Exhausted Beirut show up @ wordless Andrew Bird show | Tour Dates

ANDREW BIRD @ GOOD SHEPARD FAITH CHURCH, NYC | NOV 15, 2006 (CRED)

I was planning on attending the Andrew Bird / Hawk and a Hacksaw wordless show in NYC Wednesday night, but like Beirut I was too exhausted to make the trip. Sounds like it was good…

This was an amazing night. Bird seemed to channel his music in a way that I have never experience. He swayed, paced, tossed his head, and generally exuded joy throughout the entire concert. He made use of several live recording devices, which allowed him to layer his own music on top of more of his own music. Simply orchestrating this complicated bit of art was amazing enough on its own. Some of the songs he played were arrangements of his vocal versions, other were brand new. It was fantastic. [fuzzyblu]

And speaking of Beirut, the rest of the band must be less exhausted than Zach because, unlike me, they were there:

First up was A Hawk and a Hacksaw, a violin/accordian duo who played music that sounded straight out of eastern Europe…which I suppose is inescapable with that perticular instrumentation. Halfway through their last song, a horn sounded in the back of the church (they held this event in a church btw) and suddenly Beirut…an eight-piece band comprised of guitar, drum, accordiant, clarinet, and trumpet, among other things…comes marching down the aisle to join the two performers in stunning orchestral madness.[cait]

Don’t worry, Zach was probably home sleeping – this show required no singing. T-Sides has a full review.

The next Wordless Music Series show will most likely take place on January 24th, 2007. It hasn’t been 100% confirmed yet, but Charles Spearin (Do Make Say Think, KC Accidental, Broken Social Scene) may be performing. The show after that is 100% confirmed and already on sale. That one features Explosions in the Sky.

Andrew Bird‘s next two shows are November 24th & 25th in Chicago at Logan Square Auditorium.