DJ project in 2001. It then emerged on the scene as a performance trio with 2004's ... More >>

Toubab Krewe at Electric Pickle November 18

Toubab Krewe Turns Up the Tribal Psych at the Electric Pickle November 19

Photo by C. Taylor Crothers​Hailing from Asheville, North Carolina, world-beat rock band Toubab Krewe is kinda like Animal Collective's cousin from the country whose long-absent daddy happens to be the Dead. Taking cues from indie rock, psychedlic jam, and traditional Malian tuneage, the Krewe twi ... More >>

Yeasayer at Fillmore Miami Beach October 5

Preview Spike Jonze's I'm Here's Soundtrack; Sleigh Bells, Of Montreal, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and More

​You probably don't recognize his name, but you know who Spike Jonze is. He slowly made his way into movies by directing music videos for the likes of Fatboy Slim, Beastie Boys, Weezer, Sonic Youth, Kanye West, and most recently, LCD Soundsystem's "Drunk Girls." He directed a few feature films, to ... More >>

Stream Mogwai's Film Burning Here Today at 3 p.m. EST!

We've all been there: There's a really cool music documentary that's just been released, and it's not showing anywhere in Miami -- or worse, it's only being screened one day and at one time, which aren't really convenient. Luckily, this time around the Internet's making real-life geography irreleva ... More >>

Totally Nebular Aims For Animal Collective Heights, Lands at Sweat Records In-Store on Thursday

It gives us hope when bands from the all-ages circuit try for something other than faux death metal and helium-powered pop-rock. That's why we're stoked on Totally Nebular, a local three-piece that met three years ago in high school but bonded over a love of electronic-tinged psychedelia rather than ... More >>

Around Town This Weekend: NBA Playoffs, LGBT Film Fest, Jim Gaffigan, and Animal Collective

The collective is an animal.​Whether you're overworked or unemployed, take a deep breath because the weekend is finally here. But, to paraphrase Les Claypool, weekends don't mean so much when you're unemployed, 'cept you get to hang out with your working friends. So make some plans to get together ... More >>

Animal Collective ODDSAC Contest is Closed; Advance Tickets Still Available

Our giveaway of tickets for the screening of Animal Collective's visual album ODDSAC, this Sunday at Grand Central in Miami, is now closed. Congratulations to the winner!For everybody else, advance tickets are still available for $15 at this link. A pretty good deal -- just a few dollars over the pr ... More >>

Contest: Win a Pair of Tickets to the Animal Collective ODDSAC Screening at Grand Central on Sunday

If you didn't hear about Sunday's Grand Central screening of ODDSAC, Animal Collective's "visual album," until recently, it's okay -- Miami was a relatively last-minute addition to the film's route. Let's consider ourselves pretty lucky: The film debuted this past January at Sundance, and has s ... More >>

Concert Review: Sweatstock, April 17

photo by Ian Witlen​To view a slideshow of photos from the event, click here. SweatstockWith No Age, Otto von Schirach, Awesome New Republic, Jacuzzi Boys, and othersSweat Records, MiamiSaturday, April 16, 2010Better Than: Giving more of your precious dollars to the local suburban big-box sto ... More >>

Animal Collective's ODDSAC Screening at Grand Central April 25

Photo by Katherine SheehanStill from ODDSAC.Back in January, Animal Collective premiered its visual album ODDSAC at Sundance. The film, directed by filmmaker Danny Perez, is a psychedelic visual delight featuring music by the experimental quartet. After that, the film hit the road with sold-out scre ... More >>

The Collective Will Be Televised

MillionYoung

MP3s of the Day: Free EP from MillionYoung, Playing the Vagabond This Friday

courtesy of Danger Village​The Coral Springs-based act MillionYoung has been hailed as South Florida's own bona fide entry into what is cringe-inducingly called "glo fi" or "chillwave." (The latter word actually started as a joke on the parodic blog Hipster Runoff.) In fact, impending blog hype lo ... More >>

Thomas Function

Concert Review: Totally Nebular at Radio-Active Records, January 22

Image via myspace.com/totallynebularTotally NebularTotally NebularWith Milk Spot and Ice CreamRadio-Active Records, Fort LauderdaleFriday, January 22, 2010Better Than: Chugging Mad Dog 20/20s from a brown paper bag in a parking lot.The Review:Underage bands have the toughest time finding places to p ... More >>

South Florida chillwave artist Millionyoung plays during Art Basel week

Art Basel Music: Millionyoung at the Multiversal Group Show, December 6

via myspace.com/millionyoungmusic​The term "chillwave" might have been coined sarcastically by the parody blog Hipster Runoff, but the music blogosphere has taken it and run with it. A sort of 2k9 reiteration of the old "downtempo," these producers are influenced more by Animal Collective than Mas ... More >>

