Panda Bear

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• Sinister Grift | Chicago Public Library
Sinister Grift — Panda Bear — On Panda Bear's first solo album in five years, he has returned with another statement that feels equally cumulative and unprecedented in his catalog. While his solo records have ranged from starkly intimate expressions of grief to colorful, electronic opuses, his music has never before sounded so warm and immediate. Working in his Lisbon, Portugal home studio with Animal Collective bandmate Josh "Deakin" Dibb, Lennox transforms Panda Bear into something resembling an old-school rock ensemble, playing nearly all the instruments himself and inviting kindred spirits into the process such as Cindy Lee, Spirit of the Beehive's Rivka Ravede, and, for the first time on a Panda Bear solo album, each of his Animal Collective bandmates.

• Panda Bear: Sinister Grift | Spectrum Culture | Feb. 28, 2025, 6:06 a.m.
Sinister Grift is not an album that’s going to change anyone’s mind about Noah Lennox’s work. It’s too agreeable to inspire hatred, but there isn’t enough here for anyone to fall in love with either.

• Panda Bear - Sinister Grift | Northern Transmissions | Feb. 27, 2025, 12:08 a.m.
Sinister Grift by Panda Bear album review by Beau Goodwin for Northern Transmissions. The LP drops on February 28th via Domino Records

• Album of the Week: Panda Bear | Sinister Grift | Twittering Machines | March 7, 2025, 11 a.m.
Michael Lavorgna's Twittering Machines: HiFi with a twist

• Review of Sinister Grift by mjrvi - Musicboard | musicboard.app
Review of Sinister Grift by Panda Bear. Miguel Santiago rated the album 2.0 / 5 stars. Yeah this is just not my thing I think. Decent background music for a movie or something.

• Panda Bear Breaks Down Six Perfectly Produced Albums and Songs | Hearing Things | March 6, 2025, noon
From Dean Blunt to King Tubby, these are the productions that inspire the indie-pop experimentalist most.

• Panda Bear - Sinister Grift | The Needle Drop | March 6, 2025, 2:04 p.m.
A phenomenally sticky album from Mr. Panda Bear.

• Panda Bear : Sinister Grift | Complex Distractions | March 5, 2025, 11:27 a.m.
Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, is the sunshine pop weaved into the art rock canvas that is Animal Collective. His Beach Boys-esque harmonies make even the busiest AC tracks feel just a touch more har…

• Panda Bear: Sinister Grift [Album Review] | The Fire Note
Panda BearSinister GriftDomno [2025] “A stunning fusion of classic rock warmth and avant-pop charm—Panda Bear embraces a bold new chapter.” Album Ove

• Panda Bear: Sinister Grift | Pitchfork
Read Sadie Sartini Garner’s review of the album.

• Panda Bear - Sinister Grift Review | Still Listening
Noah Lennox provides a beautiful take on poetic shadow work, finding acceptance in both tragedy and growth.  Panda Bear released his eighth solo album, Sinister Grift , which seamlessly creates a buoyant listen to weighted lyricism. It’s a revitalizing musical experience that prods at hol

• Animal Collective’s Panda Bear releases Sinister Grift — the quiet reckoning of midlife | The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
If you are at all familiar with 2000s indie rock or early internet music culture, you’ve likely come across — or at least felt the influence of — Baltimore experimental pop band Animal Collective. Terms like “surreal,” “trippy” and “kaleidoscopic” now feel kind of overused and cliche when describing their music, but albums like Merriweather Post Pavilion or Strawberry Jam undeniably contain a delirious, effortless glee that make them an unmatched benchmark of the modern psychedelic genre.

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