Panda Bear: The Preakness

Check out this new Panda Bear cut taken from an Animal Collective mixtape produced for the band's new line of sneakers.

It's somehow related to Baltimore and horse racing. Weird.

Hope you fall asleep to this track too (dreaming the dream dreamers dream):

  Panda Bear The preakness by aplaces

Or grab the MP3 here.

Panda Bear: Last Night at the Jetty

Panda Bear AKA Noah Lennox has offered another divine dribble from his forthcoming album Tomboy.

'Last Night at the Jetty' is filled with wishy-washy winter imagery: cold claps; jingle jangle bells; pattering percussion. It's ensoaking.

While listening to it you may picture an underwater scene in which you and Lennox are drowning.

As you sink to your deaths, he tells a nostalgic story about your friendship:

"Dreams that we once had. Did we have them anyway? 

Seems that we once had. Now we'll have them all the time."

You quickly realise Lennox is obsessed with optimism and brotherhood and adobe slats. Phshyeah, I know, he probably hasn't read Beckett. He continues:

"Didn't we--
Didn't we--
Didn't we have a good time?

I know we--
I know we--
I know we had a real time."

Now you're crying like a bitch, but you don't know it. That's because you're underwater.

Lennox builds and fades tempo with a delicate touch as the verses progress. Then using boyish vocal harmonies, he intersperses the track with a syllabic rise and fall reminiscent of Simon & Garfunkel.

Panda Bear - Last Night at the Jetty

Panda Bear: Tomboy

This track is from Panda Bear's new 7", taken from his forthcoming album Tomboy.

The physical album will be released in September, but the leak will probably appear around late August.

Or late July.

Or next week.

Panda Bear - Tomboy (mediafire link)

offices = prison

I’ve been very happy/depressed lately. I’ve also been listening to so much Animal Collective my iPod clickwheel chimes when i slide my thumb over it.

Annie are coming to Australia to round off touring for their lastest album Merriweather Post Pavilion, which has kept them out of the zoo/Baltimore all year.

Their December 11 Sydney sideshow (while they're here for Meredith) will be at the Enmore. They'll play the epic psychedelic-noise-folk-pop they’re now a little too famous for. Regardless, i can’t wait for Brother Sport, My Girlies and - let’s hope - Winter's Love.

As i'm still an Annie virgin, one dude i’m rlly eager about catching is Pander Bair. He’s like the best friend I’ll never have. I wish i knew more bros as tender as he.

Annie will be supported by Bachelorette.

Buy dix to their show here.