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers.Best-Sellers for the week of July 20-24:​​via myspace.com/themarsvoltaThe Mars Volta released its 8th album entitled "Octahedron" on June ... More >>

Just Like Jersey Boys

Dialed In: Top Tens From Local College Radio

The Mission Veo is a local favorite on Nova's Radio X.Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists for South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to read past installments.University of Miami - WVUM 90.5 FM, "The Voice"The Voice is dedicated to playing music ... More >>

Last Night: Animal Collective at Culture Room

photo by Ian WitlenView New Times' full slideshow of the show here. Animal CollectiveWith Black DiceTuesday, June 9, 2009Culture Room, Ft. LauderdaleBetter Than: Eating Terry Riley's leftover mushrooms and listening to a Diplo mashup of the Beach Boys.The Review:"Harry Belafonte! Harry Belafonte!" T ... More >>

Get Your Indie On: Animal Collective and Bon Iver Tonight!

No, they're not playing together, but Animal Collective and Bon Iver are both playing tonight. Animal Collective and Black Keys Dice are set to play the Culture Room tonight starting at 8 p.m. If you don't already have tickets, you're in some trouble as the show is sold out. So either be prepared to ... More >>

Animal Collective Tunes In, Drops Out, Grows Up

On the radical serenity/serene radicalism of Merriweather Post Pavilion.

Moving Units: Top Sellers at Sweat, Radioactive, and Backbone Music

Neutral Milk Hotel's 1998 classic was a top seller at BackboneMoving Units is a new column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling music at South Florida independent record stores. Top Sellers for the Week of May 22-29:Sweat Records, Miami1. It's Blitz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs2. Entertainment, Fischersp ... More >>

Are You A Musician With a Cult Like Following? Why Don't You Have a Stadium Yet?

After the news that Jimmy Buffet had partnered with the Miami Dolphins to rename Dolphin Stadium as "LandShark" Stadium, a number of other notable musician with cult-like followings looked up and said, "Wait, you can do that? Like, if you have enough money you can just pay to have a major city landm ... More >>

Animal Collective Announce South Florida Date, June 9 at Culture Room

If, thanks to a debacle over RSVPs, you missed the Panda Bear solo show during this past Art Basel Miami Beach, cheer up. The entire Animal Collective trifecta has just announced a large-scale national tour in support of the group's latest album, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Despite the band's large- ... More >>

Random Album Review: Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal CollectiveMerriweather Post Pavilion(Domino)On Strawberry Jam in 2007, experimental noise-making weirdos Animal Collective glided on the outskirts of dreamy indie-pop. Fan fave "Peacebone" even flirted with a sunny melody that exposed a heart beneath all the usual digital flotsam. The band's ... More >>

All Signs Point to a Jeb Bush Senate Run

The holiday break brought us so many cheerful tidings: The Dolphins are heading the playoffs, gas prices are at a four year low, we get an iPhone, and the new Animal Collective leaked. So of course there has to be some sort of proverbial coal in the stocking: Jeb Bush seems poised to run for Senate ... More >>

Last Night: Panda Bear and No Age at Karu & Y

Art Damage with Panda Bear and No Age Friday, December 5Karu & Y, Downtown Miami Better Than: Everything happening that night on the planet Earth if you happen to take Pitchfork or College radio charts as the gospel. The Review: The rumors of a No Age/Panda Bear double bill during Basel begi ... More >>

Panda Bear, No Age and the Sads Playing Free Show at Karu & Y Friday UPDATE

Can't tell you how many times we've been specifically asked about hearsay that Animal Collective's Panda Bear was playing in Miami during Basel. Well we can fully confirm that the experimental musician, along with No Age and the Sads, will be playing a free show at Karu & Y Friday night. You hav ... More >>

No Age

Nouns (Sub Pop)

Tuesday Afternoon Music Fix: Wolf Parade, the National, and Lot's of Free Mp3's.

Tuesday Morning Music Fix: OutKast, the Kills, Animal Collective, J Dilla and more

Animal Collective

Hollinndagain (Paw Tracks)

Anathallo

Floating World (Artist Friendship/Nettwerk America)

Espers

II (Drag City)

Panda Bear

"I'm Not"/"Comfy in Nautica" (UAR)

Colleen

The Golden Morning Breaks (Leaf)

Great Unknown

What do Animal Collective sound like? Close your eyes and use your imagination

Black Dice

Creature Comforts (DFA)