― Greig (treefell), Thursday, 17 March 2005 11:09 (nineteen years ago) link
I can't seem to find any evidence that he is coming to NY. Anyone heard otherwise? Does he usually stop by when he releases a new album?
― jenn K (satellitesynth), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:00 (nineteen years ago) link
I know this stuff has an audience, and he obviously has talent with a fiddle. But ultimately, his albums and live show bore me.
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:12 (nineteen years ago) link
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― camandas, Friday, 18 March 2005 17:18 (nineteen years ago) link
good luck in austin, OTM. I was was pleasantly surprised to find that he'd dropped the quirkiness of "Oh the Grandeur" in favor of lush, well-written pop songs. I like that sort of thing, of course. I'm also all "Sing out, Louise!" and I'm very, very happy when singers don't just mumble the lyrics. (I probably shouldn't admit to such things on ILXOR). I guess it probably helped that he is well-loved in Chicago and the crowd was all hype. One more thing. Man can whistle.
― dana (siracha), Sunday, 27 November 2005 08:32 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 6 April 2007 22:40 (seventeen years ago) link
His song Oh No, is quite excellent - I'm quite looking forward to his new albumNoble Beast is set to drop on January 20th on Fat Possum in the U.S. and on February 2 on Bella Union in Europe
I really like this video for Nervous Tic Motion (not from the upcoming album)
― ❤ⓛⓞⓥⓔ❤ (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 09:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Noble Beast is great!
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 09:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Bird's last was one of my very favourites of '07. 'Oh No' is a pleasant Wednesday surprise! Thanks.
― Millsner, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 10:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I just hope "Effigy" (from the projected tracklisting) is a CCR cover.
― staggerlee, Thursday, 8 January 2009 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Noble Beast is another typical Andrew Bird records as far as I'm concerned - a couple great tunes ("Oh No" and "Effigy"), a couple loose sketches, and a lot of just "decent" stuff. The instrumental bonus disc, Useless Creatures, is fantastic.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 22 January 2009 16:32 (fifteen years ago) link
this was on in the record store yesterday. i am going to rock a cliche right now but he makes the shins sound like disfear.
― THE HIPSTER DILEMMA (call all destroyer), Thursday, 22 January 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Your cliche was top notch!
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Thursday, 22 January 2009 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Pop White People Like
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Thursday, 22 January 2009 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
He was awesome at the Big Shoulders Inaugural Ball at the Black Cat in DC Monday night.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 22 January 2009 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
He's awesome live, just pretty good on record. I'd go see him in a sump pit.
― staggerlee, Friday, 23 January 2009 01:04 (fifteen years ago) link
he is right now doing an "Sirius XMU session."
it is sounding pretty cool!
― Bee OK, Thursday, 19 March 2009 01:18 (fifteen years ago) link
it's now over, they only gave him a half an hour? anyways you can here it replayed tomorrow at 6 AM Pacific Standard time.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 19 March 2009 01:37 (fifteen years ago) link
http://c438342.r42.cf2.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Andrew-Bird-Break-It-Yourself-cos.jpg
i had no idea this guy had a new album coming out today, hope it's on Spotify.
― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 06:23 (twelve years ago) link
New album is terrific.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Monday, 12 March 2012 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
It is pretty good. I'd really tired of his schtick on the last couple, but this one was pretty enjoyable to sit through. I'm still not 100% a stan and I think this meanders at times, but it was enough to respark my interest in him.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 12 March 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
this one is a bit more rough around the edges than the previous bunch. it's weird, but i like that he sounds like he's straining his voice on some songs. he was venturing too far into "pleasant" territory, and this seems like him fighting back a bit.
― borntohula, Monday, 12 March 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
Saw the "Fever Year" documentary the other night. Makes me want to check out some of his stuff. (I only knew Bird as the guy who does "that peppy whistling song" that gets played on the radio from time to time.)
― henry s, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 10:34 (twelve years ago) link
I've loved every proper album from Mysterious Production of Eggs through Break It Yourself. But I haven't felt super enthused to buy the two most recent releases, which both feel like they're just filling time until a real record. Hands of Glory has some decent stuff, and so does this new Handsome Family covers record—but they're not special enough. The Handsome Family thing in particular feels a little lifeless.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 13 July 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
Did you get/hear the EP (I Want to See Pulaski at Night)?
― austinato (Austin), Sunday, 13 July 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
Oh I forgot about that one. Nice song but it kind of passed me by.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 13 July 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
That's the only proper song on the EP; the rest of it more loop station doodle-y stuff along the lines of Noble Beast.
Worthwhile.
― austinato (Austin), Sunday, 13 July 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link
Just now getting caught up to his release from earlier this year ('Echolocation: Canyon'). It's solo instrumental violin/loop station/whistling doodlery. Very loverly.
― Austin, Friday, 13 November 2015 01:47 (eight years ago) link
I'm eager for him to do a new full-length of proper, original songs. He's done two instrumental releases and a covers record, all fine, but I'm ready for the real goods!
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 13 November 2015 05:36 (eight years ago) link
Well, with the flyer that came in the mail with Echolocations, it explicitly says, "NEW ALBUM IN 2016. . ." (yes, in all caps!) so we may get just that pretty soon.
― Austin, Friday, 13 November 2015 06:12 (eight years ago) link
oh good.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 13 November 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if some of the themes from these last two instrumental releases get developed into whole songs. So, who knows, maybe we've already heard the new album in bits and pieces!
