Collected Animals

alright, let's do this

which Animal Collective shows have you been to?
which Animal Collective shows are you going to attend?
what was your experience like? etc.


here's my list:
Henry Fonda, LA 2007
Henry Fonda, LA 2009
Oakland FOX 2009
Big Sur 2009
Petaluma 2011
Arcata 2011
Redway 2011
SF 2011
Santa Cruz 2011
Oakland FOX night 1 2012
Oakland FOX night 2 2012
Hollywood Bowl 2012
The Wiltern 2013
Oakland FOX 2016
Fonda, LA night 1 2016
Fonda, LA night 2 2016
Austin, TX, Emo's 2016
Big Sur Camping Weekend night 1 2016
Big Sur Camping Weekend night 2 2016
Oakland FOX 'Sung Tongs' tour 2018
Ace Theatre 'Sung Tongs' tour, LA night 1 2018
Ace Theatre 'Sung Tongs' tour, LA night 2 2018
Point Reyes Station, October 2019
Henry Miller memorial library, Big Sur 2019
Greek Theatre, LA, 2022


Avey Tare
Oakland, New Parish 2012
Santa Cruz, Catalyst 2012
LA, Echo, 2019

Slasher Flicks
LA, The Echo 8/29/13

O'brien system (geologist):
Henry Miller Library, 5.27.09

Panda Bear
Oakland Fox, 09.06.2010
Fillmore West, 05.22.14
Pappy and Harriet's, 05.26.14
Santa Cruz Cocoanut Grove Ballroom, 04.15.15
Los Angeles, Roxy, 04.18.15
Lodge Room, LA, 02.19.19

AC//DJ
LA -The Lyric- 3.08.16
Austin, TX- Vulcan Gas Company- 4.29.16

Philadelphia, Mann Center, 2012
New York, T5, 2012

I missed just about every other show previosuly due to work or something dumb.
Like I missed the Oddsac screening and merriweather tour so I was pretty bummed.
But I know better now to not miss one... holey macarole they're crazy... !

i travelled to madison to see my show and it was cornpilled halfway through my bus ride

hopefully ill be able to post a story in this thread after oct. 16

Vicar Street, Dublin 2012

how many shows have they played in South FL? The only one I know of is the one they played in Ft. Lauderdale at Culture Room in June 2009, and that was exactly 6 months before I got into them.

Animal Collective
Grand Ballroom, 2009
Terminal 5, 2009
Prospect Park, 2009
Guggenheim Museum - Transverse Temporal Gyrus, 2010
ODDSAC Screening, 2010
Prospect Park, 2011
Terminal 5, 2012

Avey Tare
DJ set (opening for Panda) @ Governor's Island, 2010
Knitting Factory, 2011
Glasslands (with Slasher Flicks), 2013

Deakin
New Museum, 2010
Secret Project Robot, 2011

Panda Bear
ATP NY, 2009
Governor's Island, 2010
Music Hall of Williamsburg (with Sonic Boom), 2011
Webster Hall, 2011

I really want to add in my experience at each show. I'll do that later!

are there any boots of the o'brien system? never even heard of it

subtracting from curved hair...

here's my list:

Henry Fonda 2009
Oakland 2009
Arcata 2011
SF 2011
Santa Cruz 2011
Oakland 2012
Hollywood Bowl 2012

Avey Tare
Oakland, New Parish 2012
Santa Cruz, Catalyst 2012

+ ODDSAC SF with all of them
+ Avey DJ set in LA last 4/20


& I'm seeing them Monday double digit club whatwhaaat

Animal Collective
Club Firestone, 2009
ODDSAC screening at the Senate Theatre, 2010
Merriweather Post Pavilion, both 2011 and 2012.

Panda Bear
Ottobar, 2010. Deak was on the bill too!

Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks
The Metro Gallery, 2013

MPP 2011 would probably have to be my favorite. The centipede songs were still relatively fresh, and also they played dystw, which has to be one of my favorite songs ever. Like I think I started crying when that song started, whenever I think about now it I always imagine it being super bright outside even though it had already gotten dark when they started playing. And the Slasher Flicks show is a close second just because it was so exciting to be bombarded with all of those new jams for the first time in such an intimate setting.

