WOW. Animal Collective at @newtown last night were simply awesome. The band members arrived a little after 10.30 in various states of dress, Avey Tare was wearing pyjamas, Geologist was sporting nice glow-in-the-dark bones, Deakin seemed to be wearing a sunflower headmask, whilst Panda Bear was happy to just have a Daft Punk t-shirt. They began with a great rendition of the moving Daffy Duck, before moving onto Fireworks and then blistered through Purple Bottle which sent the crowd into a frenzy. Other standouts were the popular Grass and my favourite Banshee Beat which was simply stunning. After an hour of half of high energy and unique music they closed with a boisterous version of We Tigers which had the crowd begging for more. They returned to play Kids On Holidays, leaving everyone very satisfied. Only down note, no Winters Love.
You can see more photos of the night, plus support act Tucker B's here.