Animal Collective Premiere Video for Today’s Supernatural

Animal Collective premiered the kinetic new video for Centipede Hz’s lead single,Today’s Supernatural, last night on MyAnimalhome.net. Watch it HERE. The video was filmed on location at the salt flats of El Mirage, CA and stars band member Avey Tare alongside a giant piñata head. It was directed by long time Animal Collective collaborator Danny Perez (ODDSAC, Summertime Clothes, Who Could Win A Rabbit).

On Sunday night, August 19th, Animal Collective will premiere their new album Centipede Hz (Sept 4th) LIVE on Animal Collective Radio (radio.myanimalhome.net). At 9PM EST the transmission will begin with Geologist’s radio show followed immediately by the album premiere. Geologist describes as follows:

“My show is actually a version of a mix I made for Ben Allen (Centipede Hz Producer) before we went into the studio. He asked us for a list of songs that we might reference in terms of sound and vibe so he could understand how we wanted the album to sound. We put together a list of songs that either encompassed the overall sound and vibe, or just had specific things we liked, such as drums sounds, or vocal effects. Rather than just send him each song, I thought it’d be fun to make transitions in between each track and sequence it out into 4 separate continuous hypothetical LP sides, which is what we were thinking for the sequencing of our album. For the final show of AC Radio we thought it’d be cool to play this inspirational mix and the album back to back.”

For more from Geologist about his mix and Animal Collective radio, watch an exclusive new interview at The Creators Project: http://thecreatorsproject.com/creators/animal-collective

Animal Collective Radio, a partnership with The Creators Project, has broadcast live over the last three weeks featuring shows hosted by Panda Bear, Avey Tare and Deakin. The transmissions also featured a variety of guest DJs sets including Atlas Sound, Haunted Graffiti, Black Dice, Pantha Du Prince as well as brand new solo music by Panda Bear and Avey Tare. Listen back to all the transmissions via the band’s archive on MixCloud: mixcloud.com/animalcollectiveradio

Animal Collective’s new album Centipede Hz is out September 4th on CD, 2xLP & Deluxe 2xLP. The limited edition Deluxe 2xLP features a silver foil tip-on gatefold sleeve and a bonus DVD containing high-resolution album audio and live video excerpts from the band’s 2011 show at Celebrate Brooklyn! Prospect Park. Pre-order all formats now on the Animal Collective webstore: myanimalhome.net/store

The band will tour N.A. in support of the album this fall, for ticket information visit: http://myanimalhome.net/tickets/

Animal Collective
09-18 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre *
09-19 Vancouver, BC – Malkin Bowl *
09-20 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom *
09-21 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre *
09-22 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre *
09-23 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl #
09-25 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues *
09-27 Dallas, TX – House of Blues *
09-28 Austin, TX – The Backyard *
09-29 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues *
09-30 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle *
10/02 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion *
10/03 Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for the Performing Arts *
10/05 Brooklyn, NY – Williamsburg Park *
* w/ Micachu and the Shapes
# w/ Flying Lotus, Huun Huur Tu

Animal Collective To Premiere New Album on Animal Collective Radio – Centipede Hz Out Sept. 4th

Sept 4th) LIVE on Animal Collective Radio this Sunday, August 19th at 9PM EST (radio.myanimalhome.net). News of the premiere was announced last night on Avey Tare’s show, which featured guest DJ mixes by Atlas Sound, The Blackouts and Ghost Capital. Avey Tare also debuted two new solo songs featuring vocals by Angel Deradoorian. Listen back to the show now on a live loop or as an on-demand archive via MixCloud later today.

Animal Collective Radio is a partnership between the band, Domino and The Creators Project. Visit The Creators Project website for detailed Animal Collective Radio tracklists, info and exclusive interviews with the guest DJs: http://thecreatorsproject.com/creators/animal-collect

For archives of previous Animal Collective Radio transmissions featuring Panda Bear and Deakin as well as guest DJ sets by Haunted Graffiti, Black Dice, Pantha Du Prince and more visit the band’s MixCloud page mixcloud.com/animalcollectiveradio

Animal Collective is also inviting fans to make their own radio mixes to share. To encourage participation the band will be giving away 5 vinyl test pressings of Centipede Hz at random to those who have submitted mixes. For more details on Animal Collective YouMix visit: http://mixcloud.com/projects/animalcollectiveyoumix

Animal Collective’s new album Centipede Hz is out September 4th on Domino. The band will tour North America in support of the album this fall.

