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Bowerbirds Music Video For “Northern Lights”

February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Bowerbirds

I love Bowerbirds. Enjoy their new music video for their 2009 song “Northern Lights”; it perfectly encapsulates everything that’s so charming about them. Beautiful.

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My Favorite Eleven Albums of 2009!

December 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Bishop Allen, Bowerbirds, Cotton Jones, Death Cab For Cutie, Fanfarlo, Fruit Bats, Slow Club, Sufjan Stevens, The Wooden Birds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Documenting the albums that I have enjoyed the most each year is one of the most time-intensive and pleasurable posts for me. I don’t like the swarm of “Best Of ___” lists that each of us has to deal with at the end of the year. 2009 has been especially crazy seeing as it’s the decade-ender, [...]

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Bowerbirds Do an NPR Tiny Desk Concert

November 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Bowerbirds

Below is a super fun little video of Bowerbirds doing an NPR Tiny Desk Concert, which was filmed back in July. Man I love Bowerbirds! For the full scoop CLICK HERE. Enjoy!

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New Bowerbirds La Blogotheque!

August 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Bowerbirds

Bowerbirds have done so many La Blogotheque shows already, and now they did another one! Nice! This one is from La Blogotheque’s Soiree de Poche series, whatever that means? Anyway, they are great, and so are these videos, so enjoy ‘em! Embed wasn’t working, so CLICK HERE to check them out!

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Bowerbirds @ Kilby Court – July 27th, 2009!

July 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Bowerbirds, Megafaun

Wow, what a night last night! It was a pleasure to get the opportunity to see Bowerbirds play, and at the best venue in the world, Kilby Court! I’ve got photos and such, so here goes! First up was a local band, The Madison Arm, headed by singer/songwriter Paul Jacobsen. They did a wonderful job, [...]

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Bowerbirds Show Tonight, Album "Review"

July 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Bowerbirds

Alright I know it’s taken me an embarrassing amount of time to post a “review” of Bowerbird’s latest album, Upper Air, and for that I am sincerely sorry. However, the time has finally come, and a “review” of sorts will follow now. This task was finally accomplished partially due to the fact that Bowerbirds are [...]

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What a Beautiful Music Day!

July 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Bowerbirds, Slow Club

Alright! There’s no need to ramble on and on in this post, all that needs to be said is as follows: Two of my very favorite bands, Bowerbirds and Slow Club, both released brand new full lengths today! I ran into an old iTunes gift card that found itself quite useful, and will post on [...]

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Old La Blogotheque Bowerbirds Video, Still Great!

June 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Bowerbirds

Getting excited for the Bowerbird’s upcoming Salt Lake City show and new album, I jumped around online and found an exceptional old video from French Great’s La Blogotheque. It’s still great, so enjoy!

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New Bowerbirds + Tour Dates!

May 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Bowerbirds

A few months ago I discovered the greatness that is Bowerbirds, the wonderful North Carolinian duo that creates extremely well-crafted upbeat folk music that I have been enjoying via their album Hymns for a Dark Horse. Well, soon there will be double full-length Bowerbird action available, as they release their new album, Upper Air, on [...]

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I Like Bowerbirds!

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Bowerbirds

Well, I was looking at some of Bishop Allen’s label mates, secretly hoping something would get posted about Bishop Allen right as I was on the site, when I came across a grand discovery… Bowerbirds! Not like they didn’t exist previous, because I think I was just out of the loop for their coming-out, but [...]

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