Live: Animal Collective In Wonderland At Prospect Park Bandshell
Animal Collective w/Black Dice Celebrate Brooklyn! at Prospect
Park Bandshell Tuesday, July 12  Better than: Sweating at home
alone.  Animal Collective has usually been categorized by its
two primary creative forces: Avey Tare and Panda Bear. Sure,
Deakin and Geologist are important (and perhaps more important
than the other two if you're only talking about the live show),
but it's not uncommon to judge a group by its singers. Normally,
Avey and Panda split vocal and lyrical duties; however, at last
night's Prospect Park Bandshell show, the sweaty crowd was
treated to the Avey Tare Experience, Featuring Three Other
Dudes. This is not a bad thing: Avey's aesthetics, both
lyrically and vocally, translate to the live setting better than
Panda's woozy drone tracks. But seeing Panda Bear relegated to
harmonies and drums was unexpected.  AnCo tends to divide people
along "love 'em or hate 'em" lines. Last night's show threw a
curveball into that equ