>Did you see them live, what was it like?
>If not, what's your favorite bootleg?
>Favorite era of the group?
>Most underrated album?
>>61319917
>Did you see them live, what was it like?
Saw em twice in '13, really fun stuff. First time was excellent, the second time was a little more boring but none the less great, the crowd was more boring that time around.
>If not, what's your favorite bootleg?
Either their acoustic recordings from 03-04 or the Starlight Ballroom in 06, probably the best representation of their guitar and electronics period
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmIgqpcItdQ
>Favorite era of the group?
04-06 when it was Feels and SJ
>Most underrated album?
Campfire Songs
>>61319917
In the meantime, posting rare AnCo's
From the AnCo instagram page. Right before this performance
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqQ7tU26Q6E
AnCo on their 2004 tour, where Panda was referred to as Edgar and wore a white wig and took morphine.
AnCo early on. Not sure if this is from 2001 or 2002 but Deakin isn't in the photo, so either he's taking it, or it's before he was touring with the band
Avey back when they wore masks
Avey from their '06 Coachella performance.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVbN6VnLJU
Here's another shot of the same performance
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uux6hMLQ8V8
Those glasses avey...
>>61320112
From the same performance
At some point in the mid 00's judging by the guitar
Avey and Panda from 00-01
Just a cool pic of them in action
Here's some live reviews of AnCo from back in the day
>https://web.archive.org/web/20051204112807/http://tinymixtapes.com/concertreviews/04.05.02-animal_collective.htm
>https://web.archive.org/web/20051203173600/http://tinymixtapes.com/concertreviews/04.08.18-black_dice.htm
>https://web.archive.org/web/20051203174832/http://tinymixtapes.com/concertreviews/05.04.27-animal_collective.htm
>Did you see them live, what was it like?
No, hoping to catch them live this time around.
>If not, what's your favorite bootleg?
Oh fuck. Don't ask me that. I change my opinion on my favorite bootleg like, every week. So I guess I love them all pretty much the same? idfk
>Favorite era of the group?
Sung Tongs - Strawberry Jam
>Most underrated album?
Danse Manatee
If this isn't your favorite AnCo album you are a grade A, FDA certified genuine plebeian.
Listened to Down There today, it was pretty sweet.
>>61320557
Favorite SJ song?
>>61320566
Dubs confirms
>>61320568
The live vids and bootlegs are good too. Down There really shows the direction they would take with CHZ for better or for worse.
LET IT GO, GEO!!
>>61321121
leak it deak
>Did you see them live, what was it like?
Seen them 4 times, saw Slasher Flicks and Panda Bear in 2014.
>If not, what's your favorite bootleg?
Listen to a lot of boots.
Favorites are:
Tonic, NYC 2002
La Fondation Cartier, Paris 2004
Tavastia, Helsinki 2006
9:30 Club, DC 2009
Pitchfork Festival, Chicago 2011
>Favorite era of the group?
Feels/Strawberry Jam
>Most underrated album?
Here Comes the Indian.
Didn't see them live haven't heard bootlegs but best era is 2007 and most underrated album is Here Comes the Indian
spill the gravy, avey
>>61321171
That 9:30 boot of '09 is magic, saw them in 2013 from the show the properly released the live show from 6/12. Favorite HCTI song?
>>61321188
Same question, Favorite HCTI song?
Let it air Panda Bear
Never been a big AnCo fan but I've been listening to them a lot these past few days and just bought tickets to see them in Manchester. Do they still just play unreleased material and random noise live?
>>61320566
it's not even anco senpai
>>61321485
No senpai they have to play MPP and CHZ for the pleb fans, you'll be lucky if they play anything off Sung Tongs :^)
>>61319947
Wow, this is the best I've ever heard their Feels stuff live, that's ridiculous
>>61320074
best era imo
>>61319917
>>Did you see them live, what was it like?
I haven't
>>If not, what's your favorite bootleg?
None, never heard one.
