Panda Bear makes a welcome return with new album ‘Sinister Grift’

Change The Record: Panda Bear – “Sinister Grift” – The Seattle Collegian

Something I’ve never gotten the opportunity to mention in this column of mine is that Animal Collective is one of my all-time favorite bands, easily in the top five, as I consider their run from “Sung Tongs” to “Merriweather Post Pavilion” to be one of the greatest runs of albums in the history of music. With that, we have Panda Bear–real name Noah Lennox–a Virginia-based neo-psychedelic artist and founding member of the acclaimed indie band Anim

Panda Bear makes a welcome return with new album ‘Sinister Grift’

Two decades since debuting as the masked-and-nicknamed drummer and vocalist of Animal Collective, Noah Lennox aka Panda Bear has led so many creative lives, navigated so many different styles, and been part of so many beloved recordings, that it can be easy to overlook just how consistent his creative vision has remained.  From landmarks solo […]