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October 13, 2008

Andrew Bird Previews New Songs In NYC

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Lately, we've been doing quite a bit of Andrew Bird watching. There's the studio version of "Oh No" from the forthcoming Noble Beast, but also a number of live Bird songs (including "Oh No") floating around out there. After Bird's recent show at the Hiro Ballroom in NYC, we can add a couple more tracks to the flock. You've likely heard one before ("Masterswarm"), but there are some Noble Beasts newbies. The person recording these has a good camera/vantage point:

"Masterswarm"

"Natural Disaster"

"Fitz And The Dizzyspells"

Plus, a new version of "The Confession":

Noble Beast is out in January on Fat Possum.

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he played a few of these last week when he was upstate

Posted by: Aaron profile link at 10/13/08 1:46 PM  | Reply
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Don't you know that NYC kids like to think they're the center of the world? Don't mention that he played this upstate -- no one cares about NY outside of Williamsburg. *goes to smoke a fag*

Posted by: NoOneCaresAboutIthaca  in reply to Aaron's comment at 10/13/08 6:11 PM  | Reply
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Ithaca is gorges and I'm sure Andrew Bird was great there.

Posted by: Scott profile link  in reply to NoOneCaresAboutIthaca's comment at 10/13/08 6:36 PM  | Reply
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Wow. I clicked through the videos and watched them in high quality at youtube and you are right, thats a pretty awesome recording.

Posted by: RyanJ at 10/13/08 2:06 PM  | Reply
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"Natural Disaster" is a new favorite of mine. I was blown away when I saw him play it this past week in Ithaca and Portsmouth. January can't get here soon enough.

Posted by: Katie at 10/16/08 8:41 PM  | Reply
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He played some of these songs at All Points West this summer. Amazing there too!

Posted by: B at 11/28/08 10:02 PM  | Reply
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Andrew "Noble Beast" is absolutely DELICIOUS. The lyrics are poetic and unique with such a soft emotional touch. The music is irresistable with so much depth and so very intriguing that you want to listen over and over again. DELICIOUS KBIRD

Posted by: KAREN J BIRD at 02/07/09 11:34 AM  | Reply
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