11 Albums I Actually Listened to and Liked in 2012
So, as we’ve previously established, I am absolutely terrible at making Best Of Anything lists. Â The lists are either unwieldy or never get finished. Â But as I was sitting around trying to come up with some songs to play on my year-end CHIRP Radio show, I figured that I might as well make up a […]
Guest Post: Seven Albums That Came Out in 2012 That Mike Listened To and Enjoyed the Most
[ Every year, my friend Mike, of Land of Absurdity, contributes his list of favorite albums.  It almost makes up for the fact that I never bother to put these sorts of lists together anymore. Such is life. -S ] Well, the Mayan Apocalypse is upon us, and you would think people would be in a […]
Andrew Bird, Fourth Presbyterian Church; December 21, 2012
Well, the final night of this year’s round of Gezellegheid concerts is upon us. Â This show happened to fall upon the day of that alleged end of the world business, which was acknowledged by Bird in his typical sly way at the end of the set, when he treated the audience to a more stripped […]
Andrew Bird, Fourth Presbyterian Church; December 20, 2012
For the second day of what I have tentatively dubbed Birdmas — stop judging me, I’m tired — we had a setlist that was mostly similar to the first night’s, with only a few deviations, including an acoustic, folk-tinged rendition of “MX Missiles” which had both Mel, our sometimes-blogger and full-time fellow Bird fan, and […]
Andrew Bird, Fourth Presbyterian Church; December 19, 2012
Things you learn at a Gezellegheid show: Andrew Bird’s broken his nose five, maybe now six times. Â Trivia, for those of you who like those things. Â There’s a context for this, but you almost had to be there, and I’ve also sworn not to make any bird puns over the topic. Potential medical complications aside, […]
Andrew Bird, State Theatre, Minneapolis; December 17, 2012
Minneapolis isn’t Andrew Bird’s hometown, but it might as well be. Â He was welcomed to the stage on Monday night like he was a native son. Of course, it helps that he has long-standing ties to the music community here: Martin Dosh has drummed/percussed/gadgeted for Bird since 2004 or so, with Jeremy Ylvisaker joining later […]