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September 5, 2008

New Live Andrew Bird Songs

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The last peep we got out of Andrew Bird was some literal whistling as part of Final Fantasy's Toronto-based St. Kitts Orchestra on the second of Owen Pallet's forthcoming EPs, Plays To Please. Bird played a number of festivals this spring and summer, though, most recently at Outside Lands at the end of August. During those sets, he previewed tracks from the unreleased Armchair Apocrypha followup, A Non-Animal. For instance, the percussive "Master Swarm" from 8/24 at the aforementioned Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park, SF.

"Master Swarm" @ Outside Lands

You can double check on this and see/hear more new AB ("Oh No!," "Anonanimal," and "Section 8 City") from his set at at Cincinnati's MusicNOW! Festival in April and another take on "Master Swarm" over at you aint no picasso.

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as perhaps the biggest a.bird fan on steregum (and the one who captured the webcast you posted :)), this "young swan" song doesn't exist. someone just misinterpreted his words. if you listen to the songs, they're the same thing.

Posted by: pat at 09/05/08 1:59 PM | Reply
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brandon

You're right. Too bad, "Young Swan" went so well with the bad "Bird Songs" pun in the title. Fixed.

Posted by: brandon profile link in reply to pat's comment at 09/05/08 2:05 PM | Reply
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Gotta say, caught Mr. Bird at his free hometown gig at Pritzker Pavillion in Millenium Park and that was hott. He wooed the Chi crowd and brought out older and sneak peeks from the upcoming January release, lots of clapping and loops--loved it. So excited for the new record!

Posted by: jodifer at 09/05/08 5:12 PM | Reply
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the gig in millennium park was absolutely amazing. . . great to see how he works the tracks live. . . everyone was mesmerized!!!

Posted by: noiseboy in reply to jodifer's comment at 09/05/08 11:59 PM | Reply
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presumably you mean Sectionate City? that was on his Soldier On EP, not his new one.

Posted by: tyler at 09/05/08 9:29 PM | Reply
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Dosh is such a perfect fit to do his drumming. And his solo album from this year is great as well. It's called "Wolves and Wishes" and Andrew is feature on it more than a few times. Just letting you all know.

Posted by: zayin_451 at 09/06/08 3:15 AM | Reply
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