Stream: Animal Collective, “Graze” (Zamfir Jam)

In a few weeks, Animal Collective will release the Fall Be Kind EP on Domino but as usual the internet released it for them already. One of the previously mysterious tracks from the EP, “Graze,” was picked up by Stereogum on YouTube, and starts out with a few minutes of wavy atmospherics and Avey Tare singing about chilling out and stuff. But then around the three-minute mark, the claps kick in and a maniacal pan flute pipes in from what we can only assume is the seventh dimension of the AC galaxy. If you’re an ’80s or ’90s baby, you might not recognize this bewitching sound as a sample of Romanian master flutist Gheorghe Zamfir, but it is, and it is genius. Here’s Zamfir’s “Romanian Wedding Song”, which isn’t the sample’s source but is also genius. If you can tell us the source in the comments, we’ll buy you a beer tonight somewhere in New York City.

(via Stereogum

AC Bros, Crack Box Ltd Ed Prints Now Available!

How many million jokes could we make about what Animal Collective fans would be willing to do to get their hands on one of the brand spanking new, limited to 150 Crack Box screenprinted posters? Several million. But we won’t because we actually really want one too. One the best things about the Crack Box is the mindspiral Jon Vermilyea’s art induces before the needle even drops, so to have it in a format that allows us to literally roll it around our heads as if they were giant nugs in the AC cosmic spliff is a glorious thing. The only problem is that they will probably be gone by the time this post is done. Can’t hurt to try though. Here’s what the box set’s creative director, Rob Carmichael, wrote about the poster’s production:

Screenprinted in four colors to match the outer slipcase of the Animal Crack Box. Limited edition of 150 prints on high quality, all-cotton Coventry Rag 335 gsm paper. The printed area measures 18 x 35″; the full sheet measures 20 x 37″. Copies are signed and numbered by Jon Vermilyea and SEEN. Suitable for framing (PLEASE don’t simply tack this to your wall!).

And here’s where to buy it: BUY IT!

Video: Animal Collective, “In the Flowers”

Jason Dill stars in this video. He’s the dude that crashed at the Osbourne’s house for a while. It would be sweet if he could hook up Ozzy with the Animal Collective dudes. Shred + flowers + skating + dancing = “Sweet Leaf/House. Watch Abby Portner’s “In the Flowers” video here or at the Animal Collective website.

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Phoenix, “Love Like A Sunset (Animal Collective Remix/Deakin’s Jam)” MP3

Head just exploded when reading title. So excited. Hipster Runoff will probably write a 3,000 word rant about how this song creates co-branded eternal bliss or something, but honestly, you should never be afraid to like a song, and we love this. The remix, as Deakin says on the Phoenix blog, is the result of mutual admiration and a subconscious association with marine life, and actually sounds like they might’ve recorded it together underwater.



Download: Phoenix, “Love Like A Sunset (Animal Collective Remix/Deakin’s Jam)”
(via Phoenix)

ATP New York 2009: Babies and Drums

Boredoms’ drummer Yojiro (YO2RO) Tatekawa was carried into the main performance space on a platform carried by eight dudes, ten minutes into the already heart-exploding Boadrum 9 reprise at ATP New York last Sunday. He bashed on his drums so hard, it was unclear whether they would be able to hold him up. They did, and an hour later, Tatekawa and his bandmate Yoshimi were walking around with a bunch of awesome little Boredoms babies, on their way to participate in Oneida’s marathon 13-hour performance and then check out Boris’ volcanic replay of their album Feedbacker. Jim Jarmusch looked pretty psyched on Boris too. This was basically the vibe at Kutsher’s Country Club, a tarnished gem of the Catskills social set, where VIP is nonexistent and there was always something happening that was going to destroy your eardrums for, as of post time, at least two or three days.

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Palms, “Boundary Waters” (Deakin of Animal Collective Remix) MP3

Palms are weird. The New York duo seem like an art project more than a band, the music of real life Sprockets. For his remix of their “Boundary Waters,” Josh Dibbs aka Deakin, the member in absentia of Animal Collective, gives the song loopy downers, turns their weird gallery Marina Abramovic into upstate, on vacation Marina Abramovic, away from the bummer bleak city and into the tall grass and pollen.



Download: Palms, “Boundary Waters” (Deakin of Animal Collective Remix) (via XLR8R)

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Atlas Sound w. Noah Lennox, “Walkabout” MP3

In FADER #49, Bradford Cox aka Atlas Sound told Black Lips’ Cole Alexander:

“It’s not good to be trapped in that same state of mind for your whole life. It’s a sad and difficult thing, actually. It’s like never getting over something and trying to work it out over and over and over again. The sounds may be a little more advanced, but I’m essentially making the same kind of art with the same kind of ideas that I was when I was a kid.”

On “Walkabout,” the first song from his upcoming album Logos (Oct 20, Kranky), Cox sings along with Noah Lennox, What did you want to see/ What did you want to be/ When you grew up, and generally seems to be focused on moving on, becoming an adult, or at least acknowledging that he can’t be a child anymore. The song samples the bubbling keys of “What Am I Going to Do” by the Dovers, as inspired by some tour bus song games between Cox and Animal Collective, and reflects that song’s simple and beautiful pop, with Cox and Lennox’s signature soft layers. If Logos is in any way as good as this song, we will not need much else in the fall.



Download: Atlas Sound w. Noah Lennox, “Walkabout”

Video: Animal Collective, “Summmertime Clothes”

Completely ridiculous Danny Perez-directed video for the new Animal Collective single. Dancers styling on you. Colors and colors!

Freeload: Animal Collective, “Summertime Clothes” (Dam Funk Remix) Radio Rip MP3

The funny thing about this is how it’s not even that much of a stretch for Animal Collective circa 2009. If you told us six years ago that the band who recorded an entire album on a couple mini disk players while sitting on a porch would be soliciting remixes from West Coast funk revivalist Dam Funk, we’d probably be like, Who is Dam Funk? And then we would try to tell you about the first TV on the Radio EP. But it’s here now, and it sounds kind of like “My Girls.”



Download: Animal Collective, “Summertime Clothes” (Dam Funk Remix) Radio Rip MP3

Video: Animal Collective, “Summertime Clothes” (Live on Letterman)

Hey we just realized we’ve never seen these dudes play music this close with the lights turned on! Boardwalk sweatshirts! Looking good, dudes!

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