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, 2010% Nora O’Connor joined Andrew Bird on stage for a handful of songs, including a acoustic cover of the Handsome Family’s “Don’t Be Scared”, which literally gave me chills. Some great stuff has been going on at these Gezellegheid shows, and I can only hope that they do in fact become an annual tradition. . . . → Read More: Andrew Bird, Fourth Presbyterian Church, 12/17
By Sarah, on December 17th, 2010% Tweet
I don’t know what went on between Wednesday night and Thursday, but something magical happened, because this show was amazing. Andrew Bird came out strong with a newer song, “Hole in the Ocean Floor”, setting a high bar for the rest of the night. Not even flubbed loops or a handful of . . . → Read More: Andrew Bird, Fourth Presbyterian Church, 12/16
By Sarah, on December 16th, 2010% With these shows, all bets are off, as Bird frees himself to try out new songs, or to introduce us to older ones which are continuously evolving. . . . → Read More: Andrew Bird, Fourth Presbyterian Church, 12/15
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