While critics found it easy to lump Animal Collective in with the freak folk scene after the strumming madness of Sung Tongs, Feels may cause them to revise their opinions -- slightly. First, this is more of a ock record, especially early on; the frequent cymbal crashes and pounding drums leave little doubt. Second, Feels has less of the aimless meandering of many artists in the freak folk scene. AC can, and do, explode at any second, and their whirl of musical ideas -- mostly naturalistic, such as intricate vocalizing or tribal drumming -- can become dizzying, but gleefully so, not in a disorienting way. (Imagine Fiery Furnaces condensing an entire album down to three minutes and you'll begin to understand the sound of the second song, "Grass.") So, while the folk tag has become less of an issue, freak still applies with no doubt. A core strength of the group is its ability to sound invigorated and bracing when exploring territory often surveyed in the past. Rock music can be a constraining form, especially at this late date, but the group sounds freer than ever before, almost as though they've never bothered with ock in their lives, and have only happened upon a bare few LPs before beginning their recording career. (If so, one of those would have been by Mercury Rev, although Animal Collective are much less patient in building to a climax -- "The Purple Bottle" has at least a dozen of them.) As on Sung Tongs, the first half is active, direct, and punchy -- nearly overloaded with production and ideas -- while the second half explores quiet, abstract moods, often with only a few tremulous vocals accompanied by autoharp.
King Of The Rodeo 2:25 Kings Of Leon Turn Into 4:05 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Summer Babe (Winter Version) 3:15 Pavement Step out 3:14 Billy Childish & Holly GolightlyWhere Is My Mind? 3:53 Pixies Grass 2:59 Animal Collective Sadie ...
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right now im in the running for biggest asshole in gainesville, ga and im pretty sure ive got a 100% chance of claiming this title in the next week or so. i decided last night that im going to quit work because ive been missing out on a lot of my life for the past few months (i told my boss that i would work whenever, so she took me up on it. i learned my lesson pretty quickly). so im supposed ...
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ive been on a mog hiatus for a while cause ive been helping my sister move in to her new house in ft. myers, fl and im probably going to go fuckin nuts when i go back home because its beautiful down here. when i left georgia, it was around 60 degrees and rainy...gay. and when i got to florida it was 85 and sunny...awesome! and it just so happens that my sister moved into this house that sits in...
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i cant wait for these guys to come back to hotlanta, i havent seen them in concert yet, and they are the only band i am really yearning (?) to see
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There's got to be a mixtape/playlist/podcast widget coming to Mog.com soon. Right, guys? Admins? Till then, I thought I would post my favorite mixtape I ever made.The goal here is to capture a very specific mood that not a lot of songs capture...it's a sort of repetition that suggests timelessness and endless moments, where even tiny changes become overwhelming. This mix is great for walkin...
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Well its been one week and one day since the longest day of the year. Have you noticed any changes in the days? probably not. I recently became owner of a vast collection of ambient, down-tempo, lo-fi music (over four gigs). ill never have to use an online stream again......but thats another story.
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Loch Raven has always been one of my favorite AC tunes. So, after listening to it profusely I decided to try making a little remix of it. Here's what came out.
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King Of The Rodeo 2:25 Kings Of Leon Turn Into 4:05 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Summer Babe (Winter Version) 3:15 Pavement Step out 3:14 Billy Childish & Holly GolightlyWhere Is My Mind? 3:53 Pixies Grass 2:59 Animal Collective Sadie ...
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| 1 Did You See the Words |
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| 2 Grass |
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| 3 Flesh Canoe |
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| 4 The Purple Bottle |
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| 6 Banshee Beat |
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| 7 Daffy Duck |
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| 8 Loch Raven |
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| 9 Turn into Something |
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