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  Animal Collective Finally Play Merriweather Post

  July 11, 2011 – What a long, strange trip it's been for Animal Collective. The boys who would become Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist, and Deakin met more than a decade ago while growing up in the Baltimore suburbs, where they experimented with drugs and music and began conceiving the sound that would eventually make them one of the world's biggest experimental rock bands. …
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  The 10 Best Moments of All Tomorrow's Parties

  May 16, 2011 – All Tomorrow's Parties, a three-day festival held this weekend at the family-oriented Butlins Resort near Minehead on the west coast of England, couldn't have been better summarized by iconoclast noise-makers Animal Collective's curation of the lineup. The Maryland-bred experimental band -- who nabbed SPIN's 2009 album of the year with their eighth studio release Merriweather Post Pavilion -- did not disappoint. …
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  Animal Collective Tour, Offspring Prep LP + More

  April 20, 2011 – After a triumphant show at Coachella, Animal Collective have announced a string of Summer tour dates, where the band will be playing new material. The trek kicks off July 7 in Orlando, FL, and wraps up on July 15 in Chicago. …
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  Animal Collective Debut Powerful New Songs

  April 17, 2011 – For their Coachella main stage debut, Animal Collective unsurprisingly took the road less traveled. Accompanied by bizarre Technicolor visuals projected onto three massive overhead cubes and two large screens, the set was one part immersive art project, one part fever dream. And rather than use the opportunity to play past favorites, the band focused on new songs. It was weird and wooly at first. …
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  Winehouse, Cee Lo Duet, Metallica Tour + More

  January 24, 2011 – Metallica look likely hit the road for a "Big Four" U.S. tour with thrash kings Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. The band posted an image, titled "Coming Soon," on their website of an American flag with the words "The Big 4," suggesting the bands will bring their metal circus to the States after touring in Europe last year; the group have also registered a Facebook page, which you can check out here. …
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  LISTEN: Panda Bear's Psychedelic New Songs

  October 12, 2010 – Noah "Panda Bear" Lennox's hotly anticipated full-length Tomboy won't be released until early next year, but two songs from the Animal Collective member -- "Alsatian Darn" and "You Can Count on Me" -- have leaked. Head here and here to stream the songs, respectively. True to form, Lennox's latest tracks are gorgeous, psychedelic reveries. …
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  WATCH: Animal Collective's Dreamy New Video

  September 22, 2010 – Animal Collective just dropped their video for "Bluish," a blast of dance euphoria from SPIN's favorite album of 2009, Merriweather Post Pavilion, and, really, would the boys release anything that wasn't a mind-bending psychedelic experience? No. …
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  Q&A: Avey Tare of Animal Collective

  August 13, 2010 – Avey Tare, aka Dave Portner, could be resting on laurels in 2010: After all, his band Animal Collective hit a creative and popular zenith with 2009's Merriweather Post Pavilion, a record that bridged a frenzied urge for experimentation with viscous, danceable jams -- and was SPIN's Album of the Year. Instead, Tare headed to a swampy section of upstate NY with original Animal Collective cohort Josh "Deakin" Dibb and crafted Down There,  …
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  10 Best Live Pics of the Week

  March 12, 2010 –  …
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  Animal Collective Debut Art Installation

  March 8, 2010 –  …
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