Animal Collective
Animal Collective artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Concerts
May 11, 2009 Hear the enigmatic rock group in a full concert, recorded live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
September 28, 2007 Hear the wildly experimental rock group recorded live in concert from Washington, D.C.
Studio Sessions
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October 15, 2012 Hear the inventive, experimental rock band perform new songs, including the unreleased "Crimson."
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November 6, 2007 Hear an interview and performance by a band rooted in melody and weirdness.
Discover Songs
October 13, 2010 Avey Tare says the inspiration for the new album (heard here until Oct. 20) came from a crocodile.
January 25, 2010 "What Would I Want? Sky" is lush, rewarding and a welcome rebuttal to critics of music sampling.
December 7, 2009 All Songs Considered listeners pick the top 25 albums of 2009.
November 16, 2009 We begin our 50 most important recordings of the decade with composer John Adams.
November 9, 2009 All Songs Considered looks back at some of the decade's defining moments and trends in music
July 27, 2009 NPR listeners pick the top five songs and top five albums of the year (so far).
May 11, 2009 Hear the enigmatic rock group in a full concert, recorded live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
January 13, 2009 Animal Collective's "My Girls" is a surpassingly warm, infectiously joyous ode to settling down.
January 12, 2009 Hear the band's entire new album, Merriweather Post Pavilion.
January 12, 2009 Now on All Songs Considered: new tracks by Bon Iver, Animal Collective, M. Ward and more.
August 23, 2007 1980s-inspired pop from Canada's Stars; Master sitar player Anoushka Shankar; Psychedelic folk-p...
Reviews
January 25, 2010 "What Would I Want? Sky" is lush, rewarding and a welcome rebuttal to critics of music sampling.
January 21, 2009 Will Hermes reviews the band's new album, Merriweather Post Pavilion.
January 13, 2009 Animal Collective's "My Girls" is a surpassingly warm, infectiously joyous ode to settling down.
January 12, 2009 Hear the band's entire new album, Merriweather Post Pavilion.
January 12, 2009 Now on All Songs Considered: new tracks by Bon Iver, Animal Collective, M. Ward and more.
December 17, 2005 Will Hermes' picks include the "wonderfully strange" world of Animal Collective and Sigur Ros.
More Stories
March 29, 2011 Panda Bear spins some of his contemporary favorites, and previews cuts from his upcoming Tomboy.
August 28, 2012 Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share their latest and favorite new discoveries.
August 26, 2012 Centipede Hz is jagged and assertive; it snarls and heaves, supported by electric musculature.
May 7, 2012 "Honeycomb" and "Gotham," from the psychedelic pop band, are available now.
