Centipede HZ is their Exile on Main Street. It's its own world... the best thing they've done.
― rock 'em sock 'em (Treeship), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
Animal Collective cancels tour for health reasons, fans on Facebook yell at them a lot
― tight in the runs (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 11 July 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
Samuel E. Raven By illness you mean cocaine?about an hour ago via mobile · 9
― waterface, Friday, 12 July 2013 00:10 (ten years ago) link
"health reasons" or "family problems" always raise red flags
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 12 July 2013 01:49 (ten years ago) link
One of these dudes has a pretty significant drug problem that is not very secret, but they've just kicked him out of the band before. Makes me wonder what it would take for them to cancel dates?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 July 2013 02:32 (ten years ago) link
Avey Tare seems to have a lot of throat issues.
― Treeship, Friday, 12 July 2013 02:39 (ten years ago) link
Maybe his vocal chords are fxed up
― Treeship, Friday, 12 July 2013 02:40 (ten years ago) link
I don't think it should be required of anybody, but coming clean is a good look. I did like it when Fiona Apple cancelled a tour because her dog died.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 12 July 2013 03:48 (ten years ago) link
I didnt know deakin had a drug problem before this thread. He was hilarious in concert because he wore the collar of his oxford shirt flipped up and would dance around while playing his guitar, in contrast to the other, more staid band members. My ex gf and i kept saying "deakmeister" "the deak" and "fuckin D" the whole concert. I miss her.
― Treeship, Friday, 12 July 2013 03:54 (ten years ago) link
Anyway, everyone here knows i love this band and i wish them all the best.
― Treeship, Friday, 12 July 2013 03:56 (ten years ago) link
he has a drug problem? jeez news to me
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Friday, 12 July 2013 06:32 (ten years ago) link
care to elaborate? this is killing me
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
seconded. I would like details on deakin too.
In this case though spazmatazz, i think the issue is avey's vocal chords because he has had laryngitis and complications from that over the past 8 months
― Treeship, Friday, 12 July 2013 17:50 (ten years ago) link
ah ok. i wouldnt be surprised if the way he sings has damaged his voice already
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Friday, 12 July 2013 18:06 (ten years ago) link
The details are: Deakin doesn't do drugs. Or maybe he does!
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 12 July 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
bruno mars got arrested for cocaine possession
― markers, Friday, 12 July 2013 19:54 (ten years ago) link
that motherfuckin' Deak. just like the Deak to cancel a tour so he can get high. what a Deak.
― Treeship, Friday, 12 July 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
i love Deakin.
i want Albert to come back and give us the deets on what he said before. or should i say the Deaks
― Treeship, Friday, 12 July 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc56/tomlostmonkey/smileys/th_cocaine-smiley.gif
― lowermyballs.com (am0n), Friday, 12 July 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
blow?? the DEAK??? lol
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Saturday, 13 July 2013 00:04 (ten years ago) link
i mean, like i said before, he was dressed in a risky business sort of way when i saw him in boston, with his collar flipped up. maybe they had to cancel the tour because he took a job at an investment bank.
― Treeship, Saturday, 13 July 2013 00:06 (ten years ago) link
i hope avey tare's voice recovers. this song was really good live iirc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW6tc_8yT5I
― Treeship, Saturday, 13 July 2013 16:20 (ten years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdht0amhP61rz30lyo1_500.jpg
― mizzell, Monday, 15 July 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link
Classic Deak
― Treeship, Monday, 15 July 2013 14:54 (ten years ago) link
Deak's Got a Beak
― waterface, Monday, 15 July 2013 14:57 (ten years ago) link
Saw them live at roskilde. They managed to play ten songs in eighty minutes, lots of droning interludes. Started out with Moonjock and What Would I Want? Sky, which means that the first fifteen minutes was in 7/8. At that point most of the audience had sortof realised they weren't going to get a dance-party. The audience only livened up when they played My Girls and Brother Sport. It got really bad reviews, but I loved it. Sorta.
― Frederik B, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link
Jealous you were in denmark. I studied abroad there and it's a great country.
― Treeship, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:05 (ten years ago) link
I'm Danish. And yeah, it's quite great, though the summer-weather is rubbish. Roskilde was really fantastic this year, but I've never been to any other big festival, so I can't really compare it.
― Frederik B, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:11 (ten years ago) link
I had to leave right before roskilde and i was devastated. Do you live in Copenhagen? Thats where I (predictably) was.
― Treeship, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
Yup. Well, technically Frederiksberg, but it's all Copenhagen to me. Where did you study, and what?
― Frederik B, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
I went to a school called the Danish Institute for Study Abroad for a semester, which is on Vestergade. All my classes were in English and were related to the humanities - philosophy, russian literature, art history and nordic mythology. My best class was on kierkegaard. I should have tried to learn at least a little danish but it didnt seem like there was enough time
― Treeship, Monday, 15 July 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
Oh right, that sounds logical. I think it's a part of the University of Copenhagen, where I studied humanities as well, but still it's own thing.
― Frederik B, Monday, 15 July 2013 16:26 (ten years ago) link
wait, deakin said the n-word??
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 15 July 2013 18:28 (ten years ago) link
Yeah. And the worst part is, this most recent outburst earned him his own radio show.
― Treeship, Monday, 15 July 2013 18:36 (ten years ago) link
Listening to Centipede Hz again. One more track until Amanita. Excited.
― Treeship, Monday, 15 July 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
merriweather didn't speak much to me when it first came out but it's been a really spectacular part of my summer. what a wonderful hippie album, totally joyous. also is this the best appropriation of all those kompat pop ambient collections ever? i feel like all those sounds are such a part of MPP. i also pulled out person pitch again for the summer and it's really perfect.
centipede isn't speaking to me now, seems denser and inaccessible and without space. i've only given it a few listens though.
― marcos, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link
i think centipede is more of an avey tare album and merriweather a panda bear one: the former is nervous and jittery and each of the songs seem to want to do a few different things as once. this is what i like about it, but i like merriweather too for the things that it does well.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link
they must have good blow in cincy
http://static.wixstatic.com/media/627a4b_48c27267f7d98fe3d67fff4d4083dba3.png_srz_661_661_85_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_png_srz
― mizzell, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:24 (ten years ago) link
Tweakin
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
Just to be sure: Dave Portner is Avey Tares real name, and Abigail Portner is his sister, who has made several of their album covers, right? They must be quite ugly shoes, then.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:57 (ten years ago) link
I hung my head in shame at the record store today, as I finally caved and bought the Prospect Hummer thingy with Vashti Bunyan (which is the reason I got it). I was totally amused that the spine credits the band as "AC." Teehee.
― Austin, Thursday, 18 July 2013 01:52 (ten years ago) link
i have a feeling they are not long for this world as a group.
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 29 October 2013 19:18 (ten years ago) link
Weren't there a bunch of break up rumours like three years ago?
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
Me tooXpost
The new avey tare group, the last maficre record (ran out of ideas?!),The Panda Bear successful solo career. ..
― nostormo, Wednesday, 30 October 2013 05:35 (ten years ago) link
anyone else at the 9:30 show on monday? it was great, first time i've seen them play the Centipede stuff, which really came alive (especially "Father Time," which I didn't think much about beforehand). can't wait to see what they do next, together and individually! what an honor and a privilege to be around to see a legendary band in its prime!
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link
*farts*
― you are kind, I am (waterface), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link
'waterface'… they probably had a song called that at some point
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/uto3gC3.jpg
― 龜, Sunday, 30 March 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link
God, that's exactly what they say, isn't it?
― austinato (Austin), Sunday, 30 March 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
ah cmon
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Sunday, 30 March 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link