Andrew Bird: Tour Dates + MP3s

Andrew Bird appears to have more than mere avian powers, he also seems to affect the Apoidea family for he has set the indie hive buzzing. With last Tuesday's release of Armchair Apocrypha many bloggers have finally glommed onto the fact that Bird makes some fascinating music. On this new record Bird has collaborated, successfully, with electronic musician Martin Dosh who also puts out his own records as Dosh. Bird and Dosh learned how to work together while performing live and this led to the creation of one particular song on the new Bird record, "Simple X". Dosh often opened the shows with a solo performance and would play a song from his 2004 recording, Pure Trash, called "Simple Exercises". This song worked it's way under Bird's skin until he pried it out by penning some lyrics to the instrumental song, the result is on Armchair Apocrypha and is simply called "Simple X".


Here's that something from Armchair Apocrypha [BUY]
simple x [mp3]

FIND MORE ANDREW BIRD MP3s HERE.


and this is the original song by Dosh - from the album Pure Trash [BUY]
simple exercises [mp3]


This is from Bird's previous release The Mysterious Production of Eggs [BUY]

nervous tic motion of the head to the left [mp3]

From the album Weather Systems

lull [mp3]


Here's a live performance recording done for French radio. You can truly appreciate what a talent Bird is in these recordings before a small studio audience.
BLACK SESSION - March 21st 2005 [mp3s]
introduction
sovay
why?
a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
measuring cups
banking on a myth
masterfade
fake palindromes
armchair apocryhists
tables and chairs
capitol isle
lull

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GO HERE to listen to Bird's 2007 SXSW performance of songs from Armchair Apocrypha "Plasticities," "Imitosis," and "Scythian Empires."

TOUR DATES
Mar 22 - London, England - Bush Hall - SOLD OUT!
Mar 23 - Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
http://www.andrewbird.net/shows.shtml#
Mar 25 - Stockholm, Sweden - Sodrateatern
Mar 29 - Paris, France - La Maroquinerie - SOLD OUT!
Mar 30 - Amiens, France - Musique de Jazz et d'Ailleurs Festival
Mar 31 - Benicassim, Spain - CinemaScore
http://www.andrewbird.net/shows.shtml#
Apr 12 - Detroit, MI - The Majestic Theater
Apr 13 - Columbus, OH - The Southern Theater
Apr 14 - Newport, KY - The Southgate House
Apr 16 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
Apr 17 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
Apr 18 - Urbana, IL - The Canopy Club
Apr 20 - Chicago, IL - The Riviera Theater
Apr 21 - Milwaukee, WI - The Pitman Theater at Alverno College
Apr 22 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
Apr 23 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
Apr 25 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theater
Apr 27 - Tucson, AZ - The Rialto Theater
Apr 28 - Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival - SOLD OUT!
May 1 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
May 2 - Sacramento, CA - Harlowe's - Just added!
May 4 - Portland, OR - The Crystal Ballroom
May 5 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox Theater
May 6 - Bellingham, WA - Viking Union Multipurpose Room at Western Washington University - On Sale March 16 !
May 11 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
May 12 - Grinnell, IA - Herrick Chapel, Grinnell College - SOLO SHOW
May 16 - Boston, MA - Berklee Performance Center at the Berklee College of Music
May 17 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
May 18 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts
May 20 - Washington, DC - 930 Club
May 26 - Beverungen, Germany - Orange Blossom Special
May 28 - Berlin, Germany - Lido
May 30 - Coimbra, Portugal - Teatro Académico Gil Vicente
May 31 - Lisbon, Portugal - Cine-Teatro São Jorge
Jun 1 - Braga, Portugal - Theatro Circo
Jun 4 - Paris, France - La Cigale
Jun 7 - London, England - Scala

Andrew Bird's latest, Armchair Apocrypha, and all of Martin Dosh's recorded output on Anticon can be found at eMusic. Check out eMusic's free trial offer of 25 DRM-free downloads.