Merriweather Post Pavilion (2 Lp's) 6/15/2004 " a cry for tolerance

" a cry for tolerance noteworthy for its lack of either cliche or treacle

the blues-rock legend Gary Moore is stepping back in time

Herb Schildt's synth sounds

the Youngbloods started out as a mid-'60s good-time electric jug band of sorts

particularly nuclear war

Merriweather Post Pavilion (2 Lp's) 6/15/2004 " a cry for toleranceWith's 2009's MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Animal Collective fully completes its transition from a restless freak folk act to an assured though still experimental electro pop ensemble. Like its predecessor, STRAWBERRY JAM, MERRIWEATHER takes plenty of cues from PERSON PITCH, the acclaimed 2007 solo outing by singer multi instrumentalist Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), creating a mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic keyboard heavy sound that might pass for pop in an