Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on Am Ex presale for the Andrew Bird show at Radio City Music Hall. Public Enemy are celebrating Flavor Flav's 50th birthday at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill on Sunday March 15th. Tickets are on sale.... more info

Altsounds — Following up a sold out U.S. tour opening for Andrew Bird, Sweden's *Loney Dear* is thrilled to announce its own round of headlining U.S. tour dates which start May 4 in Philadelphia. The band will make several appearances at SXSW in Austin, then wil... more info

Pitchfork — Live music on T.V. this week: Monday, March 2: Comedy Central: The Colbert Report: David ByrneCBS: Late Show With David Letterman: U2NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Justin Timberlake, Van Morrison, the Roots (house band) Tuesday, March 3: CBS: Lat... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Andrew Bird @ MHOW (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Let's re-quote something Andrew Bird told the NY Times for a second...Bird's publicist had wanted him to play one of the first shows on his coming tour at Radio City Music... more info

Stereogum — On the heels of the Letterman love, "Fitz And Dizzyspells" gets itself a charming little Digitelio-directed video with plenty of Chi-city bona fides. That is to say: lots of snow, scenes shot at the Hideout, a throng of paraders from the Mucca Paz... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Band of Horses - Plans (Grizzly Bear cover) (MP3) Band of Horses @ the Parish in Austin (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Like Andrew Bird before them, Band of Horses will play the fancy schmancy Carnegie Hall in NYC.... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR's Day to Day interviews Robyn Hitchcock about his new album, Goodnight Oslo. The Boston Globe profiles singer-songwriter Juana Molina. The Seattle Times profiles singer-songwriter-whistler Andrew Bird. While Bird's albums are painstakingly crafte... more info

The Late Greats — So after a week, I hope you, my dedicated readers, have an idea of who this bass player with a funky last name. is. And I hope I exposed you to some music you hadn’t heard anywhere else. We finish this theme week with the most recent addition ... more info

Stereogum — The tour pairing tuneful and sensitive Swedish troubadour Loney Dear with sensitive and tuneful Chicagoan troubadour Andrew Bird has made its way to the west coast, stopping last night at Los Angeles's Orpheum Theatre. Bringing these two together ... more info

Pitchfork — ABC News has launched a new series on its website called "New Music Monday", and they've invited Pitchfork to be a part of it. Pitchfork writers will appear regularly in the series, chatting about notable albums they have recently reviewed. So far, A... more info