Andrew Bird Plays A New Song In Nigel Godrich's Basement

Jessica just gave us Andrew Bird's Progress Report. Before that, we spotted he and Yo-Yo Ma smiling and whistling at each other and heard a bunch of new Bird songs. Andrew's clearly not ashamed to go step beyond Armchair Apocrypha. In fact, he just performed a previously unreleased song in Nigel Godrich's basement. It's a lengthy, thoughtful track called "Sectionate City" that involves plucking and whistling, because that's how Andrew got his name. Go Bird watching (via You Ain't No Picasso). It seems new, but it's not on Noble Beast (1/27 via Fat Possum). Maybe a B-side? It's from the Soldier On EP. Perhaps he'll play it on this upcoming tour:

11/20 - London, England @ St Giles-in-the-Fields
11/21 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Church de Duif
01/28 - New York, NY @ Carnegie Hall #
01/30 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre %
02/03 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club %
02/04 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse %
02/06 - Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Theatre %
02/07 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues %
02/12 - Austin, TX @ Paramount Theater %
02/13 - Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey %
02/14 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater %
02/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre %
02/19 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore %
02/20 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore %
02/21 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater %
02/23 - Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theater %
02/24 - Boise, ID @ The Knitting Factory %
02/25 - Murray, UT @ The Murray Theater %
02/26 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater %
02/27 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown %

# w/ Dosh
% w/ Loney, Dear

Posted at 10:26 AM by brandon in Tour Dates, Video
Tags: Andrew Bird

5 Comments

Andrew Bird is simply one of those people that will unceasingly try to make the world a better, more beautiful place, come hell or highwater. The man is love.

Posted by: Lucretius at 11/20/08 10:57 AM | Reply
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That comment made the world a better place. Or at least it made the internet a better place. its refreshing to see talk back featuring genuine heartfelt praise. and yeah, Andrew Bird is amazing.

Posted by: wldrpretnd in reply to Lucretius's comment at 11/20/08 11:03 AM | Reply
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that's 'sectionate city' it was on his tour ep 'soldier on' last year.

Posted by: mister dix at 11/20/08 11:13 AM | Reply
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You are very correct. I updated the post.

Posted by: brandon  in reply to mister dix's comment at 11/20/08 11:19 AM | Reply
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see also:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47929-soldier-on-ep

Posted by: mister dix at 11/20/08 11:14 AM | Reply
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