ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Merriweather Post Pavilion (reissue, 2009)
The album that changed indie rock forever. By Louis Pattison
TAKAIMAMURA
Flow motion: (l–r) Noah Lennox, Dave Portner and Brian Weitz
DOMINO
9/10
THE place: New York City. The date: January 2001. In the financial district, the Twin Towers stand tall. Somewhere in town, aband of young hopefuls calling themselves The Strokes are preparing to release their debut EP “The Modern Age”. But tonight your Uncut correspondent is at the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan, watching a bill of local underground up-andcomers. Later, the Moldy Peaches will reduce the crowd to hysterics with their wry hipster folk. But first up is aduo going by the name of Avey Tare and Panda Bear. The pair dart around the floor, triggering electronics, bashing away at percussion and singing in strange, otherworldly cries. It’s a captivating performance, teeming with ideas. But right now, at least, it feels way out of step with the zeitgeist: a glimpse of something strange going on way out at the margins.