Animal Collective – Bandwidth

Cigarette, Suzanne Brindamour

Ally Schweitzer — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 08:20:12 +0000

Songs featured July 25, 2016, as part of Capital Soundtrack from WAMU 88.5. Read more about the project and submit your own local song.

Bossalingo – Les Feuilles Mortes
Drop Electric – Higgs Boson
Hailu Mergia and the Walias – Eti Gual Blenai
East Ghost – Tobacco Teeth
Golden Looks – Chisenbop
Anchor 3 – Hunter
Cigarbox Planetarium – Tiny Dream Car
Suzanne Brindamour – In the Sky
The Kings of Crownsville – Lies
Fall Seattle – Boyhood
Andrew Grossman – Where Did It Go Wrong?
G-Flux – Champagne Instrumental
Rootbug – Close Call
Baby Bry Bry – What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Nasar Abadey and Supernova – Eternal Surrender
Dawit Eklund – Litchi Juice
Cigarette – Crown
Iritis – Caravan
Echo Broke Alone – All That’s Left Is Broken
Animal Collective – The Softest Voice

Animal Collective To Drop An Album Recorded Live At 9:30 Club

Ally Schweitzer — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 23:11:48 +0000

In June 2013, big-deal experimental-pop band Animal Collective played a sold-out, three-night run at D.C.’s 9:30 Club. If you’re a fan who missed the gig, chill: The group is about to release a live album taped during one of those shows.

Friday, the band originally from Baltimore, Maryland, drops Live at 9:30, recorded June 12, 2013. It arrives in advance of Animal Collective’s newest record, the followup to 2012’s Centipede Hz.

Live at 9:30 will be the second Animal Collective record to feature the name of a D.C.-area cultural landmark: In 2009, the group released Merriweather Post Pavilion, an album named after the Columbia, Maryland, concert venue booked by 9:30 Club operators I.M.P.

The live album is limited to 2,000 vinyl box sets. It’s available for pre-order now, to the tune of $40.

Here’s the tracklist — and you can stream “Did You See the Words (live)” below.

1. Amanita
2. Did You See the Words
3. Honeycomb
4. My Girls
5. Moonjock
6. New Town Burnout
7. I Think I Can
8. Pulleys
9. What Would I Want? Sky
10. Peacebone
11. Monkey Riches
12. Brothersport
13. The Purple Bottle

Photos: Union BBQ At Union Market

Justin Gellerson — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:17:42 +0000

When the redeveloped Union Market opened in 2012, it brought a new culinary emporium to a gentrifying section of Northeast. It quickly become a foodie destination—but it’s since grown beyond a bougie food market, hosting a drive-in film series, Washington City Paper‘s Crafty Bastards, and now, an outdoor electronic-music festival.

Saturday, a couple of thousand people flocked to Dock 5—the warehouse venue behind Union Market—for the first Union BBQ, a daylong festival booked by U Street Music Hall.

The lineup united a few different strains of local and international electronic music: The xx’s Jamie xx headlined the outdoor stage, with warm-up sets from former locals Tittsworth and Nadastrom, among others; the inside stage hosted a full and diverse slate, including Animal Collective’s Geologist and Deakin, Virginia resident (and Netherlands native) Martyn, and event co-organizer Will Eastman, alongside acts like Montreal’s Kaytranada and San Francisco’s Viceroy.

Below, scroll through Bandwidth’s photos from some of the night’s performances.

U Street Music Hall co-owner Will Eastman, one of the architects of Union BBQ, DJed the indoor stage.

Washington, D.C. local Steven Faith briefly joined Will Eastman on stage following his set.

Producer, DJ, and U Street Music Hall co-founder Jesse Tittsworth spun a set outdoors.

Tittsworth

Tittsworth and crew

Turnout skewed young, as demonstrated by the high number of X’s on hands

Dutch producer and DJ Martijn Deijkers (Martyn) performed on the indoor stage.

Martyn

Brian Weitz (left) and Josh Dibb (right) of Animal Collective collaborated on a DJ set.

Brian Weitz and Josh Dibb (right) of Animal Collective

More young fans

Jamie Smith, better know as Jamie xx of London band The xx, played the last set of the night outside.

Jamie xx closed out the evening with a stunning performance and light show.

The crowd during Jamie xx’s set

Much of the night probably wound up on YouTube, Instagram, and Vine

… and good night.