VIDEO: “You’d Be Surprised” (dir. by Judah Switzer)


MP3: “Only For A While”

While in Portland, Oregon to rehearse for the upcoming New Mystery Moods Tour with YACHT and the Straight Gaze, Bobby Birdman was asked to perform on Portland Community Media’s underground televised variety sensation, The You’d Be Surprised Hour, hosted by “local favorite” Steve Schroeder of States Rights Records.

For the occasion, Bobby Birdman assembled a band of his favorite Portland players to jam under the hot lights of the cable-access studio: Adam Forkner of White Rainbow (seen in the video exhibiting his unparalleled dance style), E*Rock of Audio Dregs/Fryk Beat, and his fellow YACHT and the Straight Gaze bandmates Jona Bechtolt, Claire L. Evans, Jeff Brodsky (Jeffrey Jerusalem) and D. Reuben Snyder (Rob Walmart). By sheer coincidence, they chose to play the song “You’d Be Surprised,” from Bobby Birdman’s new album, New Moods. The result was such visual dynamite that the video is now being widely released for those people who no longer own televisions.

The You’d Be Surprised Hour has long been a hit with audiences in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, and has featured performances from locally-grown, internationally recognized acts like grammy-nominated Nu Shooz, The Wipers, Heatmiser, Dead Moon and The Kingsmen.

Bobby Birdman joins YACHT and the Straight Gaze on the New Mystery Moods tour of North America this month.

New Moods is out now on Fryk Beat records and will change your world.

BOBBY BIRDMAN

02-19 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Biltmore Cabaret *
02-20 Victoria, British Columbia - Sugar Nightclub *
02-22 Edmonton, Alberta - Pawn Shop *
02-23 Calgary, Alberta - The Hi-Fi Club *
02-24 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Scratch Nightclub *
02-25 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Pyramid Cabaret *
02-26 Northfield, MN - The Cave at Carleton College ^*
02-27 Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle ^*
02-28 Gambier, OH - The Horn Gallery ^*
03-02 Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom ^*
03-03 Hamilton, Ontario - The Casbah ^*
03-04 Toronto, Ontario - Wrongbar ^*
03-05 Ottawa, Ontario - Ritual ^*
03-06 Montreal, Quebec - Le Belmont ^*
03-07 Buffalo, NY - Big Orbit Soundlab ^*
03-11 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ^*
03-12 Philadelphia, PA - Voyeur-Making Time *
03-13 Monterrey, Mexico - Festival Nrmal Alianza Francesa *
03-15 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *
03-16 Atlanta, GA - The Drunken Unicorn *
03-17-21 Austin, TX - SXSW TBA
03-25 San Diego, CA - Museum of Contemporary Art *
03-26 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex !*

* = with YACHT
^ = with MNDR
! = with Washed Out, Small Black, Pictureplane

Bobby Birdman
New Moods
(Fryk Beat)
Street Date: Nov. 10, 2009

01 Only For A While
02 Dust Design
03 What You Say
04 Weighty Wait
05 Victory At Sea
06 Bloody Mess
07 Silent But Violent
08 You’d Be Surprised
09 Setting Sun
10 Truth Be Told
11 Well Sprung
12 Back and Forth

BOBBY BIRDMAN LINKS:

Label Page - frykbeat.com

MySpace - www.myspace.com/bobbbirdman

MP3: “Subtractions”

In setting out to create his fifth album for Anticon, Martin Dosh had two goals in mind. First: Get loose. 2008’s Wolves & Wishes took a step in this direction by way of its guests - freewheelers like Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Odd Nosdam - but Dosh records are well-known for their impeccable arrangements. To wit, Andrew Bird used W&W’s “First Impossible” as the rhythmic backbone for a song on last year’s critically acclaimed Noble Beast LP. (Dosh has been collaborating, recording and touring with Bird since 2005.)

Dosh’s second goal seemed to be in direct conflict with the first: To conceive yet thicker terrain for his already seething soundscapes. More drums. More vocals. And new to the Dosh catalog, lots of low end. Against all odds, Tommy skirts critical mass but stays organic, is never overwrought, and miraculously avoids becoming cluttered. Instead, this unique brand of maximalist, rhythmdriven post-rock sweeps lilting beauty, serious beats and even airy moments into its comely whirlwind.

