More things I learned: -trust your friends who love music. they’re the ones that will take you to great shows. -never judge a band completely by their sxsw performance -the best part about a concert is when you hear a familiar song for the first time live I kept thinking I could just come back […]
Seriously. This guy is amazing. From the basement of Nigel Godrich comes a performance by Andrew Bird doing a song called Sectionate City. Its a signature grower for Andrew, starting by adding single elements of the song over and over through masterful use of a loop pedal. This song looks to be on his upcoming […]
Saw this video on Stereogum a little while ago, meant to put it up on the filter right away. Its the video for an Andrew Bird song called ‘Lull‘ (on 2003’s Weather Systems), this version is from his Daytrotter session which features the Chicago band Dianogah. The animation works perfectly with this song, thanks to […]
Finally, I’m getting around to posting this list. I’m having too hard a time putting them in order, so I’ll stick to alphabetical. Here they are. Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha. Still not sure what he’s better at, the violin, singing or whistling. This album is a great listen, a nice mosiac of many different […]
This is not my list for favorite albums of 2007. I’m still working on that as we speak. This list is kind of a 2007 listening road map for me. *Some songs may have been released in ’06, but I heard them for the first time this year. As well, they are in no order […]