>>Favorite era of the group?
None.
>>Most underrated album?
None of them.
>>61319917
>Did you see them live, what was it like?
sadly, no
>If not, what's your favorite bootleg?
2007 and 2009 during that mpp era. whew
>Favorite era of the group?
MPP
>Most underrated album?
Hollinndagain
>>61321596
For the longest time the only shot of this gig was from the back of the hall and it looked like it was in 240p, and recently the person who uploaded it was right at the front with awesome quality.
>>61321606
You a fan of HCTI?
>>61321963
MPP is amazing
>>61320572
>Favorite SJ song?
For Reverend Green.
>>61322037
Here's some cool live versions, including an early early version. One of my favorite songs too
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc2Av1dY1p4
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuexbadSlXs
>>61322066
Thanks, Anon! I've always loved that first version, and I've never heard the second version. Again, thanks a lot bud.
>>61322207
No problem, just love AnCo and sharing it with others. Here's another version
>https://youtu.be/W1PV1f8206s?t=921
>>61322237
Sweetness, my dude. Thanks a million for sharing these.
>>61322399
Np anon
>you will never get to see Animal Collective live
feels bad man
>>61320074
How can i take photos that look this warm?
>>61324011
tfw I bought my tickets but have no one to go with
>>61325050
You can still try to hang out with the band after the show :DDD
everyone says they are super nice, maybe avey can give you some tips on how to get qt gf
>>61319917
>Did you see them live, what was it like?
havent't. Hope they tour through South America soon.
>If not, what's your favorite bootleg?
probably
GrndZero 10/25/2007
Midi Festival French Riviera 2007
>Favorite era of the group?
pretty difficult
it'd be around 2002-2004 or 2007-2008
>Most underrated album?
HCTI and Hollindagain. Fucking masterpieces
>>61325097
ive thought about that.
any tips on how to get to them?
ill try to give avey a wink or something.
>>61319917
>Did you see them live, what was it like?
I live in a shitty country (Argentina), nobody comes here.
>If not, what's your favorite bootleg?
Other Music 16/8/04
>Favorite era of the group?
I dont know, problaby MPP era, but i think all era's are great
>Most underrated album?
Hollinndagain
>>61320267
These are actually awesome write ups.
From the first one:
>There is something exceptionally magical about this band. Animal Collective is THE band of the moment for a reason: They are somehow able to tap into primitive places that lie within all of us but dissipate over time. They are bringing it back, y'all, bringing us back to feelings we once knew as kids but had no idea how to express at the time. But the freaky part is, we still don't--and probably never will--know how to intellectualize those emotions and feelings Animal Collective induces. If it sounds like I'm riding these guys' dicks, it's because I am, literally. Kiddin! But honestly, this performance rekindled my love for music in the same way Prefuse 73 made me remember how amazing hip-hop was just a couple years ago. This show was truly an uncontrived, needed catharsis for all in the audience.
>>61326407
>But when they had a rhythm, it was something else. The band would turn into a ferocious beast and the noise they created rose out of the energy of the beat. It was how I always wanted noise rock to be: a flash and fury of energy and chaos bursting from a shell of structure. Animal Collective ended their set in a crash of a song that included a group chant, various animal noises, and more onstage dancing than I've ever seen a band do before. They were cheerleaders for youthful innocence, and their set confirmed my previous notions about the band: they do something great that no one else can match.
>>61326407
>>61326502
Glad someone enjoyed these write ups. I'm just trying to understand the context with which the band lived in around that time in indie music. Aside from the pitchfork reviews, I'm always trying to find out how people felt about them before they were big (or critically acclaimed by many people). It's cool to see people say things like "highly original", "acid friend", and "noise pop" because they really were the only band to take from the past and filter it through their own lens AKA sounding like how they sound. For instance listen to STGSTV and other psych pop bands. Exactly
>>61325117
what country are you from, anon?
I appreciate you, OP.
>>61319917
>Did you see them live, what was it like?
