Andrew Bird seeming to be about as good as it gets

[SkeeK]

has anyone heard of this bloke before? I just found out about him cause his new album release... and it looks like he has a completely amazing back catalogue... like everything he touches turns to gold.. and he whistles!

amazing lyrics, really awesome instrumentations, very catchy... kind of like John Vanderslice but a bit more folky and 10x better... and I really like John Vanderslice. or if you don't know who that is.. kinda simon and garfunkel with a fair amount of drugs.

a couple songs from his recent album:
Sovay
A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left

 

[SkeeK]

An utterly mesmerizing and magnetic album, almost unfair in how incredibly ambitious and impressively pulled off the whole thing is.


Taking all the best parts of Jeff Buckley, Devandra Barnhart and Rufus Wainwright, Bird can be noisy, charming, frivolous, haunting and playful all at once.


Although The Mysterious Production of Eggs lacks the gleeful variety of Swimming Hour, it is obvious that Bird has created his most cohesive statement to date.


Peaks again and again.

It's a densely melodic place composed of layered instruments so intricately intertwined with each other and Bird's lyrics that repeated listenings inevitably reveal a hidden but grandiose vision of what a pop record can be.


He collides substances that shouldn't mix to create a sound that not only survives the impact, but thrives in the aftermath.

'The Mysterious Production of Eggs' is unmalicious, delicious classical indie with enough originality to mark it apart, and what it lacks in jaw dropping charisma it somehow makes up for with songwriting and instrumentation of the highest order.

 

[SkeeK]

 

[SkeeK]

to get the mp3s, you'll have to right click and 'copy shortcut' then paste that into your address bar and replace the '+++++' with a dot and then 'mp3' after the dot

but believe you me it's worth it!

 

[cujo]

You poor lonely bastard.

I drew the short straw, so it appears you will have a date for the spring formal!

 

[SkeeK]

yay!

*whistles*

but don't get your corsage-matching dress hopes up in the apple pie sky though. I buy white flowers and white flowers only. It's a religious thing.

 

[SkeeK]

andrew bird is cool. yes.

 

[SkeeK]

one of these days he'll come and play in a jaunty little pub nearby me. I will be very happy when this happens.

 

[Basstrap]

I reallly like!

Thank for turning me onto this guy.
I think I'm gonna start with The Swimming Hour

 

[Basstrap]

Nervous Tic has some kinda really cool western feel to it.

 

[purpleblackeye]

he was absolutely amazing live.

go see him in concert if you can. the man's a genius.

 

[SkeeK]

*dances in the street*

As long as one person comes to the land of Bird, this thread is a success!

I have heard so many amazing things about his live shows, I can't wait for him to come somewhere near me..

A few of his shows can be found online though.. including fabchannel.com

 

[zonelistener]

I got to hear some of his stuff over the weekend.

Glad to help Skeek out!

 

[shrmn8rpoptart]

i have a free itunes/slurpee song...which one song by andrew bird would be the one to start with?

 

[SkeeK]

i saw him live a while back and it was completely wicked.

 

[Elvis Presley]

brilliant, top 10 material for 2005

 

[carrieluvv]

I have a friend who raves about this guy.
she has met him a few times and shes got a crush on him but she says hes like emaciated

 

[zoney!]

Finally bought "eggs" a few weekends ago.

Good stuff!

 

[shart1780]

Andrew Bird is incredible. I have all but one of his CDs. Eggs is my favorite CD of 2005!

 

[got_edge]

I'm going to marry Andrew Bird.

 

[I'm Ready]

I saw him open for wilco, he was pretty cool and enjoyable

 

[SkeeK]

wish i got andrew opening for wilco when i saw 'em!
i can't even remember the names of the dudes i saw..

 

[got_edge]

From the newsletter:

New album is now done! Title: Armchair Apocrypha / Release Date: March 20,
2007

 

[zonelistener]

He is doing a mini-tour right now.

Saw him tonight and he played a few songs off of Armchair Apocrypha! Good stuff.

He will do a full tour in the Spring after the release of the album.

 

[got_edge]

Leaky leaky bo-beaky banana-fana fo-feaky

 

[Queen Bee]

Spring tour dates have been announced


APRIL 11 // Grand Rapids, MI
Ladies Literary Club @ Calvin College

APRIL 12 // Detroit, MI
The Majestic Theater

APRIL 13 // Columbus, OH
The Southern Theater

APRIL 14 // Newport, KY
The Southgate House

APRIL 16 // Nashville, TN
Mercy Lounge

APRIL 17 // St. Louis, MO
The Pageant

APRIL 18 // Urbana, IL
The Canopy Club

APRIL 20 // Chicago, IL
The Riviera Theater

APRIL 21 // Milwaukee, WI
The Pitman Theater at Alverno College

APRIL 22 // Columbia, MO
The Blue Note

APRIL 23 // Omaha, NE
Sokol Underground

APRIL 25 // Boulder, CO
Fox Theater

APRIL 27 // Tucson, AZ
The Rialto Theater

APRIL 28 // Indio, CA
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival

MAY 1 // San Francisco, CA
The Fillmore

MAY 4 // Portland, OR
The Crystal Ballroom

MAY 5 // Seattle, WA
The Showbox Theater

MAY 11 // Minneapolis, MN
First Avenue

MAY 16 // Boston, MA
Berklee Performance Center at the Berklee College of Music

MAY 17 // New York, NY
Webster Hall

MAY 18 // Philadelphia, PA
Theatre of the Living Arts

MAY 20 // Washington, DC
930 Club

 

[Canadiens1131]

Filing artist away for "listen to next year" status check-up.

 

[Queen Bee]

Start with Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs

 

[Canadiens1131]

Ovaries?

 

[corianderstem]

All I've heard by him is that "A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head" song, and I like that song quite a bit.

Will have to hunt down more of his stuff.