melophobe — I am all for artists workshopping their songs in concerts. It’s kind of like how comedians need to put in their stand up time before the big HBO special or holiday themed laugh fest. We loved seeing Sufjan Stevens last fall as he worked through The... more info

Stereogum — The 2-Disc Tradi-Mods Vs. Rockers: Alternative Takes On Congotronics finds “indie rock” (and etc.) folks like Animal Collective, Micachu & The Shapes, Andrew Bird, Optimo, Oneida, Deerhoof, and Megafaun remixing and/or covering songs from Congotr... more info

DrownedInSound — This week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring the works of Liars, !!!, NLF3, Ramadanman, Raime, Danny Saul, Andrew Bird and more! Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

DrownedInSound — Useless Creatures more than holds its own against its sister album. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

KEXP Seattle — Creatures run amok in this week’s roundup, which includes new releases from Pepper Rabbit, Andrew Bird, Gold Panda, Gospel Claws, and The Octopus Project. And speaking of animal collectives, one of AC’s primary songwriters, Avey Tare, channels so... more info

MVSW — Andrew Bird ~ “Hot Math”(mp3 download) Originally the album, Useless Creatures, was only released with the deluxe edition of Andrew Bird‘s Noble Beast album. Now Bird‘s instrumental album is getting its own release on October 25th. In additio... more info

Silent Uproar — Andrew Bird will release the instrumental album Useless Creatures on October 25th through Fat Possum. The set was previously only available with the deluxe edition of Noble Beast. [fatpossum.com] more info

Totally Fuzzy — S R Management said... Tricks Synthetic Podcast keeps on rolling with "No Stone unRolled, Part 2, Kazoo You" with: Miss You - The Kazoo-a-kats I'm Free - Tell Tale Hearts Last Time - The Who All Sold Out - Twelve12 She's A Rainbow - London Symphonic ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — When Andrew Bird released his 2009 album Noble Beast, he added a bonus disc of instrumental music that he titled Useless Creatures. Well no new album is on the way from the crafty Mr. Bird this year, but he is going to give Useless Creatures an offic... more info

DrownedInSound — Another wonderful edition of this week's Spotifriday playlist featuring Bowie, Blake, No Age, Abe Vigoda, Dios, Max Richter, Andrew Bird...and, of course, a fair few more. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info