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Panda Bear: Sinister Grift review – Animal Collective star’s bad trip through divorce to the dark side

Noah Lennox’s powerful and adventurous album has plenty of playlistable psych-pop, but then turns introspective: it’s a striking emotional arc

The Guardian - UK

“I tend to brutalize electric guitars, so anything I have in my personal stash stays away from the live stage these days”: John Cale opens up about AI, amp exploration and the emotional potential of effects

The Velvet Underground co-founder returns with Mercy, a new solo album featuring Weyes Blood, Actress and Animal Collective – and Cale's typically restless search for new sounds

Guitar World

John Cale, ever restless, keeps moving out of his comfort zone

With a legendary musical career that spans decades, John Cale is still restlessly creating and collaborating on new music.

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Animal Collective: Isn’t It Now? review – jams that don’t quite gel

After years of remote collaboration and standins, the indie experimentalists are all back in the same room – and overburdened with ideas

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Naples: "Any time I get new gear, it's just a way for me to resist getting down to actually making music"

Anthony Naples' fifth album is a masterwork of musical escapism. He talks us through how orbs was made, his relationship with gear, and how 16 channels are more than enough

MusicRadar

Can you copyright a rhythm? Inside the reggaeton lawsuit that could shake the pop world

Two dembow progenitors are suing superstars including Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee – in a case that also names Justin Bieber – claiming that they deserve credit for birthing the genre

The Guardian - UK

John Cale: Mercy review – the titan of cool misses a trick

The 80-year-old’s latest album features some inspired younger guests but cries out for less dated beats and a visionary producer

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Cost of doing festivals, concerts and tours soared in 2022, a year of big profits and daunting challenges, including COVID

SAN DIEGO — Was 2022 an extraordinarily profitable year for festivals, concerts and tours by bands and solo artists? An extraordinarily costly one? Or both? And with concerns about a possible recession or new COVID surge, what is the outlook for this new year?

Tribune News Service

‘Music could wither’: new report finds 98% of musicians concerned about rising costs in the UK

A study by charity Help Musicians has found a combination of the cost of living crisis, Brexit and energy and food prize increases has left many struggling

The Guardian - UK

‘You’re doing it purely for the exposure’: why many musicians can no longer afford to tour

Artists are cancelling live dates owing to soaring costs, venue bottlenecks, Brexit and the pandemic. Can touring ever be viable again?

The Guardian - UK

Rocketing costs and drop in ticket sales force musicians to pull tour dates

Animal Collective, Bonobo and Mercury prize winner Little Simz among acts to cancel concerts

The Guardian - UK

Risks, rising costs and ‘relentless demands’: why so many musicians are cancelling their tours

Flights are expensive, festivals are being axed and ticket sales are slow, as exhausted artists in Australia and abroad are putting their health and finances first

The Guardian - AU

‘Björk said it should sound like the Cantina band!’: the enduring influence of Star Wars’ bizarre jazz group

It’s been cited as an inspiration by everyone from Coldplay to Animal Collective. Musicians discuss why one of Star Wars’ most iconic scenes became such a phenomenon

The Guardian - UK

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Reset review: Retro, joyful psychedelia

The Spacemen 3 and Animal Collective musicians unite for an album full of magical nostalgia

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5 Fiercely Psychedelic Songs (Not From the '60s)

This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission. Here are five deliciously trippy songs to add to your next psychedelic playlist before embarking on a journey toward ego death.

The Guardian - UK

Animal Collective: Time Skiffs review – clever but not easy to love

The US band’s 11th studio album is less awkward than recent outings but still too disjointed to be fully enjoyable

The Independent UK

Album reviews: Black Country New Road, Bastille, Cate Le Bon and Animal Collective

Experimental rockers BCNR close a breakthrough era with the departure of singer Isaac Wood; Bastille send us dancing into the future, while Cate Le Bon and Animal Collective are in a more introspective mood

The Guardian - UK

Animal Collective: Time Skiffs review – lovely tunes from the comfort zone

Dialling down the psychedelic mayhem, the quartet’s reflective windchimes-and-bamboo album preaches lyrically to their loyal choir

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