What is Animal Collective?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Animal Collective | Img = Animal Collective - Indie rock group.jpg | Img_alt = | Img_capt = Animal Collective at the Seaport Music Festival at [[South Street Seaport|The Seaport]], New York City, on June 1, 2007. [[David Portner]] & [[Noah Lennox]] (right). | Img_size = 320 | Landscape = yes | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[Baltimore]], Maryland, United States | death_date = |death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[Neo-psychedelia]], [[Experimental music]], [[Indie rock]], [[Freak folk]] | Occupation = | Years_active = 1999–present | Label = Animal, Catsup Plate, [[Secretly Canadian|St. Ives]], [[Paw Tracks]], [[Fat Cat Records|Fat Cat]], [[Domino Records|Domino]] | Associated_acts = [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]], [[Vashti Bunyan]], [[Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan]], [[Jane (American band)|Jane]], [[Terrestrial Tones]], Together | URL = [http://myanimalhome.net/ myanimalhome.net] | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = [[Avey Tare|David Portner (Avey Tare)]]<br />[[Panda Bear (musician)|Noah Lennox (Panda Bear)]]<br> [[Geologist (musician)|Brian Weitz (Geologist)]]<br />[[Deakin (musician)|Josh Dibb (Deakin)]] | Past_members = }}'''Animal Collective''' is a band originally from [[Baltimore, Maryland]], but now based in [[New York City]]. Animal Collective consists of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Deakin, also spelled as Deacon or Deaken (Josh Dibb), and Geologist (Brian Weitz). ==Members== * '''Avey Tare''' - David Portner; [[Singer|vocals]], [[guitar]], [[Sampler (musical instrument)|samples]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]]s and [[percussion]] * '''Deakin''' - Josh Dibb; [[synthesizer]], guitar and vocals. He has used different spellings of the