Andrew Bird Releasing Live iTunes Sessions EP

12. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast Andy : 11 :: Dave : 26 If you peruse this blog with any frequency, you’ll have noticed at least three posts devoted solely to Andrew Bird (not including appearances on our 1000 Minutes lists) in the near-year we’ve been writing this.  With nearly 400 posts written, that might not seem like a lot, but with the amount of music that Dave and I consume, to keep returning to a single artist time and again…read more

Oh, Andrew . Andrew Bird » Cass McCombs from The Voice Project on Vimeo . I’ll be honest, I’m predisposed towards liking anything Andrew Bird comes up with, but he makes it so easy by being so darn amazing all of the time.  I first heard his cover of this song during the shows he did at Fourth Presbyterian here…read more

© Steve Gullick © Cameron Wittig Hallelujah! American singer-songwriters Cat Power (née Chan Marshall) and Andrew Bird will be performing next year in Singapore on January 13 and 26 respectively as part of the Esplanade’s Mosaic Series. Download: Cat Power – Metal Heart [buy Jukebox ] Andrew Bird – Oh No [buy Noble Beast ] read more

Now that my top 10 list of albums from 2009 is completed, I thought it’d be useful for me to post a short recap of the countdown. Below is a list of the albums as well as links to the articles about each. Enjoy. 10. Regina Spektor’s Far 9. fun.’s Aim and Ignite 8. Andrew Bird’s Noble Beast 7. Dark Was The Night 6. The Antlers’ Hospice 5. Passion Pit’s Manners 4. Noah…read more

I know Andrew Bird has not been around long enough to be considered a throwback but his album “ Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs ” has been played on my iPod enough times since 2005 to put it in that category. Good for driving, good for relaxing, good for dancing…pretty much the opposite of good for nothing…read more

Here is the second installment of SDM’’s top albums of 2009.  Check back tomorrow (hopefully) for the final installment.  Again, if you have an opinion, either good or bad, feel free to leave it in the comments section. View the list after the jump… 20. Real Estate – Real Estate MP3: Real Estate – “Beach Comber” Real Estate – Real Estate 19. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast…read more

Brooklyn indie pop Savoir Adore are getting ready to release their album “In The Wooded Forest” in the UK and are now giving away the track ‘Early Bird’. The Album will be released in the UK in July on Cantora Records, the duo have also announced… Click the link to read more read more

[ When I found out a friend of mine was going to one of Andrew Bird’s shows at Largo, I couldn’t help but to ask her to write a review for the blog. First off, I like living vicariously through others, and second, well… just read the post. It makes me happy. So, a huge thank you to Mel for…read more

Much like my racquetball battle , it was epic… 20 albums started off, the 20 from our community’s 20 voted most awesomest communitastic albums of 2009 , each with 10 points: 10 The Antlers – Hospice 10 Florence & The Machine – Lungs 10 Andrew Bird – Noble Beast 10 Franz Ferdinand – Tonight 10 St. Vincent – Actor 10 Noah & The Whale – First Days Of Spring 10 Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More 10 Passion Pit – Manners 10 Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 10 Elvis Perkins In Dearland – s/t 10 Arctic Monkeys – Humbug 10 Mew – No More…read more