Fourth time seeing AC and it was certainly the best Dublin date so far I thought. I’ve come to be prepared not to be so expectant when they play live as sometimes I doubt their ability to entertain a crowd, if that’s what you are looking for. You’re not going to get three great showmen up there but you will get three great musicians playing with sound. But for what it was worth I really enjoyed last night’s set of mostly Merriweather material. There were a couple of minutes where it meandered (I’m looking at you ‘Fireworks’ extended K-Hole) but there were enough great moments to make the gig something memorable: Hearing ‘My Girls’ live, the trance-inducing house chord progression of the outro of ‘Daily Routine’ that only becomes apparent in a live setting was a little wave of euphoria. The first part of ‘Fireworks’ with its razorsharp bounce and ‘Brother Sport’ as the climactic number. Watch those last two moments here..
Animal Collective vs Frankie Knuckles – Your Love / My Girls
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wow, but this gig has got people talking. Two camps of opinion are forming fast. Personally, I think if you are an Animal Collective fan who shares their love of dance music, it’s happy days. Otherwise, it’s time to jump ship folks. There is an encroaching loved up balaeric buzz in their music that suggests an utter paradigm shift from psych-folk to out and out electronica is on the cards. I’m not complaining.
Yeah it was a strange one i thought. Brilliant in parts but some bits just didn’t work. Guys eyes was an absolute mess-sounded like there were 5 songs playing at once, and not in a good way. They really overdid the end of Daily Routine too. Thought Fireworks was incredible though as were My Girls and the encore. I’d love to see them at the Picnic.
Anyone know what the 1st song was?
first song was an utterly unrecognisable winter’s love
Was ragin I missed this gig, if you like animal collective you should check out ‘Solid Gold’, I just reviewed their debut record on my blog, its excelent man check them out on myspace theres a link on my page.
Dude, I’m all over Solid Gold on this blog. Nothing like AC though!