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This is excellent. It seems that you have effected lyrical poetry set to music, rap music, for the 21st century. You are functioning on a very high level. I wish you much success.
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- No Bird Sing
- Website :
- http://www.myspace.com/nobirdsing
- Band Question - Genre:
- Hip Hop/ Rock
- Band Question -Band Members:
- Eric Blair - Voice
Robert Mulrennan - Guitar and Electronics
Graham O'Brien - Drums and Electronics
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- Words for No Bird Sing
"Nearly everything about No Bird Sing is innovative and artistic. Just the musical makeup of the group is gutsy: essentially a hip-hop band built on the raw sounds of one guitar, one microphone, drums and little else. The lyrics are bold, too, influenced by everything from "A Clockwork Orange" to Muddy Waters to Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz."
- Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune
"There's a huge buzz about No Bird Sing around town and for good reason...they are the best new local band of 2009."
– Empty’s Tapes
"No Bird Sing reject hip-hop clichés on groundbreaking debut… At their strongest, No Bird Sing show off three artists working their mediums to a tense high. The melancholic guitar riffs and sparse drumming of "Devil Trombones" weave a pulsing web around Horton's Clockwork Orange-inspired screed on the terrors of trying to be free.”
- Carl Atiya Swanson, City Pages
"While No Bird Sing's minor-key melodies and funereal tone will likely try the patience of listeners seeking instant gratification, its stunning originality is rewarding over several listens. Those who take the time to let No Bird Sing’s shadowy tunes sink in will find them hard to shake.
– Rob Van Alstyne, The Onion (Twin Cities Decider)
"Is it still hip-hop if the boom-bap is replaced by lo-fi winding guitars with echoes of lost blues tracks and indie sensibilities? No, but with a charismatic frontman in Joe Horton aka "Eric Blair" and a measured, thoughtful approach to songwriting they make for a winning combination."
– Sound Verite
- Band Question - Musical Influences:
- One Day as a Lion, Muddy Waters, Black Keys, Jimi Hendrix, El-P, RZA,
- Band Question - Record label:
- DIY
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New No Bird Sing stop-motion video by 14 year old artist Malone Mischke
This kid did a hell of a job on our video we think and we would love it if you checked it out! Thanks guys.
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Posted on October 20, 2009 at 3:22pm —
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- At 8:41pm on December 4, 2009,
Virgil Spight said…
- Please don't change a thing. You guys have achieved perfection. I see that you are listening to Muddy Waters and John Lee hooker lately. Well, I was born and raised in Mississippi so I can tell you that whatever elements you are gathering together to create your music it feels absolutely authentic. This is 21st century blues updated and expanded for a new age and a new America.
- At 8:18pm on November 30, 2009,
PolarVibez said…
- Hey thanks for the add...
Peace
- At 1:51am on October 21, 2009,
Christopher Irving said… - Man you guys are fired up more than fish grease!! Add me!!
- At 7:55pm on October 20, 2009,
DRAGONEYESEVEN said… - community, indie business, music, film , fashion-movement
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- At 4:32pm on October 14, 2009,
Mark Clemons said… - I'm luvin it.da shit iz hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,gimme some mo!
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