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Hey bud! I've been to my fair share of shows, and I saw Animal Collective back in 2013 in Madison, WI. Some tips about concerts and how to enhance your experience:

Earplugs are a must. These are the pair I own, and they work super well; I go to a wide variety of shows in different sized venues (ty Minneapolis) and I've worn those every time. I used to go earplugless, but when I went to see TOBACCO last year, some shoegaze band opened for them and they were literally the loudest fucking thing I've ever heard, ran to get some earplugs, and it was still painfully loud. Some bands like to crank it, generally AnCo keeps it on the lower end but it's never a bad idea to invest in saving your hearing. That's the end goal, isn't it?

When I saw AnCo, I went solo. Senior year of high school, travelled 50 miles on a Wednesday night to see em. Met some really cool guys at the show, shot the shit. Chances are, there's gonna be a fair amount of weed in the crowd. Toke if you want, but some venues are super vigilant while others really don't give a shit.

My general rule of thumb is to get there a bit before doors for a band I either really really love or a show that's gonna attract a big crowd so I can get up front. I'd follow this if you want to be right up against the stage, or at least be there around doors if you want the authentic 9th-row-in-the-pit experience. Being pushed far back kinda sucks, especially if there's an NBA player-sized person standing right in front of you.

Pretty much just go there, scream the lyrics, dance your ass off and vibe. There's gonna be quite a few pretentious hipsters who stand off to the side and just stoically watch them while sneering at anyone who dances. Fuck em, dancing to the boys was one of my best memories. Don't think drunk assholery will be an issue, but pretty much every single show I've been to has involved me being stuck next to someone who can't handle their liquor, be it tiny women at Beach House forcing their way to the front of the stage halfway through the set (and literally standing sideways, wedged between me and my friend) or some large, leather-coat-wearing fuckwad at Com Truise who has been sexually harassing as many women as possible. If you spot one nearby, don't let them harsh your mellow. If they're bumpin into you a lot and you want them to stop, just tell them to give you some space while being as smiley and polite as possible and they'll usually wander off. If they get aggressive, just push towards another spot in the crowd. I doubt there'll be many bad drunks in the crowd, but it never hurts to be a lil mentally prepared.

Anyway, pm me if you have any other questions, and I hope you have as good of a time as I did!

EDIT: Oh yeah, download a Mad Libs app on your phone. Play it with the people standing near you when you're waiting in line/between bands, it's a perfect icebreaker and it's pretty fun.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003SC9B16?pc_redir=1408257240&robot_redir=1

New and used 8.75. Towards the bottom. Mine was used, works perfectly. Got the poster and the art book.

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Please dude save up your allowance/paychecks/whatever source of income and buy ANY speakers.

If you dont' like the wires this one is still 10 times better than phone speakers

something like this?

There is a vendor on discogs from the UK although it looks overpriced. It also looks like amazon UK has it.

From the Vice doc and context clues I am 98% sure they used a Tascam 8 track at least for that EP.

It's probably a personal choice by the engineer though.

https://www.amazon.com/Tascam-8-track-Portable-Digital-Recorder/dp/B0036VC3I2

Yeah it came out a couple months ago, around the time of the Person Pitch and Hollinndagain reissue.

Link

Amazon still has them https://www.amazon.com/Feels-Animal-Collective/dp/B07HC435MQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537896214&sr=8-1&keywords=feels+vinyl+animal+collective

It's on my bucket list to write The Beatles: Complete Scores but for AC. I've transcribed some parts of songs that I thought would be difficult so far. Along with notes hypothesizing about how certain sounds were made, equipment, etc, since those questions are constantly asked here.

But then again, demystifying their music has always seemed a little against the band's wishes.

Amazon still has a few physical copies of it.

amazon results, around $110 minimum

Here is the mobile version of your link

K I found this, sorry if it's a little expensive: https://www.amazon.ca/Hollindagain-Vinyl-Animal-Collective/dp/B01MXXZ5QU/ref=sr_1_12?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1497455694&sr=1-12

I got it maybe a year ago on Amazon for what I remember being a standard 2xLP price. I assume its sold out everywhere and is likely to be repressed.

Edit: http://camelcamelcamel.com/Feels-Vinyl-Animal-Collective/product/B000AMSROE?context=browse

Amazon preorders are still available! Sold out now :(

Bull Moose preorders

Holy fuck dude, you got that for a steal. I was just searching and nearly had a heart attack when I saw this: http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Theyve-Gone-Vanished-Vinyl/dp/B001SZ2964