Animal Collective is amazing

i cant wait for the new record. in some interview they said its very influenced by panda's record, that can only be good.

i wanna hear different emotions than what they put in my ears

I remember listening to High Places when Bradford Cox was hyping them months ago, I wasn't impressed then and I'm not interested enough to check them out again now.
I thought Fleet Foxes were a My Morning Jacket type ripoff band, not so?

Whatever.

All those 13/14 new songs they played live were really good. I'm particulary fan of Song For Ariel, Grace, I hope they'll be on the record. Of course Bearhug and Brother Sport are obvious singles. But I read an interview were they said there will only be 10 tracks on it :( it probably means they'll have an EP after that, like Water Curses for Strawberry Jam

And Fleet Foxes is more a rip off of hippie folk shitty sauce.

I think My Morning Jacket is crap too.

thats awesome. i havnt seen them since october, and all they played was 'strawberry jam' stuff and the classics. still a great show though. panda and avey tare have two of the most beautiful dude voices in the whole world.

I've been listening to the PEOPLE EP over and over this week. Sooo good.

I wonder if that LP boxset of unreleased shiz is really gonna come out this year?

I don't know. I'm lurkyin' a lot on the Collected Animals board (sometimes posting too) and there's no news at all. - btw it's actually a live boxset!-

Someone mentionned an Australian interview sayin' the new album would be out by December 10th, though! We don't know if it's legit yet...

http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/08/11/t...l-points-west/

Well, January apparently...

I beleive I saw High Places open for Liars a few monthes ago. Not particularly impressive I have to say. Another hype we can thank Pitchfork for.

Ok, I am new and looking thorough here, and I am totally blown away.

High Places is not hyped, they tour constantly, and play a lot in NY when they are home. They only put our impossible to find 7" records, which only recently was put out by Thrill Jockey.They were local faves before pfork ever found them. AND.... If all these other highly aclaimed musicians/labels dig them, maybe there is something there. Plus they are the most humble and non-pompous people ever. They are basically little kids making pretty out there music, and working very hard at it.

Whether you like them or not, neither High Places or Fleet Foxes sound like AC. Ok so maybe there is delay, or unrecognizable sounds, which AC uses. HP is WAY more rhythm based, almost dance hall at times too. I don't know, backlash is inevitalble, but they don't deserve it IMHO.

Okay, I finally checked their first real album yesterday, and I must say I found it really good. Not deserving all that hype but still good. Their single compilation was mostly meh, but this self titled album is good stuff really

Really? Maybe I'll check it. I never said I thought HP was bad or antying. Just the singles comp didnt hold my interest by the midpoint.

They're nice to listen to on trains. Same thing with Burial's last album, I find that they're only palatable when I'm on some form of public transport.

...I'm embarassed to say I quite enjoy them now. Take that, me of a few months ago!

Yeah the singles comp was mostly boring (Freaked Flight was pretty cool but that's all)

The Burial album took time, but grew on me.