Avey Tare

This week’s playlist includes new music by Everything But the Girl, M83, U.S. Girls, Vagabon, El Michels Affair and Black Thought, The New Pornographers, Paramore, Belle and Sebastian, and more.

‘7s’ is Avey’s fifth solo effort and will be out February 17 via Domino.

“I wanted us to conjure the feeling of being strong but also showing vulnerability. The desire to ask a community or a loved one to have your back and support you and the expectation that it will happen,” Avey Tare says of ”Crucible.”

Animal Collective mixed together songs from their great new album ‘Time Skiffs’ with an array of classics and deep cuts, and the rain held out until the very last song…

The band is psychedelic and transfixing as ever, performing a three-song set at MassMoCA in western Massachusetts.

”Both Dave [Avey Tare] and Josh [Deakin] (each vaccinated and boosted) got very sick and are unable to play shows right now,” Animal Collective write. ”Continuing to tour at this moment would be harmful to their health and could contribute to longer term difficulties.”

Sonoma, CA’s very vibey Huichica fest will hold its 2022 edition on June 10 & 11, and the lineup also includes La Luz, Damien Jurado, Tamaryn, Wand, Avey Tare, Mega Bog, Mary Lattimore, and more.

New album ‘Time Skiffs’ is due in February, and first single ”Prester John” was created by combining two songs, one by Avey Tare and one by Panda Bear.

This week’s playlist includes new music by Marissa Paternoster, Land of Talk, Starflyer 59, The Silver, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Knocked Loose, Young Thug ft. Doja Cat, and more

”Animal Collective has been my favorite group since I was 19 and to have Avey Tare remix a SPIRIT song is a bizarre and unique honor,” Spirit of the Beehive’s Zack Schwartz says.