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The Catbirdseat - Indie Music, Culture, and Commentary
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The Latest Indie Rock and Music News, MP3s, Humor, and Insight. Honest, Irreverant, and Unapologetically Funny. Now In It\'s 6th Year Of Turning People On To Great New Music, and Putting A Smile On Their Face In The Process.
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Cains & Abels

Chicago’s Cains & Abels (remember: “My Life Is Easy”) have just received vinyl copies of their States Rights debut Call Me Up– AND they’ve got a brand new (and total...

17 jan 11

Download Free Music From Superchunk, Wavves, Sharon Van Etten + More

Every year, our friends at the Bend, OR Bulletin put together a 2-”disc” wrap-up compilation of the previous year’s music– one disc filled with local Pacific NW artists, and o...

17 jan 11

What You Do To Me

After nearly 20 years, I can finally get one of My Favorite Albums Of All Time on vinyl without having to pay some absurdly high eBay price. For this week, Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque was ...

17 dec 10

Unknown Mortal Orchestra – 7″ EP

23 nov 10

MP3: Air Waves – “Knockout”

MP3: Air Waves – “Knockout” The Catbird family’s own Air Waves (aka Ms. Nicole Schneit) has a new record titled Dungeon Dots out on Underwater Peoples* come 11/30, from whence...

09 nov 10

Watch the “Firewall of Sound” Documentary at CMJ

I’m kicking myself that I didn’t get this posted earlier, but my friend Devin is screening his new documentary feature, Firewall of Sound, at CMJ *tomorrow* (that’s Friday, 10/22). ...

21 oct 10

Catbird Records Moving Sale

→ Catbird Records Moving Sale

18 oct 10

MP3: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Screwed Tape #1″

Enjoy the latest from the mysterious Unknown Mortal Orchestra– his new “Screwed” mixtape: MP3: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Screwed Tape #1″ UMO has several things ...

29 sep 10

New Fulton Lights “3 Songs” Digital EP

Fulton Lights has a brand-new 3-song digital EP out, called (surprise) 3 Songs. It’s a direct descendent of sorts to last year’s Healing Waters, and continues to blaze along the path begu...

09 sep 10

Hear SSLYBY Cover Green + Win A Vinyl Test Pressing

To celebrate their just-kicked-off tour, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin teamed up with tourmate Telekinesis to record a cover of Chicago band Green’s “Gotta Get A Record Out:”...

03 sep 10

MP3: Vic Godard, “Blackpool”

MP3: Vic Godard – “Blackpool” Back in 2001/2002, the brilliant Vic Godard collaborated with acclaimed author Irvine Welsh on an ill-fated musical production, titled “Blackpool...

26 aug 10

New Destroyer – “Archer on the Beach” b/w “Grief Point” 12″

Destroyer – “Archer on the Beach” b/w “Grief Point” 12″ is due out 11/2 from Merge. “Archer on the Beach” is a meditation on the need to grapple with t...

23 aug 10

Loscil – “The Making of Grief Point” (ft. Dan Bejar)

Loscil – “The Making of Grief Point” (ft. Dan Bejar) From Endless Falls, out now on Kranky.

23 aug 10

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’s “Let It Sway” Now Streaming @MBV

SSLYBY’s new record Let It Sway is now streaming in its entirety over at MBV– go check it out! (It’s not out until next Tuesday, but is up for pre-order with instant MP3 download ri...

13 aug 10

MP3: Kelley Stoltz – “I Don’t Get That”

MP3: Kelley Stoltz – “I Don’t Get That” From the forthcoming album To Dreamers, out 10/12 on Sub Pop.

03 aug 10

MP3: The Capstan Shafts – “Quiet Wars”

MP3: The Capstan Shafts – “Quiet Wars” From the brand-new, Matt Lemay-produced Revelation Skirts; due out 8/24 on Rainbow Quartz.

28 jul 10

Yes! New Sharon Van Etten Album… EPIC

MP3: Sharon Van Etten – “Love More” Yes! Sharon Van Etten has a brand-new full-length in the can– it’s titled Epic, and it’s coming out 10/5 from Ba Da Bing.

01 jul 10

MP3: Spur – “Mr. Creep”

MP3: Spur – “Mr. Creep” Drag City continue their successful run of unearthing and resurrecting overlooked and forgotten gems from musical purgatory. Their latest rescue, in conjunct...

30 jun 10

MP3: Apollo Ghosts – “Coka-Cola Admen”

MP3: Apollo Ghosts – “Coka-Cola Admen” From their latest, the Polaris Prize-nominated Mount Benson. The band is kicking off a tour any day now– and hey NYC: they’ll be a...

24 jun 10

MP3: Unbunny – “Landslide”

MP3: Unbunny – “Landslide” From the new LP, Moon Food, which you can stream in its entirety on Bandcamp, or pick up on disc here from Parasol. ALSO, there are apparently a few copie...

18 jun 10

MP3: Distractions – “All Night”

MP3: Distractions – “All Night” Chicago’s Distractions are the latest signing to the so best Infinite Best label. Their new album, just released on cassette by Plus Tapes, is ...

10 jun 10

New Mathew Sawyer & the Ghosts MP3: “Mynah Bird’s Call”

MP3: Mathew Sawyer & the Ghosts – “Mynah Bird’s Call” Catbird Records alumnus Mathew Sawyer (& the Ghosts) just recently signed to Fire Records (home to too many legen...

09 jun 10

New Twin Sister Video – Milk & Honey (Dir. Ray Concepcion)

Twin Sister – “Color Your Life with the Chaos of Trouble, Pt. 1: Milk & Honey” (Dir. Ray Concepcion)

02 jun 10

New Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Thought Ballune”

MP3: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Thought Ballune” Portland’s mysterious Unknown Mortal Orchestra — the artist whose lone song I recently posted spawned more excitement /...

02 jun 10

MP3: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – “Sink / Let It Sway”

MP3: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – “Sink / Let It Sway” SSLYBY’s new LP Let It Sway was just announced; this is the title track. Recorded by Chris Walla and Beau Sor...

21 may 10

Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “FFunny FFrends”

I was recently interviewed for the Bygone Bureau, and author Kevin Nguyen asked me if I listened to everything that got sent to me. My response was “ARE YOU CRAZY?” Because after 8 years ...

18 may 10

Forest Fire: New “Fortune Teller” Video, Tour With Phosphorescent

Forest Fire – “Fortune Teller” Check out this new video for “Fortune Teller,” download an MP3 of it here at Catbird Records, pick up the album on LP/CD/MP3 from Infinite...

17 may 10

WOOM – “Quetzalcoatl’s Ship”

MP3: WOOM – “Quetzalcoatl’s Ship” Oakland’s WOOM are deconstructing-and-rebuilding pop music much like recent sonic mavericks like Micachu and Tune-Yards– and I li...

13 may 10

New SSLYBY Album In August

Expect a new record from Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin in August.

11 may 10

Unbunny: Tour, New Album, New 7-Inch

Like an idiot, I made a note on my calendar about this past Sunday’s Unbunny show in Brooklyn, but totally forgot to set an alarm to remind me when the time came. Feh. Anyway, it’s worth ...

22 apr 10

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