Just about every year, Yo La Tengo take over their hometown club Maxwell's for a series of Hanukkah shows, which are generally described as amazing and which often feature a few special guests…   Read Story »

Last night, Andrew Bird stopped by the eerily silent, hurricane-stricken studio at the Late Show With David Letterman, bringing Tift Merritt, his peer in singer-songwriterdom, with him. Bird played…   Read Story »

Townes Van Zandt's almighty ballad "If I Needed You" is one of those near-perfect songs that it's just about impossible to effectively cover, even if that hasn't stopped every subway-platform…   Read Story »

Next month, Andrew Bird will release the eight-song Hands Of Glory, a release intended to be a companion piece to this year's Break It Yourself. It was recorded by Bird's full band playing…   Read Story »

Over the weekend, thousands of fans flocked to this year's Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park. Overcast and chilly weather was offset by the fire from the Metallica pyrotechnics and warm vibes from…   Read Story »

In Andrew Bird's video for the lilting Break It Yourself song "Give It Away," a human pinata visits a birthday party, with predictably disastrous results, before the assembled moppets band together…   Read Story »

Andrew Bird's new animated video for "Eyeoneye" is a psychedelic affair in which little gremlins living inside Bird's body conspire to break his heart and make thoughts explode in his brain. There's…   Read Story »

Andrew Bird stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to play two Break It Yourself cuts, "Eyeoneye" and "Give It Away." Watch the performances below. Break It Yourself is out now on Mom +…   Read Story »

With their first Coachella 2012 performances a not-quite-distant memory, over the weekend some artists engaged in live collaborations to make for unique experiences in their second fest go-around.…   Read Story »

Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert played host to handsome whistling man Stephen Colbert, receiving the coveted Colbert Bump in the process. Bird, you will be unsurprised to learn,…   Read Story »