Andrew Bird's Noble Beast due in Jan, stream “Oh No” now
You Ain't No Picasso - 3rd Oct 2008
Andrew Bird: “Oh No” is the first track off
Bird’s Noble Beast, which is due out January 29th on Fat Possum. Each record of his seems to have very strong production ties which separate his great-but-occasionally-similar albums from ever sounding repetitive. Looks like this new one is going to carry on that trend; “Oh No” sounds terrific.
Stream “Oh No” over at Pitchfork
“Oh No” is also the song
Andrew focused on in his portion of the New York Times songwriting blog Measure for Measure. You can read all about it by going to his article “Words Will Tell” or get a highlighted selection after the jump.
A selection of “Words Will Tell”, written by
Andrew Bird for the New Yor
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New Andrew Bird - "Oh No"
If you recall, Owen Pallett told us Andrew Bird handled the whistling in the St. Kitts Orchestra on his forthcoming Plays To Please EP. "Oh No" offers some whistling, too, but this time Andrew's front and center. Not too long ago we heard some live Bird songs, where we mentioned "Oh No," but this is the first Noble Beat studio work we've captured. The song mixes classy violin, whistling, guitar accents, and harmonies with lyrics about calculated blows to the head and harmless sociopaths.
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New Live Andrew Bird Songs
The last peep we got out of Andrew Bird was some literal whistling as part of Final Fantasy's Toronto-based St. Kitts Orchestra on the second of Owen Pallet's forthcoming EPs, Plays To Please. Bird played a number of festivals this spring and summer, though, most recently at Outside Lands at the end of August. During those sets, he previewed tracks from the unreleased Armchair Apocrypha followup, A Non-Animal. For instance, the percussive "Master Swarm" from 8/24 at the aforementioned Outside Lands in Gold
Hot Tickets: Obama, Eggers, Second City
Next Tuesday, you’ll have a crucial decision to make: Barack Obama or Dave Eggers. On Oct. 7, you could a) head to the Music Hall of Williamsburg for the super-deluxe Barack Rock Benefit featuring six musicians and six comedians—all “hyping the hope.” There’ll be Andrew Bird, The Fiery Furnaces, and Guster, on the one hand, and NYC comedians extraordinaire, Eugene Mirman and John Roberts, and Daily Show co-creator, Lizz Winstead, on the other. Or you could b) make your way to Town Hall for the ann
Suzanne Vega is the "Mother of the MP3"
As it does for just about everything, the New York Times has a blog about songwriting. It’s called, somewhat pretentiously, Measure for Measure: How to Write a Song and Other Mysteries. It’s rarely updated, but it’s rarely bad. It features folks like Andrew Bird, Roseanne Cash, and Peter Holsapple (formerly of the Continental Drifters).
Suzanne Vega is also a semi-regular contributor. You’ll probably know her for her hits “Luka” and 1987’s near-ubiquitous “Tom’s Diner” (just hum that ja
Link Time! 9/9
Apple has upgraded its iPod Nano, iPod Touch, and iTunes application. — geeksugar
Five reasons to look forward to ABC's The Unusuals — already! — TV Squad
On a scale of 1 to 10: What's the likelihood you'll see the just-announced Jessica Alba movie, An Invisible Sign of My Own? — Popwatch
The CW should take the diversity of America's Next Top Model and spread it to some other primetime shows. — Jezebel
Four — count 'em, four! — new Andrew Bird songs. — You Ain't No Picasso
JJ Abrams explains
Fiery Furnaces for Brooklyn Barackrock Benefit
Fiery Furnaces, Andrew Bird, Eugene Mirman and Kumail Nanjiani are among the performers scheduled to take part in a fundraiser for presidential hopeful Barack Obama next Monday (October 7).
Alina Simone, Heather Lawless, Guster , Lizz Winstead, Martin Bisi, John Roberts and Adira Amram will also help raise money for the Obama campaign, as will Les Savy Fav who will perform an acoustic set on the night.
The event will take place at the Music Hall of Williamsburg where the acts will perform over severa
