Brooklyn Vegan — by Dominick Mastrangelo For the better part of 10 minutes Friday night, at his first of two NYC shows, Andrew Bird, he the all-world whistler/musical alchemist, said not a word. Before he was joined on stage by the rest of... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Montreal's Patrick Watson is opening for Andrew Bird on his current tour which hits NYC Friday night (5/4) at Beacon Theatre. (Tift Merrit is opening the Saturday 5/5 show at the same venue.) If you can't make the Friday... more info

DrownedInSound — Patrick Watson has established himself further as a confident artist who manages to create subtly bewitching worlds which don’t take you too far from the moment. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Sea of Bees' breakup album Orangefarben is this week's new music highlight. I can also recommend Father John Misty's Fear Fun, Hope for Agoldensummer's Life Inside the Body, Lower Dens' Nootropics, and Patrick Watson's Adventures in Your Own Backyard... more info

DrownedInSound — Single of the Week! Patrick Watson - ‘Into Giants’ (Domino) On ‘Into Giants’ Patrick Watson is not messing about, not one toy is getting left in the cupboard. And it is all quite overwhelming, there being so many things here worthy of ... more info

Chorus.fm — *Patrick Watson* (http://www.adventuresinyourownbackyard.com/) is currently streaming their new album, Adventures In Your Own Backyard over at NPR (http://www.npr.org/2012/04/22/150722773/first-listen-patrick-watson-adventures-in-your-own-backyard?ps... more info

Totally Fuzzy — If you could wear out an MP3, Bob Boilen's copy of this record would already have scratches. Patrick Watson's new album, Adventures in Your Own Backyard, comes out May 1. Read more » more info

Guardian Music — (Domino)After touring 2006's Close to Paradise and then 2009's Wooden Arms for five gruelling years, (the band) Patrick Watson opted to record the follow-up in (their singer) Patrick Watson's apartment. Those shared names must cause much confusion on... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Canadian Patrick Watson says his delicate, sweetly melodic-sounding Adventures in Your Own Backyard got some far-flung inspiration despite being recorded at home. more info

Chorus.fm — You can watch *Patrick Watson* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/patrickwatson) perform the title track from his upcoming album, Adventures In Your Own Backyard, here... more info