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The Collective will be releasing a five song EP called Fall Be Kind, a play on words referring to the daylight savings phrase “fall behind.” The disc is said to be a revelation of the “darker” side of the band. Band leader Avey Tare, a.k.a. Dave Portner, says that this is yet another “seasonal” album after feeling that the Merriweather album felt “really springy or summery.” The new album’s title and December 8 release date reinforce this idea. Animal Collective has toured extensively to promote the Merriweather album and is working on a full length movie with filmmaker Danny Perez. Although no title has yet been released, the film is in its final editing stages and has already been entered in next year’s Sundance Film Festival. The group plans on touring the country to promote the film; however, there are no immediate plans on touring to further promote their album or their upcoming EP. In an interview for Pitchfork, Avey Tare stated, “At this point, it’s time for us to take a break. It’s the most we’ve ever taken one group of songs, one era out on the road…we want to take a break and start thinking about music more, really going at it and working a lot on it, and work on other things and get inspired by other things, then next year start writing again.” With their previous success of their highly experimental albums and their ability to expand the scope of their creativity, there’s no telling where Animal Collective will take us next. |
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As if minimal record sales weren’t enough to effect the status of the reformed Guns N’ Roses, the band now faces a $1 million copyright lawsuit for samples on a track off of last year’s Chinese Democracy bomb. The suit claims that the GNR song, “Raid N’ The Bedouins,” illegally sampled two songs from German electronic artist, Ulrich Schnauss, who claims that no effort was made to obtain the songs for use on the album. Schnauss’ songs, “Wherever You Are” and “A Strange and Isolated Place,” were used to produce about 45 seconds of ambient noise leading into the guitar driven track. Brian Caplan, attorney for Schnauss, said in a statement, “I can tell you that there is no paper trail authorizing the use of these songs and nobody from the plaintiff’s side authorized the use of this song.” However, GNR manager Irving Azoff has said that the claims made against the band are false. The samples used in the song, “were provided by a member of the album’s production team who has assured us that these few seconds of sound were obtained legitimately.” This recent trend of music copyright suits has not gone unnoticed. As the music industry struggles to pull itself out of its recession, artists have been forced to find ulterior ways in order to make a living. Lawsuits over music usages can either be acknowledged as an artist’s claim to the rightful use of their work, or some greedy scumbag who only wants to profit off the success of another artist’s creativity. With the “success” of Chinese Democracy, it’s safe to say the Ulrich Schnauss may not be looking for a quick buck. |