Animal Collective
Big Sur 2009
Humboldt 2011
Redway 2011
San Francisco 2011
Coachella 2011
Pitchfork Festival 2011
Hollywood Bowl 2012

Avey Tare
Eagle Rock 2011
Oakland 2011
San Francisco 2013 (slasher flicks)

Panda Bear
FYF Fest 2010
Pomona 2010
Hollywood Bowl 2011

Deakin
Eagle Rock 2010
Eagle Rock 2011

and ODDSAC screening at the Arclight Cinerama-dome

bane of my existence is not seeing them earlier....but i press on! Oct 20th @ Treasure Island is goin down!

I saw them both times at the Enmore theatre in Sydney. The first was at the tail end of the MPP/Fall Be Kind era and I'm sure a lot of you have seen the full set or heard the boot, it was awesome.

The second time was a bit of a bummer because I was stuck behind some kids talking about how they hoped they wouldn't play anything from Centipede Hz, that their favourite song was 'Purple Flowers' and how both Avey and Panda aren't good solo. They also yelled out and swore a lot between songs which kind of detracted from the vibe. Fortunately Saida and I are seeing them in LA this October so to see them twice in a year and in separate continents is pretty rad.

As far as solo sets go I've only seen Panda Bear at the Hollywood bowl which was rad but a shame that he didn't get to play for longer than 40 minutes.

are there any boots of the o'brien system? never even heard of it

not that I know of..

Obrien System is the name Geo used when he DJed/Performed at tonalism the night after they played in big sur at the Henry Miller Library

Had tickets for the sydney show in January but couldn't make it when they postponed until the following night. I'm guessing it'll be a while till i can see them unless i can travel overseas.

10/2/2012 Merriweather Post Pavillion
6/10/2013 9:30 Club (the night where the fucking power went out and deak came out to apologize)
6/12/2013 9:30 Club

The second 9:30 club show was my favorite, that show was inteeennnnsseeee

06 December 2011 (avey solo show in madison), probably one of my favorite concerts that ive ever been to. and im on the same boat as tic, cant wait until october 16!

Salt Lake City 2006
Las Vegas 2012
and again tomorrow night in Salt Lake.

forgot to mention i SAW avey and some of the others @ ODDSAC screening SF 2010

remember someone asking avey if he meditated "um, i, um, sort of, do something like meditation"

@mpp 10/2/12 : aaaa seeing them for the first time was crazy!! i didn't believe they were real most of the time and i just kept thinking i was watching another youtube video or something

@930 club 6/11/13 : so super amazing and why i decided to join ca (cos i realized ac people are my favorite people)

@930 club 6/12/13 : was... whoa

seeing them live is my favorite thing in the whole entire world + can't wait for dec 1!!

also would have been at the 2011 mpp show but i was in quebec with my family seeing elton john that night so i was such a whiny baby the whole time haha

All of the 930 shows and MPP show since 07 and Avey at Ust and Panda and Deakin at Ottobar 2010. Also I'm not sure if it counts but Geo dj-ed this art thing with No Age, Nico Jaar, OPN, High Places and a gospel choir at the Hirshhorn in DC. It was super rad. 930 07 was my favorite and mpp2011 was my least because of personal stuff going on. Looking forward to them back at 930 in December.

ottobar 2009 - ac
terminal five 2009 - ac
visual arts theater 2010 - oddsac
senator theatre 2010 - oddsac
merriweather post pavilion 2011 - ac
johnny brendas 2011 - avey
merriweather post pavilion 2012 - ac
mann center 2012 - ac
terminal five 2012 - ac
glasslands 2013 - slasher flicks
930 club 2013 - ac [first two shows, but really only one show]

have tickets to
10/27 at union transfer
12/1 at 930 club
12/6 at house of blues cleveland

You are all superior to me seeing them so many times

I only got to see them at Bluesfest in July, but I guess it was 1 of the 2 rare shows when Panda took over before they cornpilled the rest of the tour so I feel pretty lucky to witness that
They had set everything up but they closed off the field of the stage because they might've had to cornpill because of the storm that flooded Toronto earlier looked like it was coming towards us. So everyone was waiting along the barricade tapes, and there were hardcore Weezer fans too, so we all had to race to the barrier. Luckily I managed to get front row. I also watched Solange with them for a bit, I could barely focus

I was ecstatic I finally got to see them, but I don't recommend seeing your favourite bands at a festival, it's not fun being with people who don't know them and are talking crap about them behind your ears, it has lessened the experience for me many times

forgot to mention i SAW avey and some of the others @ ODDSAC screening SF 2010

remember someone asking avey if he meditated "um, i, um, sort of, do something like meditation"

I can't exactly hint what that would even mean?????

