Last week, Animal Collective put in an appearance on Conan. And last night, they made their second late-night TV appearance of the Centipede Hz cycle, playing “Rosie Oh” on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. They brought the same giant-glowing-teeth stage set as they had on Conan, and Panda Bear did the Phil Collins/Don Henley sin...

Last night, Animal Collective, who don’t exactly spend a ton of time on the late-night talk-show rounds, came through Conan and played their frantically dubby Centipede Hz single “Today’s Supernatural.” They brought their trademark total lack of stage presence and performed in what looked like a series of ...

Animal Collective have moved up from playing the Wiltern to Hollywood Bowl in support of their latest album Centipede Hz. It was an assault of hallucinogenic visuals and sounds with the Hollywood Bowl providing the perfect setting for a gorgeous night. Flying Lotus took his set to the next level as he sandwiched in between [...]

It came at about 40 minutes into Animal Collective’s US tour kickoff in Seattle last night: the moment — The Moment — when band and audience reached a hard-earned, mind-expanding equilibrium. At that point everything about the concert changed. Here and now, the crowd, initially reluctant and resistant to the band&am...

Animal Collective stopped by KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic program for a chat and a live session, a performance in which they played the rare cut “Crimson. It’s a warped, undwinding, Avey Tare-led track they play live occasionally, but it hasn’t been formally recorded. Stream it below. You can hear the f...