Avey Tare
Avey Tare
Top Songs
| 1 | 3 Umbrellas | ||
| 2 | Cloud Stop Rest Start | ||
| 3 | Neurons | ||
| 4 | Sweeper's Grin | ||
| 5 | The Musical |
Albums
Feb 2023 • 7 songs
Feb 2023 • 1 song
Jan 2023 • 2 songs
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Biography
A founding member of experimental pop group Animal Collective, Avey Tare was born David Portner on April 24, 1979. Portner grew up near Baltimore and met his future fellow Animal Collective mates Noah Lennox, Josh Dibb, and Brian Weitz in high school, where they bonded over shared musical obsessions for Pavement, the Grateful Dead, and various strains of psychedelic music. Along with future BARR leader Brendan Fowler, the teenaged Portner, Weitz, and Dibb started a band called Automine, and went so far as to release a sole 7" single before leaving high school. In 2000, Portner...