The Bird and The Bee news

Mexican actress-turned-songwriter Ximena Sariñana's self-titled English-language debut album gave us a refreshing jolt of indie pop in 2011 with charming assists by TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek and Lily Allen's secret weapon, the Bird and the Bee's Greg Kurstin. Last week, SPIN and Chevy Sonic invited Sariñana to join us for a live-streamed performance and interview, and we've got the highlights ...

Actress Lauren Young exclusively reveals to Candy the tracks that put a smile on her face. "DJ" by Alphabeat "Wake Up" by Mac Miller "Heard it on the Radio" by The Bird and The Bee "Punching In a Dream" by The Naked and Famous "Sleepyhead" by Passion Pit Do you like the same songs that Lauren does? Share your thoughts below!

Noah Kellman speaks softly and laughs often, cracking quick jokes as he talks about his love for the band The Bird and The Bee and taking 27 credits in one semester at SUNY Purchase, which he currently attends.

Photo by Emmet Malloy Greg Kurstin is a veteran of 90s alt-pop one-hit wonders Geggy Tah, a member of the Bird and the Bee, and a producer who's worked with everyone from the Flaming Lips to Lily Allen to Beck to Ke$ha. And in a recent Tweet , Kurstin shared some intriguing news: "Also been working on new Shins album. Really excited about that too!!" Hey, the Shins are actually recording a new ...

I've been listening to Sia and then find out that another of my, (new to me), favorite ladies, Inara George (The Bird and The Bee), have recently worked together on Sia's new album. Sia Furler began her career doing many vocals with Zero 7 Zero 7 & SIA FURLER performing 'You're My flame' ******she's alittle spacey don't ya think. SIA FURLER - performing 'Soon We'll be Found' (Live at London ...

-- On April 26, Ninja Tune will release Bespoke , the new album from L.A. post-rap producer Daedelus . The album features contributions from Baths, Bilal , Busdriver , the Bird and the Bee's Inara George, and others. You can download the the Bilal collaboration "Overwhelmed" at RCRD LBL . -- The ridiculously monikered Detroit indie-pop duo Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr will release their debut full ...

As related by our own David Greenwald in her L.A. Unheard, even if you haven’t heard of The Sweet Hurt, you’ve probably seen the woman behind it, Wendy Wang, playing live. When not filling in with fellow L.A. acts Priscilla Ahn, the Bird and the Bee, Obi Best and Evan Voytas, Wang wrote a full album of sweet soft pop songs on her own. Although it might veer dangerously close to Norah Jones ...

The 25-member Silver Lake Chorus celebrates its one-year anniversary tonight at 7 pm at the Echo Park United Methodist Church. The chorus—who performs choral arrangements of indie tunes—will be performing original material written for them by Beck, Sia, Of Montreal, Aimee Mann, The Bird and the Bee, Tegan and Sara, Zooey Deschanel, and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). John Gold opens with an acoustic ...

The Bird and the Bee intend to follow their covers set, 'Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates ,' with a new studio album in 2011. "We love covers, but we love writing our own music. Making a covers record was a good way to break it up," singer Inara George tells Spinner. "It was a nice way to take a breather but continue working." When the duo released the ...

Artist: Rubblebucket Hail From: Brooklyn, N.Y. Song: 'Michelle' Sounds Like : The Bird and the Bee , The Cardigans In Their Words: "I was having a recurring and fretful dream of returning to Paris for the first time after my year there eight years ago. All French things were sort of crunching around in my brain, and I couldn't let it go. I'd always loved the song 'Michelle' -- a simple message ...

Next week, I ll write about something tough -- maybe dinosaurs four-wheeling atop mountains of perfectly marbled T-bone steaks while crushing beer cans on their heads.