Well my friends, it is time for another Yellow Bird interview! This time we had a chance to catch up with a true indie-rock veteran. His name is John Moen, and you may know him from his previous work with bands and artists like Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Elliott Smith and the Decemberists. These [...]

I was surfing through this awesome website from Yale Graduate Stewart Smith, and I came across this strange project, where he remixes my favourite Emily Haines song, Winning (last track off her solo album -Knives Don’t Have Your Back). But this is no ordinary remix… In fact, it’s not really much a remix at all! It’s [...]

I heard this song a few weeks ago at a club in Bethnal Green, and I’ve been obsessed with it ever since. It’s an oldie, but I love it. This blog entry talks about the song, and how it’s managed to endure itself through the decades – yet, somehow it still seems fresh. Maybe that’s because of [...]

It’s bad enough that Mickey Rourke got robbed, so did M.I.A (as reported by Pitchfork). This is no big surprise though… Musically (with some notable exceptions including Elliott Smith for Good Will Hunting, and Swell Season for Once), the Oscars have a history of overlooking some of the best known indie acts, and this year is no [...]

If you haven’t discovered Lykke Li yet, it’s about time that you do! Here are some acoustic MP3’s of some of her songs from Youth Novels, one of our favourite albums of 2008.
MP3:>> Lykke Li – Little Bit (Acoustic)
MP3:>> Lykke Li – Tonight (Acoustic)
MP3:>> Lyyke Li – Hanging High (Acoustic)