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

The Yellow Stereo — Since the announcement of Have One on Me, Joanna Newsom’s follow-up to 2006’s flawless album Ys, Drag City has made available a few streams via their website.  The first of which, “‘81″ resulted in the site being completely overloaded, w... more info

The Late Greats — 33 is my wife's favorite number. This is going to be a great year. Andrew Bird ∞ The Happy Birthday Song (live) more info

All About Jazz — PRESERVATION HALL AND SONY RED DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCE PRESERVATION: AN ALBUM TO BENEFIT PRESERVATION HALL and THE PRESERVATION HALL MUSIC OUTREACH PROGRAM A LANDMARK COLLABORATION BRINGING TOGETHER LEGENDARY AND EMERGING ARTISTS INCLUDING PETE SEEG... more info

Music For Ants — Often chosen to either open, close, or provide an instrumental interlude on an album, untitled works has long been a staple of rock music and director’s cuts of Cameron Crowe movies. Here’s a mix of some of my favorite songs that show great music... more info