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The bonefish boys each share five of their favorite "outsider" releases of the year (10:10). They also chat about year-end list culture, Spotify wrapped, some honorable mentions, and more.
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We go deep on perhaps the most controversial Animal Collective album, Danse Manatee. A product of the band's burgeoning live act, Danse was made by the same trio that created Merriweather Post Pavilion and Painting With. Beloved by some, reviled by others, this record set the tone for the group's modus operandi going forward, one characterized by experimentation, collaboration, and the relentless desire to create.
Also discussed: Geologist's newly announced solo album, the end of Pitchfork Fest, and of course, Bonefish Rec's.
Where does Danse rank for you? What's your favorite track?
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We're joined by superhero drummer and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Hyman (11:25) to discuss his time playing with Animal Collective, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Ponytail, Boredoms, Dan Deacon, and also his solo music.
Christian and Justin also look back on the 10th anniversary of Enter the Slasher House, the power trio record Jeremy recorded with Avey Tare and Angel Deradoorian.
Bonefish Recommends:
Wilted Superstition Engaged in Copulation by Širom
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Our halloween miniseries returns with a deep dive into Avey Tare's underrated swampy solo debut Down There (23:33). We also discuss Panda Bear's new album news including songs "Defense" and "Virginia Tech" (7:26), and bask in autumnal vibes by recommending some obscure tunes in another installment of Bonefish Rec's.
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WAWA by Brodka
Die Grüne Reise by A.R. & Machines
Watussi (James Holden Remix) by Harmonia
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Bonefish returns for spooky season, where we hang with the dissident filmmaker/artist Danny Perez and talk his cult classic visual album ODDSAC (15:53). We go deep on one of the best things in the AC universe. Also discussed: horror films and Bonefish recs. Happy spookin’!
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We conclude our Panda Bear series with BUOYS, the lowkey 6th album from Noah Lennox (06:50). We talk about dad trap, autotune, process over result, and how Buoys now sounds like a detour compared to the "reset" Noah intended it to be at the time.
Also discussed: our first Bonefish grill review, and the latest installment of Bonefish Recs (03:00)
Floating Mountains by Soshi Takeda
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Meme-master and Animal Collective head Ian Ostaszewski (aka Jetski) joins us (12:23) to discuss the underrated 2018 Panda Bear record A DAY WITH THE HOMIES (25:00). Topics: the vinyl mix versus digital mix, uncleared samples, shepard tones, AC fan art/memes, and another installment of Bonefish Recs. Christian recommends Comradely Objects by Horse Lords while Justin recommends Talàn by Polish guitarist/experimentalist Raphael Rogiński.
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Our series on Panda Bear continues with a deep dive on Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper (8:18), Noah’s maximal fourth solo album. We talk power-clashing, breakbeats, synth mayhem, Rihanna shoutouts, multiple noahs, death and rebirth, going crooner mode, and how this era was the capstone to Panda Bear’s imperial run. Also, we offer some listening recommendations with another edition of Bonefish Recs (2:24).
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Bonefish Recs:
The Expanding Universe by Laurie Spiegel
Bardo for Pablo by Pablo's Eye
The Bonefish boys have returned with a new interview with Young Jesus, the project of John Rossiter—and his collaborator, multi-instrumentalist and musical guru Shahzad Ismaily—about the new album The Fool, out now via Saddle Creek (19:00). Topics discussed include confronting shame, cold emails, permaculture, Kanye West, Denis Johnson, canine olfaction, and self belief.
The boys also discuss "Vampire Tongues," the new Avey Tare & Panda Bear track (5:00), as well as offering some album recommendations of their own in the second installment of Bonefish Recommends (08:12)
"Summer" by Pub
Einsjäger und Siebenjäger by Popol Vuh
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Justin is moving across the country this week so we're unlocking part 2 of our deep dive on Panda Bear's plunderphonics masterpiece Person Pitch. Enjoy!
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Christian and Justin log on with one half of the Jokermen podcast, Mr. Ian Grant, to revisit Panda Bear’s solo album TOMBOY (14:55). One of the most hyped albums of the 20th century, Tomboy saw our guy Noah drop the soupy, lo-fi samples of Person Pitch for something more direct, ethereal and darker than its predecessor.
Also discussed: The upcoming Sung Tongs live album, the new segment Bonefish Recommends, Tomboy as the twilight of the blog rock era, 2011, and of course, The Beach Boys. Check out Jokermen’s latest season dedicated to The Beach Boys, it rules.
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Two decades ago today, Animal Collective released their fifth album, a collection of "tongue songs" that proved to be a massive vibe shift and level-up that solidified the band's direction and put them on the cultural map.
This week, Christian and Justin go deep on Avey Tare and Panda Bear's enduring masterwork Sung Tongs, the primordial siren song of innocence, friendship, love and peace. They discuss the evolution of this era of songs, the music of 2004, iconic Youtube clips, letting go, and which Outkast song is a spiritual cousin to the album.