They came to Chile in early 2009 but I wasn't into them back then.
>If not, what's your favorite bootleg?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agrftzylZtg
This set is just amazing. The intro to Peacebone is fucking killer.
>Favorite era of the group?
Feels era probably.
>Most underrated album?
I'd say Spirit They're Gone. Merriweather brought a lot of newcomers closer to Strawberry Jam-era AnCo than pre-Sung Tongs, even Feels. It's a shame their early stuff isn't so popular outside of /mu/.
>>61327175
No problem, love animal collective. There was a string of amazing AnCo generals back when I started coming here and that's where I discoverered and discussed so much of their music. Just keeping the tradition alive.
>>61327284
The Malta fest has my favorite camera work of any concert footage (excluding live at Pompeii, nothing beats that movie).
>>61327284
The animal collective subreddit really likes the early work, especially spirit
>>61319917
>>Did you see them live, what was it like?
Nope, but I'm seeing them twice this tour ;)
>>If not, what's your favorite bootleg?
Brighton Festival, June '03. The one that's famous around here for this performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqQ7tU26Q6E
>>Favorite era of the group?
Sung Tongs to Feels
>>Most underrated album?
Maybe Centipede Hz considering how much hate it gets around here.
Also Hollinndagain ( Pride and Fight is GOAT)
>>61327664
PRIIIIDEEEE AND FIIIIIGHT
CHZ is good, Anamita is really good
I love this band so much it makes me question if i ever will be able to make music a dont completly rip them off
>>61320176
>I'll wear thisanimal hood from when I was eight years old
>and I'll paint black spots on my face
>everyone will call me the panda bear from now on
What a faggot holy shit.
>>61327894
You'd be surprised what musicians obsess over other musicians, and end up making music that sounds nothing like their obsessions. For instance
>Britt Daniel of Spoon loved Robert Smith and The Cure
Sounds nothing like the cure
>Radiohead was heavily influenced by The Pixies
They didn't even sound like the pixies on their early demos
>Animal Collective was hugely influenced by Pavement
Their Automone ep from when they were 15 sounds like a pavement b side
The only group I can think of that didn't shake the influence (whether it was intentional or not) was Pavement listening to the fall. Slanted sounds like the fall with distortion and sarcasm yet works exceptionally well.
>>61327970
I guess the faggot here is you. Because he's Panda Bear, and you're not.
Spill the gravy, Avey
Let it air, Panda Bear
Let it go, Geo
Leak it Deak
>>61327996
>The only group I can think of that didn't shake the influence
Coldplay and Muse instantly come to mind since you mentioned Radiohead.
I'd like to add to your first point though with Modest Mouse and Built to Spill. Both Isaac and Doug obsessed over each other's music but their bands sound nothing alike aside from some vague surface similarities at first glance.
>>61328133
Coldplay just took the slow piano and ballad stuff from radiohead and watered it down to shit, then formed their own pop style. Muse took the stadium elements of radiohead and blew them to shit, and got worse...
>>61328133
Oh yeah, modest mouse are a band that didn't really sound like anyone else but themselves (maybe polvo or lync)
Anyone seeing them when they come to Detroit?
>>61328133
There's less then 10 muse songs that sound even slightly radiohead. They sound more like RATM then Radiohead.
>>61327894
so relatable
>>61325050
You go by yourself. Do people go to concerts by them self?
>61319917
>Did you see them live, what was it like?
gonna go see them in March! super stoked
>If not, what's your favorite bootleg?
Live in sidney 2008
>Favorite era of the group?
for albums: feels - merriweather
for live: 2013 onward, ya know... when they actually figured out how to fucking play
>Most underrated album?
Either the Keep EP or Fall Be Kind, i don't hear very much talk about those two
Fall Be Kind is p much flawless, Bleed is my second favorite anco song
>>61337552
Favorite feels song?
>>61337552
FBK is talked about a lot in my experience but I do agree it's great. I love every song.
