Download The Wooden Birds' mellow indie cover of Jackson Browne's 'Somebody's Baby.'
Watch the full video at Baeblemusic.com Ik heb altijd een zwak gehad voor de muziek van de Wooden Birds , de band van Andrew Kenny, ooit de voorman van The American Analog Set. De twee albums van de band laten een heerlijk, bijna hypnotiserend geluid horen. Bij de Wooden Birds vind je geen pretenties, maar gewoon een clubje klassemuzikanten dat lekkere muziek wil maken. En daar slagen ze prima in. Two Matchsticks , de CD die de band dit jaar uitbracht, is een echte aanrader, al lijkt het er op dat de [...]

American Analog Set – "The Following Morning" I return from slumber.
Click image to download full album Song: Pinback - True North "Pinback - True North" What's so good? Black Friday / Record Store Day (same thing) is notably awesome for the singles that many bands release in celebration (or with hope of making some sales). To the pleasure of my ears, Pinback was one such band, releasing a special 73 titled Information Retrieved A , which is supposed to last us until their full album is released in early [...]
In 48 hours I'll be airborne, flying east towards Newark Airport, set to embark on a lengthy trip that will take me from the East Coast of these United States all the way around the world to Delhi, India. To say I'm excited would be the understatement of the year. I'm really, really looking forward [...]
I tell you, Dinner Club is moving along at a remarkable pace. And by that I mean we have no fucking idea what we're doing, and might very well be retarded when it comes to making and keeping dinner plans. Meeting #3 was scheduled and rescheduled roughly a dozen different times between June 23rd and [...]

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[American Analog Set - "Gone To Earth" MP3] "I'm between Galena, Illinois and Rockford. Where the Peaches played. Is that the second A League Of Their Own reference I've made this summer? Yikes. I spent last evening and the first part of today with my Aunt Kathy and Uncle Jeffrey. Uh… They fed me a [...]
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Tweet The Wooden Birds are a reincarnation of a number of different acts - Western Keys, American Analog Set, and Matt Pond PA - coming together to create an organic, unique and folk sound. This quartet - Andrew Kenny, Leslie Sisson, Sean Haskins and Matt Pond - comes to us from Austin, TX. Definitely not a stranger when it comes to the touring music scene, The Wooden Birds have made a new name for themselves by performing at SXSW and making the rounds in Europe and the [...]

I don't get to see my Sister very often because we live on opposite sides of the country from eachother. She came to visit me this past weekend and forgot a couple of cd's in my car when she left. Even though Montreal is a lot better known for it's music scene than Jasper, we still seem to have very similar taste in tunes. Here is the first one I popped into the ole stereo and have been listening to for the past 3 days. Reminds me of summer. Stay tuned for the second cd... 1. [...]

Words by Chris Carosi Released: June 7, 2011 Label: Barsuk The Wooden Birds appeared as a side project nearly 2 years ago in Austin with the excellent Magnolia . Andrew Kenny (former frontman of The American Analog Set ), Matt Pond ( Matt Pond PA ), Leslie Sisson (collaborator with both bands), and Sean Haskins (some guy) form hypnotizing little country tumblers that have these sweet little sentimental souls. That's a lot of adjectives (more on the way). The Wooden [...]

dcfc-tour.net Though if I'm being period-correct, the title of this post should probably read " American Analog Set's Andrew Kenny", seeing as how when the Home: Volume V EP was released in 2003, he was still fronting his beloved Austin-based atmospheric-pop outfit. Only since putting it in mothballs a half-decade ago has he had The Wooden Birds at the top of his resume. But semantics. The mini-album was a split release that paired a set of Kenny compositions with a set by Death Cab [...]

Click image to download full album Song: Pinback - Penelope "Pinback - Penelope" What's so good? More frequent patrons may be noting that I've been featuring a number of look-back tracks lately. This is both due to a lack of compelling new songs on any given day, as well as the fact that I've now uploaded my entire iTunes library onto Google Music , allowing me to stream it from anywhere in the world (the result being a lot [...]

"] Two days from the longest day of the year, but all I see outside is grey. Time to pull the blinds, put on headphones and retreat into song. Lia Ices - Daphne [Grown Unknown, 2011] Caribou - Bees [ The Milk of Human Kindness, 2005] American Analog Set - The Only One [Know By Heart, 2001] Iron & Wine - Big Burned Hand [Kiss Each Other Clean, 2011] Bonnie [...]
Rating: 4.5/5 While minimalist indie may go unnoticed to those looking for big beats and skull-crushing basslines, those music lovers who have refined their ear to tune it to such beautiful EPs such as Chicago's The Pear Traps ' self-titled EP will find themselves in for quite the treat. Formed in 2009, The Pear Traps are a 5 piece band from Chicago who's music mixes lo-fi garage rock and alt-country. They pride themselves on influences from The Replacements to Atlas Sound. What The Pear Traps have done so well in their self-titled [...]

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars It's not like Andrew Kenny is new in town, so if you haven't heard of his work before, you better get back to your homework. But, that being said, his work with American Analog Set has seemed to dominate discussions, at least in comparison to his other projects. While he made small steps away from that with the first Wooden Birds release, Magnolia , it appears he can clearly put the past aside, as [...]

It's time again for summer memories. The kind that forever take on a sepia hue in your mind. Or on your iPhone, since it has that fancy tool. Have any made it to your wall? (I mean your physical wall. Inside your home.) I want some sepia-toned videos. Can you make that happen? Sorry. It's this album. It immediately conjures this kind of feeling, right from track one. Like it's the soundtrack to your slightly clouded memories. Or a fondly-remembered road trip. [...]
The stories painted in the lyrics are perhaps the best part of The Wooden Birds' latest winning album.
For such a mellow, soothing album, The Wooden Birds ' 2009 debut, Magnolia , caused quite a stir among critics. Some lauded the simplistic composition and former American Analog Set frontman Andrew Kenny's breathy vocals, while others loathed the exact same qualities, calling it a mediocre Elliott Smith/Iron & Wine knockoff. Fortunately, Kenny, Matt Pond (of Matt Pond PA), and Leslie Sisson persevered-and it paid off. Two Matchsticks maintains the simplicity of Magnolia, while adding sonic depth and variety previously unseen, resulting in an album that grows warmer [...]
The weather has been really nice in Los Angeles for the past week or so. It has provided me with numerous opportunities to take my new car out for drives across the city, up the coast highway, over the hills and through the valleys. And since my car does not have a tape deck (which [...]