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Panda Bear - 100% match to Animal Collective

Noah Lennox, Maryland, USA. One of the musicians in the New York-based experimental band Animal Collective, multi-instrumentalist Lennox has also released several solo albums under his Panda Bear moniker. His 1998 debut was completed with future Animal Collective bandmate Deakin (the two men had been making music together since meeting at high school in Baltimore County), an Read more

Black Dice - 31% match to Animal Collective

Formed during 1997 and originally coming from Providence, Rhode Island (before relocating to Brooklyn, New York a year later), this provocative US outfit is regularly compared to Japanese noise rockers Melt Banana and the Boredoms. Black Dice made their debut in 1998 with the 7-inch, ‘Semen Of The Sun’. The band’s early incarnation included Bjorn Copeland (guitar Read more

Deerhunter - 29% match to Animal Collective

Formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2001 by Bradford Cox (1982, Athens, Georgia, USA; vocals) and Moses Archuleta (keyboards), the early line-up of this US art punk band also featured Justin Bosworth (b. 1980, d. 2004; bass) and Dan Walton (drums). Guitarist Colin Mee quickly replaced the latter, and with Archuleta doubling on drums the quartet recorded a split 7-inch vinyl singl Read more

Dirty Projectors - 25% match to Animal Collective

Dirty Projectors is the recording enterprise founded by experimental musician and singer-songwriter Dave Longstreth, with whatever musicians he chooses to work with on a particular record. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Longstreth began recording in the early 00s. His initial album, The Graceful Fallen Mango, was released under his own name and set the basic template for his musi Read more

Grizzly Bear - 23% match to Animal Collective

Formed in 2004 in Brooklyn, New York City, by singer-songwriter Edward Droste, this US indie rock act originally started out as a one-man project. Droste created the basic tracks for the debut Grizzly Bear album in his bedroom studio, only bringing in multi-instrumentalist and electronics expert Christopher Bear towards the end of the recording sessions. Released later in 2004 Read more

Neutral Milk Hotel - 23% match to Animal Collective

The creation of singer-songwriter Jeff Mangum, Neutral Milk Hotel formed part of the loose knit Elephant 6 Recording Company collective of psych pop bands based in Athens, Georgia, USA. Mangum grew up in Ruston, Louisiana with fellow 60s enthusiasts Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss and Robert Schneider, playing in various bands including Maggot and Cranberry Life Cycle. In 1990, Man Read more

Dan Deacon - 22% match to Animal Collective

28 August 1981, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Deacon grew up in Baltimore, with a great passion and talent for music. As soon as he graduated in the mid-90s he enrolled at the world-renowned Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, New York, where he played in many experimental bands. His love of the avant garde pushed him to work with musicians playing everything from grindco Read more

Eric Copeland - 21% match to Animal Collective

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - 19% match to Animal Collective

Of Montreal - 17% match to Animal Collective

Although Of Montreal originate from Athens, Georgia, USA, the band’s sound is unmistakably rooted in the mid-60s psychedelic era of UK pop, with obvious nods to the Beatles and the Kinks. Formed in the mid-90s, Of Montreal have often been compared to other similarly styled psych pop acts that emerged around the same time, including Apples In Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control, Read more

The Flaming Lips - 17% match to Animal Collective

Formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, the Flaming Lips won a deserved reputation in the 80s and 90s for their discordant, psychedelia-tinged garage rock, and have recorded a fine body of off-kilter and unpredictable work. They are led by lyricist, vocalist and guitarist Wayne Coyne (Wayne Ruby Coyne, 17 March 1965, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA), who started playing music Read more

Beach House - 16% match to Animal Collective

My Bloody Valentine - 16% match to Animal Collective

It took several years for My Bloody Valentine to capture their groundbreaking hybrid of ethereal melodies and studio-orientated, discordant sounds that proved so influential on the independent scene of the late 80s. Their roots lay in Dublin, Eire, where guitarist Kevin Shields (21 May 1963, Queens, New York City, New York, USA) joined drummer Colm O’Ciosoig (b. 31 Octo Read more

Flying Lotus - 13% match to Animal Collective

Liars - 12% match to Animal Collective

The original line-up of this cutting-edge US alt rock band was drawn from various locales. Singer Angus Andrew is from Melbourne, Australia, guitarist Aaron Hemphill from Los Angeles, while bass player Pat Nature aka Pat Noecker and drummer Rob Albertson both hailed from Nebraska. Forming in late 2000, the quartet began playing around New York shortly after the dawn of the new Read more