Animal Collective
09-18 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre *
09-19 Vancouver, BC – Malkin Bowl *
09-20 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom *
09-21 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre *
09-22 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre *
09-23 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl #
09-25 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues *
09-27 Dallas, TX – House of Blues *
09-28 Austin, TX – The Backyard *
09-29 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues *
09-30 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle *
10/02 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion *
10/03 Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for the Performing Arts *
10/05 Brooklyn, NY – Williamsburg Park *
* w/ Micachu and the Shapes
# w/ Flying Lotus, Huun Huur Tu

Animal Collective Announce North America Tour

Animal Collective North America Tour Dates

WATCH THE TOUR VIDEO:

HTTP://MYANIMALHOME.NET/

9/18: Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
9/19: Vancouver, BC @ Malkin Bowl
9/20: Portland, OR @ The Crystal Ballroom
9/21: Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theatre
9/23: Los Angeles @ Hollywood Bowl
9/25: Las Vegas, NV @ The House of Blues Los Angeles
9/27: Dallas, TX @ The House of Blues
9/28: Austin, TX @ The Backyard
9/29: New Orleans, LA @ The House of Blues New Orleans
9/30: Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
10/2: Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
10/3: Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for the Performing Arts
10/5: Brooklyn, NY @ Williamsburg Park

PRE-SALE TICKETS GO ON SALE TUESDAY, JUNE 12TH @ 10AM EST

HTTP://MYANIMALHOME.NET/TICKETS/

New album Centipede Hz released on Tuesday the 4th of September 2012

Hear 2 New Animal Collective Tracks!

Animal Collective are back with a new 7inch single titled ‘Honeycomb / Gotham’ featuring two brand new songs. The ‘Honeycomb / Gotham’ digital bundle is available today and the physical 7inch is available to pre-order now on the Domino Store with instant MP3 gratification of both tracks. The 7inch will be available via Dom Mart on the 26th of June and will also be available in stores later this summer.

Go to www.myanimalhome.net to hear the new tracks!

Animal Collective Launch Transverse Temporal Gyrus Website – Futuristic!

In March 2010, Animal Collective and visual artist Danny Perez (director of Oddsac, and the videos: “Summertime Clothes”, “Who Could Win A Rabbit” & “You Can Count On Me”) put on a multimedia installation called “Transverse Temporal Gyrus” at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. To expand the reach of the installation Animal Collective released an exclusive 12inch (Domino) over the weekend for Record Store Day 2012 featuring audio from the installation and today launched a groundbreaking interactive website (ttg.myanimalhome.net) to bring the unique and immersive “Transverse Temporal Gyrus” experience to anyone with an internet connection. Danny Perez explains Animal Collective’s first truly developed and realized website as follows:

“The website allows people an opportunity to experience “Transverse Temporal Gyrus” in a unique way. Just as the installation refashioned what a traditional performance and environment would be, the website reformats these materials again into something new. Video, audio, and images from that one evening provide a unique perspective to both people who were there and those that weren’t.”

The audio for the installation was made of individual sounds and songs created by each member Animal Collective. Over the course of two, three-hour performances, the basic tracks were fed into a computer program designed by Stephan Moore that randomized the track order, and sometimes randomly combined stems from one track with stems from another. The program panned the music in various directions around a 36 channel surround sound system that ran through 36 speakers set up from the top of the Guggenheim’s ramp to the bottom. The ‘”Transverse Temporal Gyrus” website features a free downloadable audio player (for both Mac and PC) that recreates the computer program designed for the Guggenheim installation over 2 stereo channels. This will give listeners a new and unique collage each time the program is run. Stephan Moore describes the sound design and programming:

“The sound score and installation for “Transverse Temporal Gyrus” was spontaneously re-created at each performance by rearranging dozens of recorded sounds and flying them around the Guggenheim Museum space according to a set of complex rules. A graphical representation of the entire automated decision-making process (the actual computer code written in MaxMSP) makes up the poster image that accompanies the 12inch release, and the complete software itself is now available to download as share-alike open-source. I wanted to share the software as much for its visual interest as for the procedural information in the code—I love the way MaxMSP looks. The TTG code was written very quickly over a three-day period, and much of the haste and fever of my marathon coding sessions has been preserved in the tangle of patch cords, idiosyncratic syntax, and quasi-organic piles of code objects. Hopefully, the opportunity to explore the underlying software through these various media, and the ability to reproduce a version of the original installation at home using the stereo player application, provides some perspective and insight into the full potential of the overall work. It’s been an honor and a lot of fun to work on this project, and I am very grateful to AC for inviting me to be involved.” An in depth interview with Stephan can be found on the Creators Projectors website here:

Both the 12inch record and corresponding website aim to bring the “Transverse Temporal Gyrus” experience to a wider audience, both in their own totally unique ways. “One of the best things about doing “Transverse Temporal Gyrus” with Danny was the opportunity to give the audience at the Guggenheim a unique experience that could never be recreated. The only disappointment was the inability to share it with more people, and this website finally allows us do that in some way, while ensuring that every individual experience will still remain just as singular and unique” Geologist (Animal Collective).

Explore the Transverse Temporal Gyrus today: ttg.myanimalhome.net

Panda Bear – Tomboy (6.4/10)

On the heels of the top-notch Person Pitch, the fourth album from Animal Collective founding member, Noah Lennox, is in my humble opinion a major disappointment.  A

droning Tomboy starts out in one tone and remains in that tone for the duration;  sticking to a low-fi Gregorian chant vibe to stylize the vocals.  Even with its many delicious harmonies, Tomboy turns out monotonous.

–B.