We have professed our adoration for Animal Collective's childlike, tree-swinging, let's-just-smoke-the-peace-pipe-and-get-back-to-the-source jams. Check the resume. Tonight the boys take a victory lap of the town they once called headquarters when they play
at Webster Hall. Bad news is that the hootenanny is already sold out. But if you weren't undumb enough about getting tix you can always try standing outside the show with a sign reading, "WILL TRADE ARIEL PINK DEMOS AND GOOD VIBES FOR TICKET!" Try the same thing for the equally sold-out gig Saturday @ the Bowery Ballroom. You never know.