Bonefish
A podcast about music of the indie, experimental, psychedelic persuasion. With an emphasis on Animal Collective and and '00s. By Christian Koons and Justin Kloczko.
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Episodes
35 episodes
Buoys and Gulls
We conclude our Panda Bear series with BUOYS, the lowkey 6th album from Noah Lennox (06:50). We talk about dad trap, autotune, process over result, and how Buoys now sounds like a detour compared to the "reset" Noah intended it to be a...
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Episode 30
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46:44
A Pod with the Homies (feat. Jetski)
Meme-master and Animal Collective head Ian Ostaszewski (aka Jetski) joins us (12:23) to discuss the underrated 2018 Panda Bear record A DAY WITH THE HOMIES (25:00). Topics: the vinyl mix versus digital ...
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Episode 29
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1:16:58
Bonefish Meets the Grim Reaper [TEASER]
Our series on Panda Bear continues with a deep dive on Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper (8:18), Noah’s maximal fourth solo album. We talk power-clashing, breakbeats, synth mayhem, Rihanna shoutouts, multiple noahs, death and rebirth, going croo...
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Episode 28
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21:18
Weeding the Garden with Young Jesus
The Bonefish boys have returned with a new interview with Young Jesus, the project of John Rossiter—and his collaborator, multi-instrumentalist and musical guru Shahzad Ismaily—about the new album The Fool, out now via Saddle Creek (19:00). Top...
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Episode 27
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1:18:28
Personal Pitch Pt. 2 [UNLOCKED]
Justin is moving across the country this week so we're unlocking part 2 of our deep dive on Panda Bear's plunderphonics masterpiece Person Pitch. Enjoy!
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23:03
Tomboy with Ian Grant of Jokermen (Part 2) [TEASER]
More like Alsatian Damn!! Am I right?? Unlock the full Pt 2 of our Tomboy episode on Patreon! patreon.com/bonefishpodinstagram.com/bonefishpod
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5:54
Tomboy with Ian Grant of Jokermen (Part 1)
Christian and Justin log on with one half of the Jokermen podcast, Mr. Ian Grant, to revisit Panda Bear’s solo album TOMBOY (14:55). One of the most hyped albums of the 20th century, Tomboy saw our guy Noah drop the soupy, lo-fi samples of Pers...
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Episode 26
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55:02
20 Years of Sung Tongs
Two decades ago today, Animal Collective released their fifth album, a collection of "tongue songs" that proved to be a massive vibe shift and level-up that solidified the band's direction and put them on the cultural map. This week, Ch...
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Episode 25
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1:13:52
Personal Pitch Part 1
The album that made lots of millennials go buy a sampler, Person Pitch might be the most influential album in the Animal Collective universe. Released 17 years ago, it’s a swampy zoo of sounds that mixed hip hop sampling techniques wit...
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Episode 24
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40:52
Brian DeGraw Part 2 [Teaser]
Part two of our conversation with Brian DeGraw, visual artist and founding member of Gang Gang Dance. He discusses art he's made for Animal Collective, including the Painting with covers, and an as-yet-unfinished tour documentary.
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4:26
Meet Me in the Warehouse with Brian DeGraw
Christian and Justin chat with founding Gang Gang Dance member Brian DeGraw (13:04) about the early 00s experimental scene in New York City that included groups like Animal Collective and Black Dice—an alternate history of Meet Me in the Ba...
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Episode 23
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55:07
Strawberry Jam Deep Dive [PREVIEW]
Episode 22: Strawberry Jam Deep DiveThe boys go long on maybe the best AC album of all time: Strawberry Jam, the explosive 7th album from Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Deakin and Geologist. Christian and Justin also discuss 2007 as a crossroad...
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Episode 22
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6:26
Ancestral Jamming with Maral
In this episode we chat with electronic artist and Animal Collective superfan Maral (10:13), who opened for Panda Bear & Sonic Boom and Avey Tare for their 2023 west coast dates. We talk about how she fell in love with Strawberry Jam, how t...
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Episode 21
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1:19:41
Bros on Hourglass Pod [PREVIEW]
This week the bonefish boys take a look at Avey Tare's 3rd solo album, "Cows on Hourglass Pond," which turned 5 this year. They also discuss some upcoming new music from the likes of MGMT, Vampire Weekend, Amen Dunes and more. ...
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8:39
Merriweather Deep Dive [TEASER]
The Bonefish Boys go deep on Animal Collective's magnum opus—giving a song by song breakdown, discussing early live versions, samples and recording techniques used, and more! Unlock the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon at...
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5:29
Merriweather Post Perfection with Larry Fitzmaurice
On Merriweather’s 15th anniversary, we are joined by writer Larry Fitzmaurice (7:07) to discuss AC’s world-beating 8th album, a glitch in the Billboard matrix that dosed normies everywhere and was declared album of the year one month into 2009....
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Episode 20
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55:23
Visiting Friends - Mailbag
Christian and Justin talk about the recent news of Pitchfork's demise, and then dive into listener-submitted comments and questions about Animal Collective (14:20). Follow us on instagram @bonefishpod
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Episode 19
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1:15:51
Painting With Kyle Reid
Episode 18! Painting With Kyle Reid It’s the zoomer episode! We are joined by Kyle Reid (03:42), a music "critic" and YouTuber whose favorite band is Animal Collective. And we talk Painting With, the 2016 AC album that was crit...
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Episode 18
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1:08:10
2023 Music Picks and New Blue Sun with Sadie Sartini Garner
Christian and Justin go through their favorite left of center albums of the year (03:45), touching on their favs in ambient, experimental, spiritual jazz and electronic. Christian talks about ML Buch's "Suntub," James Holden's "Imagine This is ...
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Episode 17
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59:29
Fall Be Kind Rewind
We've turned back our clocks and "fallen behind," so let's rewind and throw on Fall Be Kind, the (perfect?) EP that served as companion to Merriweather Post Pavilion and as host to one of the band's best ever songs. The b...
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Episode 16
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54:12
Young Prayer with Mark Richardson
Episode 15! We are joined by former longtime Pitchfork writer and editor Mark Richardson to discuss Young Prayer, the spartan 2004 solo album by Panda Bear and a lost gem of the group's acoustic era. We discuss Pitchfork then and now, ...
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Episode 15
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1:15:30
Speakin' with Deakin
This week the Bonefish Boys are joined by Animal Collective's very own Josh Dibb, aka Deakin! We discuss Isn't It Now? , (5:50) mental health, psychedelic therapy, playing piano, Crestone, the Vegas Sphere, and Halloween ...
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Episode 14
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1:05:16
It Is Now!
The Bonefish boys discuss the newest (and longest) Animal Collective record Isn't It Now? including how it compares to its predecessor Time Skiffs. They also talk about other notable "follow-up" albums, and how that sign...
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Episode 13
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1:16:59