By Sarah, on December 24th, 2012% Tweet
Andrew Bird, Hideout Block Party, September 24, 2011
Well, the final night of this year’s round of Gezellegheid concerts is upon us. This show happened to fall upon the day of that alleged end of the world business, which was acknowledged by Bird in his typical sly way at the end . . . → Read More: Andrew Bird, Fourth Presbyterian Church; December 21, 2012
By Sarah, on December 22nd, 2012% Tweet
Andrew Bird – Museum of Contemporary Art, December 2011
For the second day of what I have tentatively dubbed Birdmas — stop judging me, I’m tired — we had a setlist that was mostly similar to the first night’s, with only a few deviations, including an acoustic, folk-tinged rendition of “MX . . . → Read More: Andrew Bird, Fourth Presbyterian Church; December 20, 2012
By Sarah, on December 20th, 2012% Tweet
Andrew Bird – Atlanta, GA, 3/17/12
Things you learn at a Gezellegheid show: Andrew Bird’s broken his nose five, maybe now six times. Trivia, for those of you who like those things. There’s a context for this, but you almost had to be there, and I’ve also sworn not to make . . . → Read More: Andrew Bird, Fourth Presbyterian Church; December 19, 2012
By Sarah, on December 18th, 2012% Tweet
Minneapolis isn’t Andrew Bird’s hometown, but it might as well be. He was welcomed to the stage on Monday night like he was a native son. Of course, it helps that he has long-standing ties to the music community here: Martin Dosh has drummed/percussed/gadgeted for Bird since 2004 or so, with Jeremy . . . → Read More: Andrew Bird, State Theatre, Minneapolis; December 17, 2012
By Sarah, on July 14th, 2012% Tweet
Abigail Washburn
I’d sworn off outdoor festivals for a little while, once they stopped being fun, but the lineup for Louisville, Kentucky’s tenth annual Forecastle Fest swayed me. The lure of a good road trip was also a bit too good to resist, and so here I am, in a hotel . . . → Read More: Forecastle Festival, Day One
By Sarah, on May 15th, 2012% Tweet
Andrew Bird took the stage on Saturday night to a packed Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, after a rousing set by local punk rock marching band Mucca Pazza. There’s always something special about seeing Bird back in Chicago, on home turf, even if he hasn’t reliably called Chicago proper home in some time . . . → Read More: Concert Review: Andrew Bird, Auditorium Theatre, 5/12/12
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