Animal Collective License First Legal Grateful Dead Sample Ever

By Amy Phillips for Pitchfork:

Animal Collective's status as avant-indie's premiere jam band has now officially been solidified. According to a Tweet from their management company, the band has cleared the first ever officially licensed Grateful Dead sample. (Via Gorilla Vs. Bear.)

The currently unreleased track "What Would I Want Sky" contains a sample of the Dead song "Unbroken Chain". According to Leg Up! Management, Dead bassist Phil Lesh himself professed his love for the song.

Read more here. Animal Collective hit Soundlab on 04/14/05 with Ariel Pink.