Along with Tobacco, Baths is one of the standard-bearers of the new Anticon, a label dedicated less to antagonizing rap reactionaries and more to releasing some of the most psychedelic beats on the planet. The amicable parting with Sole didn’t hurt matters — thereby disassociating themselves with being Linda Tripped. Baths quibbled with Pitchfork recently […]

Tom Fec will never receive the acclaim he deserves. This is to be expected from a man pushing 30 who goes by the name of Tobacco and titles songs  “Lick the Witch,” Constellation Dirtbike Head,” and “Grape Aerosmith.” Then again, that never seemed to stop Animal Collective. What’s different is that Fec refuses to play […]

Despite his ardor for Baths and claw foot bath tubs, Aaron Frank does not wear Bathing Apes. Now that we’re several months into the new year, those December resolutions are slipping and I’m again regularly making poor personal decisions. This time it wasn’t answering my ex’s belligerent 3 a.m. phone calls, but rather skipping Baths […]