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-7 posts tagged "Panda Bear"
Ethan Utley | Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Panda Bear is the pseudonym of Noah Lennox, an electronic experimental-pop superstar. Whether he is working on his solo project, or with his more well-known group Animal Collective, Lennox masterfully sews hallucinatory undertones into noise-heavy pop. Somewhere between The Beach Boys and Yves Tumor, Lennox shines a chipper light onto an often profound and overwhelming
Ethan Utley | Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Deerhunter has been called everything but an average indie-rock band. Lead singer and songwriter Bradford Cox is about as enigmatic as they come, and the music he creates is no exception. Pairing playful guitar and animated melodies with abstract lyrics and ghastly instrumentals, Cox has perhaps the most unique sound in today’s mainstream indie-rock scene.
Matt McMahon | Monday, February 22, 2016
Over Animal Collective’s most recent 10 years as a band, the one-time Brooklyn darlings have systematically released a short EP or single between each of their major albums to bridge stylistic gaps and hint at the musical direction of their subsequent album. Collaboration with Vashti Bunyan on 2005’s “Prospect Hummer” bridged the acoustic freak folk of
Matthew Munhall and Matt McMahon | Thursday, December 10, 2015
1. “Gosh” / “Loud Places” [ft. Romy] — Jamie xx “Gosh” begins as a relatively tame electronic tune with fluttering percussion and vocal drops. Halfway through, the song transforms into an experiment, with the British producer seeing just how high he can take a euphoric synth line. “Loud Places,” on the other hand, is his
Matt McMahon | Monday, January 19, 2015
“Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper” opens in familiar Noah Lennox — the chief presence behind the Panda Bear pseudonym — territory. A breezy synth and trickling aqueous effects accompany Lennox’s layered, climbing harmonies for a welcoming introduction in “Sequential Circuits.” Never one to rest on his prior conventions, though, Lennox quickly subverts his form with an
Matt McMahon | Monday, December 1, 2014
1.) “Interference Fits” — Perfect Pussy The term “interference fit” refers to a fastening between two parts that is achieved by friction after the parts are pushed together, rather than by any other means of connection. “Interference Fits,” then, is by far the most beautifully poetic name for a song in which lead singer Meredith
Matthew Munhall | Thursday, October 30, 2014
Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox, who records under the name of Panda Bear, has been relatively silent for most of 2014. Lennox is one of the most prolific and critically-acclaimed artists of the past decade — but besides a mixtape in September, he’s been all but missing since his scene-stealing appearance on Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories”