animal collective

Surprise: we are beyond psyched and honored to present an extremely rare + intimate Dallas performance from the man responsible for our favorite album of the last decade and one of the best records of 2011: Noah Lennox of Animal Collective, better known to most as PANDA BEAR...

Beach House performs a new song/"experiment," live at last weekend's Animal Collective-curated ATP Fest. Thanks to Anika for the heads up.

Animal Collective debuted some new material at Petaluma, CA's Phoenix Theatre last night, and as usual, Collected Animals delivers a decent sounding bootleg in record time. A little murky, but the recording gives us our first glimpse at where they're headed on the new record...

Panda Bear's Tomboy finally drops a week from Tuesday on Paw Tracks, and after all of the live bootlegs, 7" singles, and various non-LP tracks leading up to the album's release, the whole thing is now streaming over at NPR. Not sure how they were able to stave off a leak for this long, but if you haven't heard it yet, it was well worth the wait...

Noah Lennox recently stopped by NPR's D.C. studios for a guest DJ set, featuring commentary and a couple Tomboy jams, as well as songs from Nirvana, Avey Tare, Zomby, and one of our personal favorite Forest Family 7" b-sides. Download below, and read more info here: mp3: (37 mb)

Listen to the previously unreleased "The Preakness," Panda Bear's contribution to the Keep cassette, which benefits the Socorro Island Conservation Fund. The Animal Collective x Keep collab sneakers (and the limited tape) will be available starting at midnight tonight at these spots and at Keep's website...

New 2+ hour-long mixtape by Animal Collective highlighting some of the acts playing the upcoming ATP Festival, which the band curated. Featuring tracks from Ariel Pink, Gang Gang Dance, Beach House, Big Boi, Grouper, and more. Download it by clicking the arrow in the player below, and check more info at FACT: Animal Collective ATP mix

Here's the cover art + track list for Animal Collective's collab cassette release with Keep, which benefits the Socorro Island Conservation fund. The tape drops on March 26, but you have to buy the shoes to get it. Check the track list, which features new solo jams from each of the 4 members: 1) "Jailhouse" :: Geologist 2) "Call home (buy grapes)" :: Avey Tare 3) "Country

Panda Bear's Last Night at the Jetty is the next Tomboy track to get the 7" single treatment, backed with "Drone" on the flip. Due December 6 on Fat Cat Records in an edition of 3000 copies, available for pre-order here.