If you’re anything like us, you’ve been sitting around, waiting impatiently, wondering when the next Clap Your Hands Say Yeah record is coming out. Why haven’t they been on tour? Where have they been? Well, CYHSY are now on their way to Hollywood. Rather, they’re already there. Not only have they composed the score for a new Tom Hanks/John Malkovich picture, The Great Buck Howard, a couple of them have also been writing film scores with Radiohead. To be more specific, Tyler and Lee collaborated with Colin Greenwood on a movie score for the film Woodpecker. Can someone send us Tom Hanks’ address so that we can send him a freakin’ t-shirt!??
You know that feeling you get, when you discover something new? You feel like maybe you’re onto something… and you can’t decide if you should keep it to yourself, or share it with the world. Well, this blog is intended to fulfill our mandate of spreading the word about great music that we love. Since we’re all friends here, we’ll let you in on this wicked new band that is currently sweeping its way up the ranks.
Florence and The Machine are making their way across the UK summer festival circuit, playing all over the place. Florence’s full name is Florence Mary Leontine Welch. Apparently, her debut release consisted of 500 limited edition cassette tapes. They sound like a mixture of Whispertown2000, Kate Nash, and Amy MacDonald, injected with the soul of Amy Winehouse. It’s a kind of music that’s difficult to classify (which is a good thing - it means that their doing something different), you just have to hear it for yourself.
Watch this video below, a live performance of one of their fabulous singles ‘Girl with 1 Eye’. If you like it, you should buy the record and listen to the album version (it’s much better).
They’ve also recorded a cover of the epic Cold War Kids track ‘Hospital Beds’. I much prefer the original, but it’s an interesting rendition.
I just bought my first ybp tshirt about a month ago and was thrilled when i finally got it in the mail. Wearing this shirt means that i will get asked a lot of questions… What’s on the front? Who is Devendra Banhart? what the hell is the Yellow Bird Project? I feel confident in answering these questions since I adore Devendra’s artwork and love explaining that the cost of this shirt went directly to charity, there was no profit made. buying shirts from the ybp is guilt-free since i choose to shop responsibly and love giving back whenever i can… Especially if the reward is a ybp tshirt! thank you for your wonderful artists and wide veriety of screen-print tshirts. The Yellow Bird Project is the most refreshing idea i have heard of in a long time.
That’s right… We’ve got a theme song! It’s a folky little number called ‘A Field of Birds’, inspired by the Yellow Bird Project, and written and recorded by Swedish singer/songwriter The Tallest Man On Earth.
We also had some original CD artwork made to accompany the song. This artwork (seen below) was created by the lovely and talented illustrator Eleanor Rudge.
To find out more about the story behind this song, click here.
If you have a blog or website then please feel free to give this song away to your readers. Or, why not tell a friend about this song, and brighten up their day!
Gather your friends and family around, and have a listen!
The Polaris Music Prize list of nominees has been rounded down to 10 finalists! I don’t know why I get so excited about this Prize but I really love it. I guess it’s like the Oscars, but for Canadian music. In case you didn’t know, the Polaris Music Prize is awarded annually to the best Canadian album, based purely on artistic merit, and not taking into account album sales or radio play. The winner is awarded 20,000 Canadian dollars. This is the third year of the award. The first one went to Final Fantasy’s He Poos Clouds and last year’s prize went to Patrick Watson’s (or as i call him, P-Wat) Close to Paradise. Two great albums if you ask me. This year, the long list, which contained the likes of Tegan & Sara, Born Ruffians, Islands, the New Pornographers, Hayden and the Acorn, has been rounded down to a list of just 10. There is now only one yellow bird artist remaining in the running!
The nominees for outstanding performance in the land of snow and ice are:
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One of our mandates is to spread the word about music that we like. This blog is a way for us to do that. Any mp3s which are posted here are for your sampling pleasure. If you like what you hear, then go buy the CD! If you are the owner of a sound file and would like it removed, then please let us know.