Can you believe this album is as far away from 2024 as 1984 was to 2004? 🤯 What are some of your favorite moments? Do you think they recorded a studio version of Covered in Frogs?
Early Live versions of Sung Tongs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA6oYqvz6c8
Live @ Other Music 8/16/04: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EukueEjfPnk
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The album that made lots of millennials go buy a sampler, Person Pitch might be the most influential album in the Animal Collective universe. Released 17 years ago, it’s a swampy zoo of sounds that mixed hip hop sampling techniques with 60s pop vocals to make something uniquely 21st century. Christian and Justin talk about the primitive, revolutionary nature of the Panda Bear solo record, its samples, and how it’s maybe not even his best album? The boys also chat a tad about the new Vampire Weekend record, Only God Was Above Us.
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Christian and Justin chat with founding Gang Gang Dance member Brian DeGraw (13:04) about the early 00s experimental scene in New York City that included groups like Animal Collective and Black Dice—an alternate history of Meet Me in the Bathroom.
They discuss moving from DC to NYC in '98, being a Manhattan band in a Brooklyn scene, feeling unattached to solo work, piano playing as meditation, and writing music for film. This episode includes snippets of unreleased solo music from DeGraw.
Other topics include record-breaking drum circles, cruise ship concerts during a solar eclipse, and how a freak tragedy years ago birthed a well of creativity for Brian and his friends.
Prior to the interview, the boys discuss Shabaka's new single featuring Floating Points and Laraaji, which Animal Collective record would work as a Broadway stage adaptation, what the AC boys are up to at the moment, and more.
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Watch: LAKE DAMAGE— A "weird tour film" that Brian made of Animal Collective live footage during the Feels era: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztEne_0y-6E
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Episode 22: Strawberry Jam Deep Dive
The boys go long on maybe the best AC album of all time: Strawberry Jam, the explosive 7th album from Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Deakin and Geologist. Christian and Justin also discuss 2007 as a crossroads for indie rock, steel drums, samples, some casual Beatles comparisons, salvia, and Green Day?
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In this episode we chat with electronic artist and Animal Collective superfan Maral (10:13), who opened for Panda Bear & Sonic Boom and Avey Tare for their 2023 west coast dates. We talk about how she fell in love with Strawberry Jam, how the band has influenced her sonic journey, and how she found her place in music.
Also discussed: Panda Bear & Sonic Boom's Honda commercial placement, Pizza Hut and Crayola, PB's interview with the Ion Pack, Iranian folk, AC fandom, Live AC bootlegs, fat beats, and more.
Watch the video for Maral's new song out this week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmHUwx3xsMU
Listen to Maral's compilation of live Animal Collective bootlegs for Dublab here:
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This week the bonefish boys take a look at Avey Tare's 3rd solo album, "Cows on Hourglass Pond," which turned 5 this year.
They also discuss some upcoming new music from the likes of MGMT, Vampire Weekend, Amen Dunes and more.
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The Bonefish Boys go deep on Animal Collective's magnum opus—giving a song by song breakdown, discussing early live versions, samples and recording techniques used, and more!
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Also check out our other new episode about Merriweather Post Pavilion with Larry Fitzmaurice, out now.
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On Merriweather’s 15th anniversary, we are joined by writer Larry Fitzmaurice (7:07) to discuss AC’s world-beating 8th album, a glitch in the Billboard matrix that dosed normies everywhere and was declared album of the year one month into 2009. What a time folks. Thanks for going on this journey.
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We're also excited to announce the launch of our Patreon, and subscribers can access our exclusive Merriweather Deep Dive episode right now! The podcast takes time to prepare, produce and edit, so any help is much appreciated and honestly will probably go towards supporting Animal Collective and more music... We’re here because you’re here. TY
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Christian and Justin talk about the recent news of Pitchfork's demise, and then dive into listener-submitted comments and questions about Animal Collective (14:20).
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Episode 18! Painting With Kyle Reid
It’s the zoomer episode! We are joined by Kyle Reid (03:42), a music "critic" and YouTuber whose favorite band is Animal Collective. And we talk Painting With, the 2016 AC album that was critically mixed upon release but has become a favorite among younger fans. If you ride for Floridada, let it be known!
This is our last episode of 2023. Thanks so much for listening y’all. 🎨🐼🫥👹
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Christian and Justin go through their favorite left of center albums of the year (03:45), touching on their favs in ambient, experimental, spiritual jazz and electronic. Christian talks about ML Buch's "Suntub," James Holden's "Imagine This is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities," and Horse Lords' "Live in Leipzig." Justin mentions "Das Nuvens" by Fabiano do Nascimento, Purelink's "Signs," and "Mind Palace Music" by @.
Then they talk with writer Sadie Sartini Garner (22:00) about André 3000's ayahuasca seancé album "New Blue Sun," which she reviewed for Pitchfork. Also discussed: LA's deep listening ambient scene, André's embrace of it, Leaving Records, Sam Wilkes, Carlos Niño, and of course, the Dead.
