Andrew Bird is a classically trained violinist who cut his teeth playing for swing revivalists The Squirrel Nut Zippers, before releasing three wildly varied albums with Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire.

With the release of 2004's Weather Systems however, Bird began his solo career. With a voice like a matinee idol and a looping pedal, he creates vast and incomparable music, aglow and haunting. He met with huge critical acclaim with Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs in 2005 and when not guesting on a variety of releases (including My Morning Jacket's Z and Dosh's The Lost Take) is currently working on Armchair Apocrypha, due Spring 2007.

Releases

• Armchair Apocrypha - album, out 20/03/2007 on Fargo. 1 review (read/post)
• Fingerlings 3 - album, out 09/10/2006. 1 review (read/post)
• Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs - album, out 14/02/2005 on Fargo. (post review)

Past events

• Sat 26 Apr at Greenwich IndigO2. (post review)
• Fri 09 Nov at London Koko. (post review)
• Thu 08 Nov at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape). (post review)
• Tue 06 Nov at Birmingham Glee Club. (post review)
• Mon 05 Nov at Glasgow Arches. (post review)
• Sun 04 Nov at Belfast Queens University Students Union (inc. SpeakEasy club). 1 review (read/post)
• Fri 08 Jun at Manchester Club Academy (Cellar). (post review)
• Thu 07 Jun at London King's Cross Scala. (post review)
• Mon 04 Jun at Paris La Cigale. (post review)
• Homefires IV, Sun 03 Jun at London Conway Hall. (post review)
• Thu 24 May at Amsterdam Paradiso. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 29 Mar at Paris La Maroquinerie. (post review)
• Thu 22 Mar at London Bush Hall. (post review)
• Sat 27 Jan at Sydney The Basement. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 08/11/2007: DiS does dates: the capital's covered
• 23/10/2007: Andrew Bird heads out on DiS-sponsored UK jaunt

Features

• 26/11/2007: DiS's albums of 2007: reader voting is now open!
• 24/08/2007: DiStimulation: August Bank Holiday 10 Things To See / Hear / Do
• 03/04/2007: A Month In Records: March 2007
• 08/11/2006: A Month In Records: October 2006

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