Altsounds — The Voice Project launches to support Ugandan women’s groups who are using music to bring the child soldiers home - Featuring Andrew Bird, Mike Mills, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Joseph Arthur, Joe Purdy, Dawes, SoKo & many more ... more info

Pitchfork — The Voice Project is a nonprofit that raises awareness about the civil war in Northern Uganda, and it also posts videos of artists covering other artists. In the clip below, Andrew Bird takes on Cass McCombs' "Meet Me Here at Dawn", with Priscilla Ah... more info

Guardian Music — The mainstay of classical and folk music, the violin has always been associated with class, virtuousity and sentimentalityWhat is it? The younger sibling of the viola and cello, it's an instrument that exudes class, virtuosity and sentimentality.Who ... more info

Music for Robots — I don't know why I'm writing about Minneapolis so much these days. I think a lot of Twin Cities music has just come my way, for some reason. Dosh - Subtractions. When I lived in Minneapolis, I never fully looked into Mr. Martin Dosh and his... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — osh has a new album coming out April 13 from anticon. called Tommy, which is unfortunately not a cover of the Who epic in its entirety. It does, however, have this track featuring frequent collaborator Andrew Bird. "Number 41" opens with a spliced bo... more info

Pasta Primavera — You like artists like The Walkmen, Arcade Fire, Andrew Bird and such right?  Well imagine that sound translated through a minimal experimental jazz dixieland compression machine.  That’s what San Diego’s The Paddle Boat comes across as. ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Dosh - Subtractions (MP3) Dosh @ Webster Hall in October '08 (more by Tim Griffin) Drummer, electronics aficionado and Andrew Bird collaborator Dosh has a new record coming out on Anticon. Tommy, his fifth, is due... more info

Stereogum — Andrew Bird covering "Shake It And Break It" must have brought back Squirrel Nut Zippers memories. Listen to it an 18 more Dixieland covers here. Nice Tom Waits impression, Louis Armstrong. more info

Fantastic Weapon — The headline of this post was taken from a conversation I had with my 5 year old nephew about 5 minutes ago. Here I am on a Friday night, updating the website while babysitting the sister's kid. He's watching Nick Jr. and eating fruitsnacks and was p... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New York Times profiles author Don DeLillo. Honolulu Weekly interviews singer-songwriter Andrew Bird. Eye Weekly interviews Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt about his new album, Realism. People often attempt to read autobiography into Mag... more info