Andrew Bird - Hot Math Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Andrew Bird drops knowledge with over 14 albums of recordings. Today Bird dropped this lo-fi instrumental doozy, which he recorded in his barn from his 2010 full instrumental album Useless Creatures via Fat Possum. Kid is so damn creative. Download and listen for yourself above.
Andrew Bird has announced a handful of North American dates set to early next year. The singer will play two dates in Los Angeles on January 15 and 16 as well as a date in Santa Cruz on January 29. The California dates are set to be preceded by three previously announced sold-out shows in Chicago starting today and running through Friday. Andrew Bird will be playing in support of his latest album, ' Useless Creatures '. Tour dates: December 15 Fourth Presbyterian Church (SOLD OUT) Chicago, IL* [...]

As we reported earlier , Andrew Bird is releasing an instrumental album, Useless Creatures , as a standalone CD and LP next week on Tuesday, October 26, via Fat Possum Records . Previously, Useless Creatures was only available with the deluxe edition of his 2009 album , Noble Beast . But we've got a little taste of Useless Creatures to tide you over until next week. Check out "Hot Math", a seven minute-plus, raw instrumental that features a lot of plucking action. Listen below: [...]

Andrew Bird's Useless Creatures , the companion album to last year's Noble Beast , is getting its very own release on Bella Union . Look for it on 10/25 and download a track from it below right now: MP3: Andrew Bird- Hot Math / via / -
Andrew Bird - Hot Math On October 25, Andrew Bird will release Useless Creatures , an instrumental album which will include 9-tracks featuring guests Wilco's Glenn Kotche and Todd Sickafoose. "Hot Math," available as a free download from Bella Union. ' Hot Math ' is a lo-fi recording I made myself in my barn," Bird said in a NY Times column last year. "It's an example of a West African polyrhythmic groove I've been into for years and in this case I was clearly enjoying myself. This is elusive stuff. [...]

Esta es la pista número ocho del todo instrumental Useles cares , que si bien sale a la venta el día 25, no es propiamente un álbum nuevo. Se trata del volumen que en su momento formó parte de la edición especial de Noble beast (2009), obra maestra de Andrew Bird . El combo todavía está disponible en varias tiendas en línea y aunque la etiqueta marque treinta y pico de dólares, la verdad es que no hay forma de tasar la sempiterna "Oh no" . [7"] Andrew Bird [...]

Andrew Bird 's most current album Noble Beast has been offered in a deluxe packaging with an instrumental album entitled Useless Creatures since 2009, but this October 25th Fat Possum will release Useless Creatures for the first time as a stand-alone CD/LP. And while it's not Bird's best work to date, the "ambient experimental album" is certainly worth checking out if you're at all interesting in crazy violin loops and blissful ambiance. Check out an excellent cut from the album below and pre-order Useless Creatures [...]
Andrew Bird sets out on a brief jaunt of Southern European churches next month before playing a few more Stateside in Boston, D.C. and Chicago in December. Churches, you say? It's the second installment of his Gezelligheid shows, borrowed from the snuggly Dutch . Fat Possum will also release Bird's instrumental album, Useless Creatures , on October 25. The album formerly accompanied his recent full-length, Noble Beast, as bonus material. Earlier this year Mr. Bird made a heroic appearance alongside UI's own Margaret Cho in her video for " I'm [...]
Andrew Bird - Oh No This track was a favourite of mine over the holidays, a real winter warmer, and now I can finally post it because Andrew Bird's new album of whimsical idiosyncrasies is out Tuesday - and every track is available to stream over at his MySpace ! Noble Beast is considerably different from his last few albums: more restrained, calculated...mature, even. This song was originally inspired by a despondent three-year-old child sitting in front of Andew Bird on a flight, wailing the words "oh no" in such a mournfully melodic way that [...]
by ryan s. Consider this album self-titled. Andrew Bird has already proved he posesses an endless vault of material with now five solo studio albums and three others with the Bowl of Fire. If cryogenics are ever perfected I bet he could crack the century mark. Noble Beast is but another multifaceted delight with a subtle intensity driving it forward. This man continues to blend genres with his perfect mix of guitar and violin, topped with whistling accompaniment and his mystic vocals. The track "Anonanimal" [...]

Andrew Bird is set to release his latest album ' Noble Beast ' on February 2, 2009. The Deluxe Edition of the forthcoming album is set to include a collection of new instrumental works titled ' Useless Creatures '. Fans that head over to Andrew 's website can preview, ' Carrion Suite ', a track from the collection. The track is now streaming at Andrewbird.net . Andrew Bird [...]