Panda Bear

Panda Bear is Noah Lennox, a member of the weird experimental rock outfit Animal Collective. Animal Collective's 2005 release Feels was one of the best of the year. It's the "Pet Sounds" of the 21st century. Layered harmonies, string arrangements, "found sounds"; it's Brian Wilson reborn. The lush weirdness remains intact on the new Panda Bear release Person Pitch.

Panda Bear: MySpace
Animal Collective: MySpace


Panda Bear - Bros


Animal Collective - The Purple Bottle

Vid of the Day: West African Drumming

Mamady Keita, Soungalo Coulibaly, and Famoudou Konate - master djembe drummers from West Africa - strut their stuff:

Vid of the Day: Bob Marley

This is a gem from YouTube. Bob, Peter, and Bunny doing their thing:

Wilco:Sky Blue Sky streaming again plus bonus DVD announced

One more chance to hear the new Wilco album in it's entirety on their website at: http://wilcoworld.net/sbs/ on Monday, April 2.

Also, they have announced they are releasing a deluxe edition of Sky Blue Sky that will include a DVD. Here are the details:

as part of our ongoing effort to rock the homes, offices, dorms, and internet cafes of America and the world -- we're starting another on- demand stream of Sky Blue Sky on Sunday night at 12:01 a.m. Central time and continuing it non-stop for 24 straight hours. Make a note of it.

also, we've just decided to release a "deluxe version" of SBS which will include a DVD feature film by our good friends and cohorts Brendan Canty and Christoph Green (Sunken Treasure, Burn to Shine). Over the last year or so they've been filming rehearsals, interviews about the record, behind the scenes stuff, etc. and have put together a 48 minute film we're calling "Shake it Off' that we're confident you're gonna dig. Look for more information about it here soon. Preorder it here.

More dates for June (mostly eastern half of North America) will be on the site next week. So be sure to check back.

What's the Buzz?

Here's a video sampler from some of the more interesting releases of 2007:

Arcade Fire:Neon Bible
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIzzkTfcN64

The Good, The Bad, and The Queen:Self-titled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBEqBsgz7aQ

LCD Soundsystem:Sound of Silver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpGPdYeDuYg

Lucinda Williams:West
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6SuBacPDvc

Patty Griffin: Children Running Through
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZYhhZtKmvg

Stephen Marley:Mind Control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INZ61rp-JiY

Vieux Farka Toure:Farka Toure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrzR5uNWDtA

The Shins:Wincing The Night Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkITsv3Nk6M

The Apples In Stereo:New Magnetic Wonder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6gSSsCdFeA

Low:Drums and Guns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmo7tyrtGW0

Charlie Louvin

Old-time Country legend, Charlie Louvin, collaborates with Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy and Marty Stuart, among others. You can hear 'Great Atomic Power' by Charlie Louvin with Jeff Tweedy on NPR.

Video of the Day: World Jazz Fusion

Video of Sangam featuring Charles Lloyd (sax), Zakir Hussain (tablas) and Eric Harland (drums/piano):