event No Bird Sing
Also Playing: Aby Wolf and Peter Wolf Crier and Bethany Larson
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Fri Dec 11
9 pm
No Bird Sing, Aby Wolf, Peter Wolf Crier, and Bethany Larson at Turf Club
To get an idea of the wide-ranging aesthetic that Twin Cities hip-hop trio No Bird Sing aims for on its self-titled debut, look at the guests enlisted to help get the job done—the roster includes master MC Eyedea, jazzy songbird Alicia Wiley, and folk-blues guitarist Bo Ramsey. The album runs the risk of feeling fractured, yawing from hard-boiled, spoken-word blues salvo to ambient comedown indie-pop record to fired-up, rapid-flow rhyme showcase. But MC Eric Blair’s precise lyrical take on high anxiety provides a common thread, creating a coherent whole. While No Bird Sing's minor-key melodies and funereal tone require patience, its stunning originality is rewarding over several listens. Those who take the time to let No Bird Sing’s shadowy tunes sink in will find them hard to shake.
Turf Club 1601 University Ave. W., Twin Cities, MN
To get an idea of the wide-ranging aesthetic that Twin Cities hip-hop trio No Bird Sing aims for on its self-titled debut, look at the guests enlisted to help get the job done—the roster includes master MC Eyedea, jazzy songbird Alicia Wiley, and folk-blues guitarist Bo Ramsey. The album runs the risk of feeling fractured, yawing from hard-boiled, spoken-word blues salvo to ambient comedown indie-pop record to fired-up, rapid-flow rhyme showcase. But MC Eric Blair’s precise lyrical take on high anxiety provides a common thread, creating a coherent whole. While No Bird Sing's minor-key melodies and funereal tone require patience, its stunning originality is rewarding over several listens. Those who take the time to let No Bird Sing’s shadowy tunes sink in will find them hard to shake.
Updated 04/20/2011
