This year has produced a bounty of riches of incredible variety and wild imagination, commencing in January with a topically suitable release by Bridget Hayden called Cold Blows the Wind, before moving on to the sunny sounds of Divorce (if that doesn’t sound too odd). And there’s a bit of a Brutalist theme going on…
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Textural and atmospheric, Animal Collective’s Deakin and Geologist’s original soundtrack to the 2025 documentary Jetty has just been released by Domino Soundtracks. The soundtrack is available digitally, with a vinyl release set for April 17th. Jetty is a new nonfiction film by Sam Fleischner (Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Wah Do Dem and he also has created music videos…
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Animal Collective are having a busier year than usual – as well as single releases Love on the Big Screen and Buddies on the Blackboard, they will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their landmark sixth studio album Feels with two new limited-edition formats via Domino: Feels 20th Anniversary is a reissue of the original album with a bonus disc…
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Something joyful this way comes from Animal Collective. The new single called Love on the Big Screen came out last week, via Domino, and there’s a special limited-edition 7‑inch single featuring the B‑side Buddies On the Blackboard set to be released on August 1st. Both tracks were produced by Avey Tare and Adam McDaniel, engineered and mixed by McDaniel…
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Something that presses all our buttons is Panda Bear’s new track Virginia Tech, previously only released on the B‑side of the 7‑inch of Sinister Grift’s lead single Defense. It’s a rich slab of psychedelic throwback gorgeouseness featuring Panda Bear’s distinctly layered vocals, a mesmerising drum line and even a euphoric sitar-like wig-out at the end. It’s…
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