Andrew Bird

Check out Andrew Bird's video for "Lull", featuring beautiful stop-motion animation from the film "Mermaid" by Lisa Barcy. 

I just got back from a wedding in St. Marys (western PA), which was a lot of fun cause I got to see people I havent seen in a year or two. but it made me realize a few things: 1) Just when you thought you've heard the worst wedding DJ in the entire world....YOU HAVENT! sigh... I guess there is just no avoiding it. wait, yes there is. If I ever get married I am picking the music. all of it. Take that, bad wedding music!
2) Central PA is very pretty. I ac... MORE

Start your week off with some top-notch tunes and spooky storytelling from Mr. Andrew Bird and get some great whistling thrown in for free... I dig this stuff...

"Oh Sister" Andrew BirdSoldier On EP(2007) The New York Times has a new blog called Measure for Measure which seeks to delve into the creative process of songwriting. Andrew Bird, Rosanne Cash, Suzanne Vega and Darrell Brown are contributors. The first post, "Words Will Tell", is written by one of my favs - Andrew Bird.

I’ve spent most of the last year inside a tour bus. I’ve spoken more words to journalists than I have to my friends and family. All of this has kept me fr

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Albums I absolutely could not wait for and ended up playing on repeat 14 times in a row: Wincing the Night Away by The Shins Like "Kissing the Lipless" of yesteryear, the song "Australia" has become my sure-fire method of introducing this band and guaranteeing a positive response. Standouts include this track, as well as "Sea Legs", "Sleeping Lessons", "Phantom Limb", and "Turn On Me". Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire Disregarding the hype/promos/general hooplah, this rec... MORE

Wow. I just got home from the performance of Andrew Bird and his band at the Warfield, and let me say it was an amazing, beautiful experience. So lush, so realized, so great. He plays a amazing violin, whistles like his namesake animal, and sounds like Jeff Buckley when he sings. I feel like I went to church, seriously. Couldn't wait to Mog it, I don't even have my jacket off, that good. Anyone else go tonight, or have seen him live before?

Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum)

As soon as I sat down knowing that I intended to write about Andrew Bird, I smiled. The man has the kind of charisma that no one can touch, love or leave him, his type of bravado can only be matched recently by the likes of Stephen Malkmus and/or Rufus Wainwright. You certainly don’t need to have heard Bird’s previous albums to fully appreciate Armchair Apocrypha, but as additions to your library, they’re each assured to help you dance more wildly around your apartment alo... MORE

damn you for being so easy going

Have you seen the new Residence Inn ad? To my surprise they are accompanied by Andrew Bird's compositions. Punctilious edited, the visuals are fluidly married to the sound, and the messages are simple and rather clever. Skin Is, My Banking On A Myth Imitosis Weather Systems & /=/

Britta Johnson's new video for Andrew Bird's Imitosis was released just a couple of days ago from Andrew Bird's website. It is a literal translation with some cute moments. Overall, it falls a little towards the flat side (like the recorded song) from the editing and a lack of exploration and personal interpretation.

Chicago native folk-rocker Andrew Bird, an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist released in March Armchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum), Bird's first studio album since the critically acclaimed The Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005) and is now prepared to do the leg work in support of. Continuing his eco-friendly efforts, Bird will hit the road aboard a bio-diesel tour bus for select dates in the US and Canada this fall, including appearances at the Austin City LimitsFestival an... MORE

I was at a Magnetic Fields show a few years ago (when "I" was just out - geez, was it really in 2004? I'm getting old, fast) at Trinity-St. Paul's United Church on Bloor St. It's a charming and lovely place to see a show (I more recently saw Jose Gonzalez there) - charming, lovely and extremely hot. They didn't build churches with AC back in those days, so I guess you had to be prepared to sweat to death for Jesus. Anyway, it was in the sticky, moist heat of that church... MORE

We're excited to be posting 6 live videos from Andrew Bird's performance at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN on May 11th, 2007. Songs featured include: Imitosis, Spare Ohs, Why?, Dear Dirty, Plasticities, and Dark Matter. If you haven't heard Andrew Bird before be sure to check it out. This guy can whistle, sing, play guitar AND violin simultane