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We've turned back our clocks and "fallen behind," so let's rewind and throw on Fall Be Kind, the (perfect?) EP that served as companion to Merriweather Post Pavilion and as host to one of the band's best ever songs. The bonefish boys also discuss The Grateful Dead, odd time signatures, this era's production, how AnCo expanded on jam-band techniques, other fall music recommendations, and much more.
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Episode 15! We are joined by former longtime Pitchfork writer and editor Mark Richardson to discuss Young Prayer, the spartan 2004 solo album by Panda Bear and a lost gem of the group's acoustic era. We discuss Pitchfork then and now, Mark's introduction to Animal Collective, spiritualism in music, and how Young Prayer is sort of the more formal, adult AC release that has been lost to time.
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This week the Bonefish Boys are joined by Animal Collective's very own Josh Dibb, aka Deakin! We discuss Isn't It Now? , (5:50) mental health, psychedelic therapy, playing piano, Crestone, the Vegas Sphere, and Halloween movie favs. We also answer some fan-submitted questions.
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The Bonefish boys discuss the newest (and longest) Animal Collective record Isn't It Now? including how it compares to its predecessor Time Skiffs. They also talk about other notable "follow-up" albums, and how that signifier affects music's reception.
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Experimental musician and visionary guitarist Dustin Wong visits Bonefish HQ to discuss his new albums Perpetual Morphosis and Texture II, his former band Ponytail, musical improvisation in a live setting, evolving artistic processes, opening for Animal Collective, and much more (03:16). Then Christian and Justin chat about Reset in Dub, Adrian Sherwood's new spin on Panda Bear and Sonic Boom's latest opus (01:02:20).
Music used in episode by Dustin Wong, Brin, Takako Minekawa, and Ponytail.
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The bonefish boys look back on the intense, frenetic Animal Collective album Centipede Hz. They discuss the huge hype surrounding its release, the return of Deakin, early live versions of the songs, and how they saw the album then vs now. Also discussed: 2012 as the end of the blog rock era, local radio, and...Limp Bizkit.
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The Bonefish boys preview the forthcoming Animal Collective album Isn't It Now? by listening to live bootlegs of the new songs. They also share their respective experiences at the LA and NYC Panda Bear & Sonic Boom shows.
Unofficial new songs compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qEcx2UWRSc&t=3410s
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Grab your graham crackers and marshmallows and join the Bonefish Boys around the warm glow of the fire for a discussion of Animal Collective's one-take wonder, Campfire Songs.
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Christian and Justin sit down with record producer and Animal Collective collaborator Rusty Santos to discuss his roles in creating the albums Sung Tongs, Person Pitch, Buoys, and others, as well as his new solo record New Wave in California.
Also discussed: Moving to New York and meeting Dave, live sound engineering mishaps, Dawn of Midi, DJ Rashad, and Owen Pallet.
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The bonefish boys talk about the sudden mysterious appearance of the newest Animal Collective song "Defeat."
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This week Christian and Justin venture slightly off the beaten path with a discussion of the modern state of 'psychedelic' music—and what that term even means in a modern context—through the lens of Darkside's new album "Live at Spiral House." We look at the newly-minted trio's role in the genre, and how they compare to Animal Collective and other modern "psych" bands.
Also discussed: some Ark followup, Water From Your Eyes, Palm, jam bands, Grimes' new tattoo and more.
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ARK, the first Animal Collective release with all four members, turns 20 this month. Justin and Christian look back on this wild and claustrophobic record that served as a bookend to an era for the group.
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This week, we have the honor of speaking with Animal Collective founder Dave Portner, aka Avey Tare. Christian and Justin chat with Dave about the newly released remastered version of the band's debut album, Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished. Other topics include the band's early days in NYC, working at Other Music, knife hits, bus rides to Baltimore, artificial intelligence, upcoming AnCo releases, and much more!
Produced by Christian Koons. Music by Animal Collective, Christian Koons, and Justin Kloczko. Special thanks to Stones Throw, Collin Davis, and Kenny Becker.
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This week we're digging into the latest Panda Bear album, his Sonic Boom collab RESET. Is it Person Pitch Pt 2? Is it a pandemic album? What are the chances of us doing a brand collab with Bonefish Grill? Can directors make good remixes? All that and more await within.
**ALSO: Bonefish pod meetup in LA on Sat 5/13 for the Avey Tare show. For more details find us on instagram @bonefishpod**
Original music for this week's episode by Justin and Christian.
Welcome back.. to Bonefish. We're happy you're here. We'd like to see you often, but we don't *need* to see you often... That's right, this week do our dance upon the plains, shake our shoulders, and push ourselves down into the grains of the all time AC classic "Feels."
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For the first ever episode of Bonefish, head zoners Christian and Justin begin this journey by discussing Animal Collective's 11th studio album, Time Skiffs.
Also mentioned: how we got into AnCo, the hurdy gurdy, geriatric millenials, and the ceaseless march of time.
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