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Music Mandy’s Music Mail 4/8/11

April 8, 2011 - 12:23 pm

The soundtrack for the film “Hanna” (side note: really want to see it), scored by the Chemical Brothers, was released exclusively through iTunes last month, but I only got around to checking it out this week (and it subsequently became my unofficial soundtrack; listened to it constantly). If you haven’t given it a listen / downloaded it yet, I highly recommend doing so because it’s awesome. Favorite tracks are: “Hanna’s Theme”; “Container Park” and “Escape 700”. Grab it here and / or watch the trailer after the jump.

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Daily Dots Daily Dots: Jay-Z, Dakota Fanning, Animal Collective, DJ Granny

by Joshua Glazer

March 5, 2010 - 2:49 pm

Today’s bloggin best…

- RJD2 invented a wireless MPC sampler. The Daily Swarm

- Jay-Z’s new concert film for vodka fans only. Nah Right

- Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth has a new art book. The Tripwire

- Animal Collective show at Guggenheim was “creepy” and “awkward.” Self-Titled

- Dakota Fanning sings “Cherry Bomb” with Kristen Stewart for new Runaways biopic. Music Is The Heart Of Our Soul

- 69-year-old grandma is my new favorite DJ. Mixmag

Music Animal Collective Goes Wild

by Shop Keeper

January 8, 2010 - 12:18 pm

I have an unadulterated love for most things 80s New Wave, so Baltimore’s Animal Collective is already a guilty pleasure. There’s a little more to it than this–AC mixes in a little proggy noise with their New Order-esque melodies, with a bonus being how strikingly a song like “Also Frightened” resemble, if only remotely, the calliope behind The Beatles’ “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite.” While drawing on the ghosts of British pop-rock past, Animal Collective aren’t shy about letting their own influences sway the band–here’s a couple of clips of the band from The Red Bull Music Academy Site, playing “Headphone Highlights” and at an appearance at Chairman Mao’s in NYC.

Music Animal Collective: The Lollapalooza Zoo

by Max Herman

August 12, 2009 - 12:39 pm

The funny thing about Animal Collective is that even some of its fans have trouble describing what they think of this Baltimore-bred band. After stepping out of the photo pit and into the crowd at their Lollapalooza set at the PlayStation stage, I ran into listeners of Animal Collective that I know, and the most they could say is that they have to be in a certain mood for the music. Is it mood music? Maybe. Of course, the die-hard fans in the front row, with the multi-colored paw tracks painted on their faces might argue otherwise.

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