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No Direction Home Festival Announces Lineup

No Direction Home Festival is the newest creation from the team behind End of the Road Festival. End of the Road Festival, circa 2005, prides itself on quality music, beer and food. Director and curator Simon explains, "This is the kind of festival where the ENTIRE line-up is the headliner in itself! The idea with the End of the Road Festival was to organize an intimate festival with our favorite artists and to create a festival with a friendly and relaxed feel. You won't get all the over hyped bands headlining." In fact, "most bands play longer sets than usual. We take pride in being an independent festival."   read more

Video Premiere: Andrew Bird Break It Yourself Preview

Andrew Bird’s highly anticipated follow up to 2009’s Noble Beast won’t hit shelves until March 6, but we’ve got a few exclusive details about his upcoming album. The album is titled Break it Yourself and will be released on Mom + Pop records. It was produced at his Western Illinois barn-turned-studio. Break it Yourself is Bird’s twelfth album.   read more

25 Albums We're Looking Forward to in 2012

It’s 2012, a year long-rumored to bring about the end of the world. So, if our time really is limited, there's no reason to waste it on bad music. Here are 25 albums we expect to be among the best of the year.   read more

Andrew Bird Announces New Album and 2012 Tour

Andrew Bird had been hinting at a new studio album for awhile now after working on the soundtrack to the indie film Norman, which released this past October. Now, as Pitchfork reports, the whistling multi-instrumentalist has officially announced the new album, entitled Break It Yourself.  read more

Watch Andrew Bird Documentary Trailer

For those of you who don't make it out to festivals, this may be the only look you get at the documentary Andrew Bird: Fever Year. These hybrid concert footage/documentaries are all the rage these days (check Sigur Ros' Inni), but this one looks particularly interesting as it documents Andrew Bird's sickly touring lifestyle: "Have I simply been ill this year or am just turning into another type of animal?"   read more

Full Tracklist to Muppets Soundtrack Revealed, Includes Andrew Bird and More

In preparation for the the upcoming Muppets film starring Jason Segel, aptly titled The Muppets, Disney will release an accompanying soundtrack on Nov. 21, two days prior to the film's release date.  read more

Hear New Andrew Bird Track From Norman

About a month ago, we covered Andrew Bird's announcement to be working on the film score for the upcoming indie film, Norman. The classically-trained multi-instrumentalist shows a side of himself we've never seen before in this track entitled "Hospital". The swelling background strings and Bird's high-pitched violin slides give the track a deeply sobering sound that apparently is the soundtrack of some very emotional moments in a hospital.   read more

Andrew Bird to Release Norman Film Score in October

Andrew Bird, the multi-instrumentalist and classically trained singer-songwriter will be releasing his first instrumental score for the upcoming movie, Norman, on Oct. 11. Bird's Norman soundtrack is the newest in a trend of bands and solo artists writing film scores, spotlighted most recently by Trent Reznor's The Social Network and Karen O's Where the Wild Things Are soundtracks. The soundtrack features both an instrumental score and an assortment of both original and previously released songs.   read more

Andrew Bird Documentary in the Works

If you aren’t going to get the chance to catch Andrew Bird on tour this fall, you’ll have the opportunity to see him on the big screen....  read more

Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, Andrew Bird To Play Celebrate Brooklyn Shows

Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists and Andrew Bird are slated to play shows as part of this year’s Celebrate Brooklyn series....  read more