Obscure Sound — “You Amaze Me” is a delightful piece of indie-pop from Owen Duff, a showcase of melodically soaring vocals and chamber-pop inclinations. Somewhere between Jens Lekman’s hook-y charm, Jellyfish’s power-pop effervescence, and Andrew Bird’s ex... more info

JamBase — Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird has confirmed a series of upcoming dates including symphonic performances. The post Andrew Bird Announces Orchestral Performances & Special Shows appeared first on JamBase. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Andrew will also be performing songs from his soundtrack to film 'Blue Heart' after screenings of the film in NYC and Chicago. Continue reading… more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — We’ve been seeing a lot of multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird the past few years we certainly are not complaining about it. The most recent run of his tour saw him playing smaller theatre-sized venues as compared to the slightly larger club sized sh... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's NYC-area shows include the Tibet House US Benefit (with Blood Orange, Angel Olsen, Stephin Merritt, and more), Bob Weir & Phil Lesh, Shopping, Andrew Bird, The Men, Frigs, the debut show of David Byrne's ambitious new stage show, ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Signature previewed March's best new books. Andrew Bird covered the Mountain Goats' "Distant Stations." February's best eBook deals. The JC interviewed author Laura Lippman. Drowned in Sound reconsidered the Cure's Pornography album. eBook on sale fo... more info

Stereogum — Tomorrow, Capitol Records is releasing Holidays Rule Volume 2, a sequel to the 2012 compilation that found the likes of the Shins and Andrew Bird covering seasonal classics. For the next installment, they've rounded up a new roster of artists includi... more info

Stereogum — Andrew Bird occasionally goes on Facebook Live to broadcast his Live From The Great Room performance series, and today he brought on Tim Heidecker as the special guest. They debuted one new song each and also did a handful of other tracks. Together, ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — One of the coolest things about New York City during the summertime is the full range of free concerts at various venues across the city.  On one of these recent summer nights we were treated to an absolutely beautiful free show from the one and onl... more info

Stereogum — After playing in Trip Shakespeare and fronting Semisonic in the '90s, Dan Wilson largely moved onto a career as a songwriter for other people, co-writing hits like Adele's "Someone Like You" and the Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready To Make Nice" along with s... more info