BIRD NAMES * the band

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UPCOMING SHOWS

--- MIDWEST MAY DATES RSVP HERE -- EAST COAST IN JULY ---

Thursday May 17th -- Addyville House (Athens, GA)
w/ Cave Bears (Maine), Blue Sabbath Black Fiji (UK), Bone Burns
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Tuesday May 22nd -- The Pilot Light (Knoxville, TN)
w/ Marina Orchestra
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Wednesday May 23rd -- Melrose Billiards (2600 Franklin Pike, Nashville, TN)
W/ Square People Jazz Maturity, Teaadora Nikolova
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Thursday May 24th -- The Dust Bowl (Chicago, IL)
w/ Buoyant Sea, Nonnie Parry, Nice
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Monday May 28th -- Township Bar (2200 N. California, Chicago, IL)
w/ Spooky Moon, Potions
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Thursday July 5th -- Philadelphia

Friday July 6th -- Spy Fest (Brooklyn, NY)

Saturday July 7th -- Boston, MA

Monday July 9th -- Maine

Tuesday July 10th -- Distant Castle, (Worcester, MA)

Wednesday July 11th -- NYC

Thursday July 12th -- Gentle Blue Planet (Baltimore)

Friday July 13th -- Asheville, NC

"One of the most original sounding groups to emerge from the Chicago underground, Bird Names remains an enigma of cross-category psychedelic multi-fi mayhem. Quirky, catchy, poppy and dischordant are all adjectives that merely point to a place where a true description of this band might lie, if you were able to sprout a second head and penetratingly gaze into the invisible aether in search of it."
--- Bowl of Dust

THE NEW ALBUM is being made every day. Some lead vocals on tonight's session docket. I'm going to share the songbook of lyrics from the new album before much longer, decontextualized. Also after a while of fruitfully ignoring the internet, I'm BOOKING and announcing shows and intend to snazz up this website.

Hey man, let's email ---> BIRDNAMES @ GMAIL.COM

It feels like a goliath grouper on the other end of the line

<<---- Listen & Download to the Left or Below


Here's a couple from METABOLISM --- (2011, Northern Spy)--

Bird Names Facebook

A Nice Write-up in the Paper

A recent Bird Names interview

A LOT OF GOOD PRESS!


BIRDNAMES AT GMAIL

< Bird Names 2011 Midwest Tour

That one-of-a-kind razzamatazz fringe pop sound of Bird Names.Touring + recording since 2004. Chicago. Athens. NOW touring with a raw and sassy one-piece line-up.

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Bird Names Toured the EAST - September '11
Bird Names East Coast Tour

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Bird Names Metabolism
PRAISE FOR "METABOLISM"

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* * METABOLISM: A SALUTE TO THE ENERGY OF THE SUN

Bird Names Metabolism


"METABOLISM" OUT ON NORTHERN SPY RECORDS

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"Brilliant experimental songs ... I remember the anticipation to the Brian Wilson
finalized Beach Boys album Smile. This Bird Names album is what I really wished it was." -- brokenheartboy

"A "pop" band, or so they claim (I think 'highly adept bubblegum decontructionism' is a much more apt description), the 'Names specialize in idiosyncratic musical transmissions which both embrace and explode traditional notions of playfulness and pop-structure.. One thing you will never get on a Bird Names record is filler. All of their records are jam packed with tightly composed and executed songs which usually flow together seamlessly to create a larger work. Imagine white jazz, twee pop, sea shantys, surf rock, western swing, afrobeat, psych, childrens music, prog rock, and vaudeville. A mind blowing record for sure. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to hear extremely weird music without a bunch of yelling and screechy feedback!" -- Private Leisure

"Whatever it is we need to fill our post-Beefheart aortic vacancy, Bird Names shall deliver." -- Impose Magazine

"Bird Names write great songs ... they are a delight on record and live,
and they will just make you feel great if you take a ride on their songcraft." -- Bodies of Water


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and we'll give you a free 7" record!



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