When Tommy begins, “Subtractions” is already in full swing, as a dark assembly of grunts, buzzing, and kalimba transitions into marimba plunks and note-hopping electric guitar. The song evolves throughout its four minutes, eventually resolving in Tortoise-y figures played out on an array of instruments. “Yer Face” opens on a loop too, but quickly distinguishes itself via standup bass, syncopated keys, and a rare lyrical performance by Dosh. Andrew Bird sings on “Number 41,” over pedal steel and a bassy beat chopped à la Radiohead’s “Pulk/Push Revolving Doors.”

“Town Mouse” plays like a warm, wide-open jam session, with different drum kits coming from different speakers, Dosh humming throughout, and bandmate Mike Lewis’ horns flying over fuzzy Rhodes blurts. True to Dosh’s letting go of control, Lewis actually wrote “Loud,” a gorgeously spare piece that ambles off into the horizon before “Airlift” wraps Tommy’s first half with lo-bit keys and a cut-up sample of Dosh and a friend covering Pink Floyd’s “Run Like Hell” back in ‘87. “County Road X” tills different soil still, largely focusing on improvised piano and glistening atmospherics.

Next is “Call The Kettle,” a live fan favorite dating back to 2001 that finally gets an official release, albeit one reinvented by the dense, mesmeric thicket of notes played on saxophone, acoustic guitar, and 200-year-old harpsichord (recorded at St. Paul’s Schubert Club music museum). Bird returns to lay his light twang over the heavy feedback wash of “Nevermet,” while the bright epic “Gare De Lyon” slowly builds - for eight and a half minutes - to the album’s close.

On this final song, Dosh stretches out immensely, nursing melodic sprawl through a tense percussive passage and on to a huge finish: an explosion of thrashing bass and drums that burns brightly before the record comes to a crashing halt. The abrupt finale fits Tommy, which is dedicated to and named after Dosh soundman Tom Cesario, a dear friend who unexpectedly passed two Christmases ago. Here, Dosh pays his respects best as he can, coming away with a record inspired by tragedy, but undeniably full of life.

Personnel for Tommy -

sources, samples and live tracks:
mike lewis - basses (5,8,10) saxophone (1,4,8) piano (3,5,6,7)
nordlead 2X (2) background vocal (1,3) glockenspiel(5)
jeremy ylvisaker - electric guitar (2,3,4,5,6) slide guitar(8) feedback(10)
background vocal (3) mini-korg k2 (3)
ryan francesconi - guitars (7,8,9,10) bulgarian tambura (10) banjo (10)
bass (7,9) accordion (7)
chris morrissey - electric bass (1,4,6)
andrew bird - vocals and lyrics (3, 9)
freddy votel - auxilary percussion (5,8,10)
todd sickafoose - acoustic bass (2, 9)
derek phillips - drums (left side, 4)
mike sopko - acoustic and electric guitars (1)
bryan olson - guitars (4)
paul niehaus - pedal steel (3)
j.t. bates - cymbal (6)
tim glenn - processed prepared piano (7)
jon davis - microphone and bass sample (3)
martin dosh - just about everything else

DOSH

Fri 02/19/10 St. Louis, MO - Firebird #
Sat 02/20/10 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon #
03.17 - 03.20 Austin, TX SXSW
Fri 04/09/10 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
Sat 04/10/10 Minneapolis, MN - Macphail Center For Music
Sun 04/11/10 Minneapolis, MN - Bedlam Theatre*
Wed 04/14/10 Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club*
Thu 04/15/10 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle*
Fri 04/16/10 Pontiac, MI - Pike Room*
Sat 04/17/10 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern*
Sun 04/18/10 Toronto, ON - Drake Hotel*
Tue 04/20/10 Montreal, QC - Casa Del Popolo*
Wed 04/21/10 Allston, MA - Great Scott*
Thu 04/22/10 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall*
Fri 04/23/10 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge*
Sat 04/24/10 Philadelphia, PA - Kungfu Necktie*
Sun 04/25/10 Washington, DC - DC9*
Tue 04/27/10 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle*
Wed 04/28/10 Atlanta, GA - 529*
Fri 04/30/10 Austin, TX - Emo’s*
Sat 05/01/10 Denton, TX - Hailey’s*
Mon 05/03/10 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture*
Tue 05/04/10 Tempe, AZ - Sail Inn*
Wed 05/05/10 Los Angeles, CA - Echo*
Thu 05/06/10 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill*
Sat 05/08/10 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Sun 05/09/10 Seattle, WA - High Dive*
Tue 05/11/10 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge*
Wed 05/12/10 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive*
Thu 05/13/10 Omaha, NB - Waiting Room*