― Austin, Friday, 13 November 2015 15:46 (eight years ago) link
And here we go. . .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y5rqUYDl1U
― Austin, Friday, 5 February 2016 19:40 (eight years ago) link
Well this is quite lovely. <3 <3 Fiona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0QjhPYC-LE
― Roz, Thursday, 17 March 2016 09:22 (eight years ago) link
This is a great album — very streamlined and concise. Overall, probably his most song-oriented LP yet.
And yes, 'Left Handed Kisses' absolutely rules.
― Austin, Friday, 1 April 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
And hey, the bonus 7" that came with my version has two extra songs! The great as anything else on the album 'Shoulder Mountain' and a fancy new recording of 'Pulaski at Night' (retitled here just 'Pulaski'). Great bonus!
― Austin, Friday, 1 April 2016 19:26 (eight years ago) link
"Left Hand Kisses" is one of my favourite tracks this year. I wish Fiona did more but it makes anything she does somewhat of an event
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Friday, 30 December 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0424/6509/products/Echolocations_River_cover_21b12f92-907a-431f-9393-da77a0775cf3_grande.jpeg?v=1506007216
This is easily better than the first one. 'Down Under the Hyperion Bridge' is quite beautiful. Maybe even the prettiest thing he's ever done.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 04:27 (six years ago) link
I guess this was just a one-off single released last year. I really like it.I hardly know anything about this guy. He has a new album coming out in March.I might check out an old album or two. I saw "Eggs" won the albums poll.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEFLR2JnMd0
― nicky lo-fi, Friday, 8 February 2019 14:24 (five years ago) link
Eggs is his best. Start there and go forward.
He was my absolute favorite for a long time and I forever love the run from Eggs to Armchair to Noble Beast. The two that came after are also very good though i don’t think they necessarily offer something the others don’t.
I’m not super crazy about the songs I’ve heard from the new album but I’ll wait for the whole thing.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 8 February 2019 16:16 (five years ago) link
Break it Yourself is his best overall record.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 8 February 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
New album is out today.
There are moments that jump out on first listen—“Cracking Codes” is an early highlight for me. Need to listen to the whole thing a few more times. He’s done other albums that I’ve been vaguely disappointed in on first listen and then turned out to be real growers.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 22 March 2019 15:41 (five years ago) link
I haven't cared about him in a while, but this latest album is sounding really strong on first contact. His sonic hallmarks haven't really changed but the songwriting sounds a lot sharper than it did on....whatever the last album I heard was
― Simon H., Friday, 22 March 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
i put john coltrane on the stereo at my work. the middle aged woman i worked with after discussing the nuances of the swedish language (this is at a swedish museum) said out of nowhere- 'do you like andrew bird'? it was such a non sequitur that i said, 'i mean, yeah he's good... ummm... does he sing in swedish ever or something?' then she said, 'no, i'd just rather listen to that than this.'
classic minnesota passive aggressive
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 22 March 2019 23:11 (five years ago) link
then she put on a Sami radio station and we listened to the Sami version of ICP for 35 minutes. anyway!
Armchair Apocrypha was the first that I heard and I fell in love with it. Kept trying other albums but nothing lived up to that one. "Dark Matter" rules.
― Cow_Art, Friday, 22 March 2019 23:34 (five years ago) link
Second time through and it is growing on me.
I admit to listening on earbuds but there is something about the production on this - like his vocals sound a little bit thinner than usual or something. I’m not sure what it is.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 23 March 2019 01:26 (five years ago) link
New album! I'm to the point where I don't anxiously anticipate his albums (there was a time when I did), but at the same time he rarely disappoints. I'm enjoying this on first listen. Sort of takes me back to Noble Beast era. It's very relaxed, lots of acoustic backing. Still very "Andrew Bird" through and through just a little less rocking than some of the more recent albums.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 3 June 2022 23:12 (one year ago) link
i need to go back to are you serious and figure out where he lost me. thank you for the revive + agreed with the assessment that he rarely disappoints.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Friday, 3 June 2022 23:17 (one year ago) link
Yeah in my mind I think less of Are You Serious and MFWY, but if I actually listen to them there’s not a lot to complain about.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 4 June 2022 00:07 (one year ago) link
I’ve now listened to this album a few times. No particular song has really jumped out at me yet; it’s all still a Birdian mush. And yet I find it all really joyous and wonderful. I’m feeling compelled to keep replaying it even as I’m not sure what it is that’s drawing me to it. I haven’t felt this way about a Bird album since Noble Beast or maybe Break It Yourself.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 4 June 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
okay gave it a listen on our walk just now, and yeah, if you like andrew bird you'll definitely like inside problems. everything that sets him apart is here: charmingly dense narratives, big choruses, some pizzicato solos, all filtered through that undeniably genuine roots rock disposition. highlights for me right now are: "underlands", "atomized", and "eight." my main criticism remains what it was with are you serious?: he does nothing new. granted, everything here is good. i just feel like he's been repeating himself for over a decade at this point. that said, i would rather have him repeat himself with nice songs and enjoyable albums than total crap or (even worse) nothing at all.
a slight addendum and not really related at all to anything i just said: i want to see him do more duets with female vocalists. the ones on record in the past have all been highlights. i saw him in 2013 with tift merritt in tow and, of all the times i saw him, that was *easily* my favorite. anyway: yeah, i like andrew bird a lot and will always have time for him.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Saturday, 4 June 2022 19:10 (one year ago) link
Haven't connected with anything he's made in a decade plus, but The Swimming Hour is well worth a revisit, particularly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tERk1weYeDc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9wGqYa7Q3A
― Indexed, Friday, 8 December 2023 16:05 (five months ago) link
waiting to talk was a reight track as well!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 8 December 2023 16:44 (five months ago) link