I saw them in Oakland in 2012. Performance was life changing, but the people around me and my buddy that came were not feeling it which made me a little uncomfortable because I love em so much.
However, I randomly got to chill with the whole band at a bar after. Those guys are all the coolest guys ever. I was way above my mind but the girl I was with bought them a round and Brian tried to give me money for it haha. They are really good people. Noah was awesome and we talked about his lyrics in Centipede. Josh is really funny and was tripping me out, Dave was pretty shy and maybe a bit tired but still nice. Talked to Brian the most I think, he was super friendly, you'd never guess that they are famous. Best part was that no one in the bar even knew who they were so they were super relaxed.

Just saw Slasher Flicks is S.F. and they killed it. Don't know if the people were ready for it though haha lots of confused faces in the crowd. Dave is so humble for being as great as he is. He said "thanks for listening" as he walked off the stage. A true artist.

man that is so cool that you got to talk to the whole band! Hope i get to do that one day

Missed multiple opportunities to see them in '06, I really regret not being able to hear safer and cuckoo live especially...dammit...anyways, best AC related show is as tie between 930 Club in Sept. 07 (opened w/ dancer and when the explosion in the song happened the lights were intensely pulsing this amber color, it was crazy.) and Panda at Ottobar in '07 (perfect panda setlist.)

AC:
Satellite Ballroom May '07
930 Club Sept '07
930 Club May '09
Merriweather July '11
Merriweather Oct '12
930 Club 6/10/13 - 6/12/13 (we at least SAW them the first night lol)
(i'll be at 930 Club this December as well)

Panda:
Ottobar 6/21/07 (the best birthday present.)
Governors Island Sept '10

Avey:
DJ set at Governors Island w/ Panda Sept '10 (which I forgot about)
U Street Music Hall Nov '11

AC @ Riverside Theater 2009(was so dope)
AC @ Lollapalooza 2009(short fest set not my fav performance but still hella fun)
PB @ Pitchfork 2010(zomg this was amazing/ask learninghowtodyland about the black smoke ring cloud that appeared above the stage while panda was jammin)
AC @ Pitchfork 2011(crowd was kinda lame but show rawked)
Avey Tare @ Schubas 2011(w/ eric copeland. so rad)
PB @ The Vic 2011(played with sonic boom, reem was there on booms, visuals were amazing)

I think thats all the AC related shows. It's been too long.

^^^ Fork in '11 was the worsssst crowd.

Idk I've seen them a lot, earliest in Columbus in '04. Royal Oak in '09 was the best. They should just bring back the 09 setlist, lets be real

They should just do a hits list, that'd make everyone happy. I think that's kinda what they're doing now anywho...

Hmm nah, that's what the 09 set was...

By the way deary, what made Potchfirk crowd circa 2011 the worst ?

I saw them both times at the Enmore theatre in Sydney. The first was at the tail end of the MPP/Fall Be Kind era and I'm sure a lot of you have seen the full set or heard the boot, it was awesome.

The second time was a bit of a bummer because I was stuck behind some kids talking about how they hoped they wouldn't play anything from Centipede Hz, that their favourite song was 'Purple Flowers' and how both Avey and Panda aren't good solo. They also yelled out and swore a lot between songs which kind of detracted from the vibe. Fortunately Saida and I are seeing them in LA this October so to see them twice in a year and in separate continents is pretty rad.

