animal collective

animal collective mix - by josh deacon (34.30mb, 29:57mins)
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this week we're honoured to have a mix from one of our favourite bands of the last decade, and seemingly one of the buzziest of bands of the moment, and rightly so. yes, it's the wonderful animal collective.

sam had the honour of doing the press for AC on their last three records and can vouch for the fact that not only are they hugely and uniquely talented individuals, but also thoroughly lovely people to boot. for that reason, we'd like to make an appeal that you head over to domino's label shop to purchase a copy of ACs latest opus 'merriweather post pavillion'. yes, you can find a version for free elsewhere on the internet, but c'mon, do the right thing and support the guys here!

the mix itself was put together by josh 'deacon' dibb, and features 30 minutes of gentle, psychedelic wonder, from arthur russell, aphrodite's child and their own panda bear to name a few - perfect for staring out of the window on a rainy day. unfortunately we don't have a tracklisting, but sometimes a touch of mystery is a good thing no?

the band will be returning to britain in spring for a set of dates. get the tickets whilst you still can.

sunday 22nd march - bristol @ the trinity
monday 23rd march - nottingham @ rescue rooms
tuesday 24th march - london @ the forum
wednesday 25th march - leeds @ tjs
thursday 26th march - liverpool @ the static gallery
friday 27th march - dublin @ tripod
saturday 28th march - belfast @ stiff kitten


speaking of tours we're doing a fair bit of travelling in the next couple of weeks. this saturday we are very excited to be playing alongside true legends deutsch-amerikanische freundschaft over in amsterdam at the paradiso. also on the bill is revolting cocks founding member luke van acker so as you can imagine we're pretty excited about this one. you can get all the info here.


after a brief foray over in the macbeth in shoreditch next thursday the 29th for the bearded magazine relaunch (read all about it here, then next friday the 30th we head up north to play for the brilliant naive melody gang at charlies in manchester. alongside residents slippery people there is an appearance by new mancunian duo lakes whose track 'chug' is available on the optimo selected ten tracks we mentioned last week. full rundown is here

and then finally on saturday the 31st its a quick hop on the eurostar over to nancy, france where we'll be providing the tunes alongside our bud pilooski following a live set by prog-electro nutters late of the pier. that all takes place at l'autre canal and everything you need to know is here. phew!

hope to see you at one of the above.