Connoisseurs of fearless experimentalism should be happy about the existence (and subsequent popularity) of Animal Collective. The New York headquartered quartet have been around since 2000, making their strange and wonderful music over the course of eight albums, the last two of which have made them indie-household names. While members are prolific in their own right, with member Noah Lennox's recent Panda Bear offering Person Pitch sure to grace the top of the best of 2007 lists, at the core their name is apt, with each member adding to the bizarre assemblage. If you haven't picked up an album yet, start with their most recent one, the fantastic Feels, and work backwards in wonderment at what is essentially the undiluted joy of making music captured on tape.

Antone's, further expanding the type of shows it brings in, is hosting the fab freak folks this Sunday, with special guest Sir Richard Bishop, an experimental guitarist, the combo of which should make for a mind-expanding experience and a giant middle finger aimed at the term "genre."

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[Animal Collective Official Site][Myspace]
[Sir Richard Bishop Official Site][Myspace]

Animal Collective
w/Sir Richard Bishop
Sunday, May 27th
Antone's [map]
Doors @ 7pm, $15 [Tickets]

Photo courtesy of flybutter on flickr