Tagged: yellowostrich + michaeltapper

Yellow Ostrich is bound to kick off the Sasquatch weekend with their new, more complete sound.

Yellow Ostrich I must admit, I have been remiss in not posting about Yellow Ostrich until now. I have been a fan of Alex Schaaf's bedroom pop project since The Mistress debuted on bandcamp and I've also been enjoying the new record, Strange Land , which came out last month on Barsuk. If you're reading this now, it's probably too late to catch them tonight ( April 12 ) at The Mercury Lounge, but they'll be [...]

As frontman Alex Schaaf noted at the beginning of their set, this was Yellow Ostrich's third time playing at Black Cat but their first time headlining. The sold out crowd at Black Cat seemed to realize the subtle significance of this statement. The band's popularity has changed quite a bit since recording  Strange Land. The critically acclaimed album has put them on a clear path to indie stardom. Their inclusion in this year's  Lollapalooza line-up should be enough proof. Needless to say, last night, their fans were psyched. The first thing you [...]

ATG has thrice before presented you with the musical stylings of one Alex Schaaf. The lead singer and guitarist for Yellow Ostrich came out with The Mistress in 2010. Describing the album as just "a guy in a bedroom," he soon thereafter recruited multi-instrumentali st Jon Natchez and drummer Michael Tapper for his touring band and things clicked. After releasing the acclaimed track " Marathon Runner ," things have started heating up for the trio. Yellow Ostrich's latest single, "The Shakedown," comes off their upcoming Strange Land LP and is [...]

• Yellow Ostrich - The Shakedown

Wikipedia never made more money from donations until they put huge banners with founder Jimmy Wales’ sympathetic face on top of every page. (see Information is Beautiful ). But somewhere in New York there’s someone who made the best advertisement the Wikipedia marketing team could ever dream of. Yellow Ostrich , Alex Schaafs with a little help from some friends, wrote an entire EP about Morgan Freeman’s life based on what he read on the actor’s Wikipedia page. From Freeman’s first steps as an actor to his alleged relationship with his step-granddaughter, it’s all on [...]