* with White Hinterland
# = w/ Eyedea & Abilities

Dosh
Tommy
(Anticon)
Street Date: April 13, 2010

1. Subtractions
2. Yer Face
3. Number 41
4. Town Mouse
5. Loud
6. Airlift
7. Country Road X
8. Call The Kettle
9. Nevermet
10. Gare de Lyon

DOSH LINKS:
Band Page - www.doshfamily.com

MySpace - myspace.com/doshanticon

Press Materials - anticon.com/pr/dosh.htm

For the third year in a row, we are pleased to be teaming up with our friends over at Terrorbird Media to present our blowout Weds. day party - this year we’re returning to last year’s location, RED 7 (easy to remember it’s locaction, it’s at Red River and 7th!). Stay tuned for additional announcements about set times, more sponsors and free stuff that you’ll get if you get there early! Our party is 100% free and open to the public, no RSVP, wristband, or badge is required!

FORCE FIELD PR & TERRORBIRD MEDIA’S 3RD ANNUAL SXSW DAY PARTY
FEATURING:
NEON INDIAN
REAL ESTATE
TORO Y MOI
THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE
A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW
MATIAS AGUAYO
THOSE DARLINS
BEACH FOSSILS
OH NO ONO
CHOIR OF YOUNG BELIEVERS
THE FRESH & ONLYS
FRANKIE ROSE AND THE OUTS
STRICKEN CITY
INLETS
ERNEST GONZALES
THE SPLINTERS

WEDS. MARCH 17
NOON - 6PM
AT RED 7 (RED RIVER & 7TH ST)
AUSTIN, TX
FREE / ALL AGES

FREE BEER FROM NOON - 2PM COURTESY OF LINDEN ST. BREWERY
AMAZING GIFT BAGS TO THE FIRST 100 THROUGH THE DOOR

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ALBUM STREAM: Field Music (Measure)

MP3: “Each Time is a New Time”

Bio:

Following a self-imposed three year hiatus Sunderland, England’s Field Music are all set to return with a new 20 track double album on February 16th 2010. Powered, as ever, by brothers and co-frontmen Peter and David Brewis, Field Music’s line up now includes Kev Dosdale (guitar and keys) and Ian Black (bass).

Field Music released two acclaimed albums of unpretentious intricate beauty; 2006’s self titled debut and 2007’s Tones of Town both released on Memphis Industries/Revolver. Shortly after the release of the Tones of Town album Peter and David called time on the band playing their last show with Deerhoof in Leeds in May
2007.

The brothers sited the stifling “indie band” format as the main reason for putting “Field Music as a band” on hiatus and subsequently started working separately, but with a renewed vigour at their 8 Music studio. 2008 saw the release of two solo albums - David’s guitar heavy Sea From Shore album under the moniker School of Language and Peter’s highly acclaimed murder mystery themed Linn Drum, Fairlight and marimba affair, The Week That Was.

After lugging their marimba around the world for a year as The Week That Was the brothers started writing and recording together in early 2009 with the intention of releasing the results under the name Field Music. The new record, Field Music (Measure) will be released by Memphis Industries/Revolver on February 16th 2010.

FIELD MUSIC

03/15 - Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN *
03/16 -High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI *
03/17 - Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL *
03/18 - Blind Pig, Ann Arbor MI *
03/19 - Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ONT *
03/20 - Il Motore, Montreal, QC *
03/21 - Great Scott, Allston, MA *
03/23 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY *
03/26 - Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco, CA
03/27 - Bootleg Theatrer, Los Angeles, CA
04/01 - KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic Performance Los Angeles, CA

* = w/ The Clientele

Field Music
Field Music (Measure)
(Memphis Industries / Revolver)
Street Date: Feb. 16, 2010

In The Mirror
Them That Do Nothing
Each Time is a New Time
Measure
Effortlessly
Clear Water
Lights Up
All You’d Ever Need to Say
Let’s Write a Book
You and I
The Rest is Noise
Curves of the Needle
Choosing Numbers
The Wheels are in Place
First Come the Wish
Precious Plans
See You Later
Something Familiar
Share the Words
It’s About Time

FIELD MUSIC LINKS:
Artist Page - field-music.co.uk
Label Page - memphis-industries.com
MySpace - myspace.com/fieldmusic