Greetings Yellow Birds,

This is your friendly neighbourhood Middle Distance Runner here to tell about something pretty excellent. Baeble Music, which is a site that primarily films concerts and puts them up on the net for everyone to see free of charge, also has a pretty excellent blog. For awhile now, I have been making these weekly mixtapes for them in a series called T.G.I.Mixtape, on which I showcase some of the hottest new tracks in the indie music world as well as some older stuff as well. This week, on the 28th volume in the series I have put together an extra special YBP edition, full of amazing songs by bands that have been involved in The Yellow Bird Project. It doesn’t get any better than this people! We’ve got Stars, Of Montreal, The National, k-os featuring Murray Lightburn from the Dears and much more! So head on over to Baeble to have yourself a listen to some quality tracks by some of our favourite artists.

Click here to listen to the mixtape.

Here is the full track list in case we haven’t already convinced you:

1. Stars – Division (B-Side from In Our Bedroom After The War)

2. Of Montreal – “Alter Eagle” (From ID Engager Single)

3. Uninhabitable Mansions – “Do You Have A Strategy?” (featuring members of CYHSY and Au Revoir Simone)

4. Broken Social Scene – “Needle In The Head”

5. k-os (feat. Murray Lightburn and Emily Haines) – “Uptown Girl”

6. Holly Throsby – “A Heart Divided”

7. Elvis Perkins In Dearland – “Slow Doomsday”

8. The National (feat. St Vincent) – “Sleep All Summer” (Crooked Fingers Cover)

9. King Creosote – “Camels Swapped For Wives”

10. The Tallest Man On Earth – “A Field Of Birds”

Now listen.

We talked recently about a soundtrack collaboration with Lee and Tyler Sargent from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Colin Greenwood from Radiohead, for the upcoming film ‘Woodpecker’. As reported on Pitchfork, two of these songs are now available for listen! Here they are:

MP3>> James Lavino [ft. Colin Greenwood, Lee Sargent, and Tyler Sargent]: “How to Look at a Bird”

MP3>> James Lavino [ft. Colin Greenwood, Lee Sargent, and Tyler Sargent]: “The Thing With Feathers”

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!??

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood (Rare Acoustic)

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!

A Field of Birds – The Tallest Man On Earth (Yellow Bird Theme Song)

(to download, right click, Save Target As)

When Megan Kathleen approached YBP and volunteered her expertise in photography, we happily obliged. We sent her two of our classic tees: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and My Brightest Diamond, and she snapped away. The result is a fantastically creative array of themed photographs, which reflect these YBP t-shirts in the best of light.

>> Click here to view Megan’s photos in our YBP photo gallery!

>> Click here to submit your own photograph of yourself wearing a YBP tee!

The Yellow Bird Project has joined forces with the kind people at Insound to bring you this special CD promotion. If you purchase 3 or more YBP t-shirts, including a Clap Your Hands Say Yeah tee, you will also receive a FREE hard copy of their new album, ‘Some Loud Thunder’. The CDs were kindly donated by Insound , which is an awesome online CD retailer. It is their mandate to help promote indie bands, while helping to preserve the integrity of their albums. They have always been big supporters of YBP, so please help us support them by checking out their web-site, and buying some music! This offer will only be available while supplies last. The banner on the front page displays how many CD’s are remaining. You will be notified within 24 hours by e-mail to confirm your receipt of Some Loud Thunder. Get shopping!!!

Is This Love

Upon This Tidal Wave of Yound Blood