By Dustin on Monday, July 27, 2009 Filed Under: Uncategorized
There’s a lot of hipster rage against Pitchfork for bringing to light things other people, without the inside track, might not know about, thus bringing music to a wider audience of appreciative ears. Bastards.
But, you have to admit even this newfangled Pitchfork.tv thing hits the mark sometimes. This is one of those times. Check out [...]
By Dustin on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Filed Under: videos
Check out the below performance of Andrew Bird’s beautiful “Fitz & the Dizzyspells” from Qtv. The track is off of his newest album Noble Beast. In other Andrew Bird new he recently announced that he’ll be hitting the road with St. Vincent this summer/fall.
Related Link:
Download of Andrew Bird at Bonnaroo 2009.
Andrew Bird performing “Fitz & [...]
By Dustin on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Filed Under: new release, videos
Andrew Bird with Mucca Pazza – "Fitz & The Dizzyspells”
Andrew Bird has been everywhere playing this track lately, and now there is a super weird video that seems oddly appropriate. There are dancing bananas, a marching band, and Bird shooting flaming arrows in a parking lot. I know. Watch it.
“Fitz & the Dizzyspells” is off [...]
By Dustin on Monday, February 2, 2009 Filed Under: Featured, live, videos
Andrew Bird has been all over the place since the release of Noble Beast. Appearances on Letterman, a huge tour, a show at Carnegie Hall with a full orchestra, adding Michael Lewis (of Happy Apple) to the touring lineup, among just generally being Andrew Bird and appearing everywhere you look like a Jedi. Bird has [...]
By Dustin on Thursday, January 29, 2009 Filed Under: videos
Andrew Bird recently swooped by David Letterman to perform “Fitz & Dizzyspells” from his latest album Noble Beast. Check it out, it’s pretty great. (And is that Michael Lewis of Happy Apple fame playing bass with Bird? I think it is. Wait, Wait, is that Martin Dosh on drums? It’s a regular MPLS reunion on [...]
By Dustin on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Filed Under: mp3s, new release
Andrew Bird’s forthcoming fifth album, Noble Beast, will begin it’s aural invasion on January 20th, 2009. But over at the All Songs Considered website they are offering an exclusive, pre-invasion, stream of the album for a limited time. It’s worth your time to sneak over and listen for a bit.
The album will be released on [...]
By Dustin on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 Filed Under: new release, tour dates
I think maybe Nico Muhly was the catalyst, with his initial resistance and then open arm acceptance of Andrew Bird, that made me really wish there was some new Andrew Bird to chew on right now. Well, it turns out, it’s not that far off.
On January 27th Andrew Bird will drop Noble Beast, released through [...]