Features
Friday, December 18 2009
The Best 60 Albums of 2009
PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2009, highlighted by a bevy of American indie rock juggernauts, the return of a hip-hop master, and a couple of the finest voices on the planet.
Friday, December 18 2009
The Best Singles of 2009
PopMatters kicks off our annual two-week-long best music of the year feature with the 50 best singles of 2009, highlighted by a trio of American indie rock headliners.
Friday, December 11 2009
The Best Psych Albums of 2009
Psychedelia has influenced so many things in 2009 -- whether the band is labeled freak-folk, psych-pop, or garage psychedelia to name a few -- that the creative approach to songwriting has influenced and been adopted by so many genres that barely any independent label has remained untouched by its reaches.
Reviews
Monday, January 11 2010
Animal Collective: Campfire Songs
Animal Collective's version of sitting on the porch and strumming the day away is actually quite cohesive and pleasant.
Monday, January 4 2010
Animal Collective: Fall Be Kind
The MVPs of 2009 bookend the year with their best EP yet.
Friday, September 25 2009
Animal Collective: 14 August 2009 - Brooklyn, NY
I am unaware of any band these days that is constantly pushing themselves creatively as much as Animal Collective.
Monday, January 12 2009
Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion
Why do Animal Collective always end up being the band that critics seem to be raving about?
Friday, May 23 2008
Animal Collective: Water Curses
It’s been a full half-decade since Animal Collective came to prominence, bridging the gap between Brian Wilson and avant-garde tribal chant.
Blogs
Wednesday, March 23 2011
Stream: Animal Collective's All Tomorrow's Parties Mix
Animal Collective are the curators of this year’s All Tomorrow’s Parties in Minehead, England, and in an effort to familiarize festival-goers with the lineup, the…
Thursday, August 12 2010
Psych-Horror Flick as Music Video, or Vice Versa: Animal Collective's 'Oddsac'
Musically and visually, Animal Collective's new "visual album" 'Oddsac' is unmistakably in the group's wheelhouse: unapologetically and uncompromisingly weird, possessed of a singular vision, and all the more compelling for it.
Monday, January 11 2010
DJ Animal Collective & Fischerspooner: 08.Jan.2010 - NYC
Words and Pictures by Sachyn Mital
Friday, January 8 2010
Animal Collective - "Brothersport" (video)
Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I…
Thursday, November 19 2009
Animal Collective - "Graze" (stream)
Here's "Graze", the opening track from Animal Collective's upcoming Fall Be Kind. The remaining 60% of the EP comes out December 15th.