As far as solo sets go I've only seen Panda Bear at the Hollywood bowl which was rad but a shame that he didn't get to play for longer than 40 minutes.

i talked to those fckn d bags at the enmore and i was like everything they have done is good: here comes the indian (then they were like ''yeah!"), strawberry jam! (yeah!), centipede hz (no!), tomboy (no!).
then i kinda moved away from them cause they were killin the vibe for sure

AC @ Riverside Theater 2009(was so dope)
AC @ Lollapalooza 2009(short fest set not my fav performance but still hella fun)
PB @ Pitchfork 2010(zomg this was amazing/ask learninghowtodyland about the black smoke ring cloud that appeared above the stage while panda was jammin)
AC @ Pitchfork 2011(crowd was kinda lame but show rawked)
Avey Tare @ Schubas 2011(w/ eric copeland. so rad)
PB @ The Vic 2011(played with sonic boom, reem was there on booms, visuals were amazing)

I think thats all the AC related shows. It's been too long.

hey can you tell us about the avey show in 2011? i cant even begin to imagine how surreal that would have been

Archie you weren't around here for the Avey 2011 tour posts? I could've sworn you were!

shit, I can only hope that someday my list will be as big as all of yours

first time was at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, 9/18/2012. it was a really sweet and special experience, being right in the very front with a big group of friends and acquaintances. Cobwebs was probably the highlight of that show for me.

just saw them in Portland at Musicfest NW on the 6th of this month. ate some mushrooms, was in the very front this time, too. I was so happy to hear them play Purple Bottle.

I'll make a point of seeing them next time they come around Washington or Oregon, but when I'm more financially able, I'd like to travel greater distances to go to their shows as often as I can.

i think i've just been to:

- 5/10/2009 AC @ ottobar baltimore, md
- 5/11/2009 AC @ 9:30 washington, dc
- 4/17/2010 oddsac screening @ senator theatre baltimore, md
- 5/112012 Geologist DJ set @ hirschhorn washington, dc
- 6/10/2013 AC @ 9:30 washington, dc [cornpilled cause the power went out before AC came on]
- 6/11/2013 AC @ 9:30 washington, dc

yeh

coollodges wrote:

AC @ Riverside Theater 2009(was so dope)
AC @ Lollapalooza 2009(short fest set not my fav performance but still hella fun)
PB @ Pitchfork 2010(zomg this was amazing/ask learninghowtodyland about the black smoke ring cloud that appeared above the stage while panda was jammin)
AC @ Pitchfork 2011(crowd was kinda lame but show rawked)
Avey Tare @ Schubas 2011(w/ eric copeland. so rad)
PB @ The Vic 2011(played with sonic boom, reem was there on booms, visuals were amazing)

I think thats all the AC related shows. It's been too long.

hey can you tell us about the avey show in 2011? i cant even begin to imagine how surreal that would have been

I was at the Schubas show. It was rad and a little surreal. Talked to Avey a bit before he played. He was very nice. I really loved Eric Copeland's set. Talked to Eric a little afterwards but it was a little awkward.

I would love to talk to either one of them. Wow you're one lucky guy !

Archie you weren't around here for the Avey 2011 tour posts? I could've sworn you were!

nah unfortunately not

knoxville, tn, 2007-05-29
i wish i could remember every single thing about this show, but coming home and finding the proto-MPP boots is what got me into the community. i really loved it but i have such a bad memory that it feels kind of lost

chapel hill, nc, 2009-09-27
this was a good show but they were "big" by that point and the crowd got on my nerves. some bro almost fought me and i think someone jumped on stage and tried to crowd surf or something lame like that?

chapel hill, nc, 2010-04-23 (oddsac)
i helped out with merch or tickets at this showing and met deaks and geo and danny perez i guess? i had a fever and this is kind of a blur.

raleigh, nc, 2010-09-10 (panda bear)
i was downtown at small claims court and heard panda soundchecking and ran into danny perez and talked to him for a while. i listened to about half of the show that night from a few blocks away and then snuck in and heard the last few songs.

e: lol how old is this thread? oops

Animal Collective

Bonnaroo 2013
Mountain Oasis 2013

Avey Tare's Slasher Flix

Moogfest 2014
Austin Psych Fest 2014

Panda Bear

Austin Psych Fest 2014
Washington DC 5/16
Philadelphia, PA 5/17
Red Bull Music Academy 5/18

Going to be a AC-jammed month for me!!