Gorilla Vs Bear first introduced me to the pop stylings of Biirdie. One of my best friends from high school, ms melissa had just started dating mrGvsB - Chris, and had introduced me to the site. The very first post I saw was promoting Biirdie's new web single for Estelle/We Cant Work It Out. On a whim, I downloaded both songs and played Estelle first. It totally blew me away.

I didn't even know what to compare it to - maybe the Beach Boys or something from a eccentric movie soundtrack. Either way I thought it was amazing - and We Can't Work It Out was solid too. After the sixth listen I went straight to eBay and bought "Morning Kills the Dark" for a dollar. Hands down, it was my best buy in 2005.

So - the record ruled - I was now ready to see them live. Unfortunately, they weren't really touring - just sporadic dates in California, and nothing that was coinciding with my visits to the Golden State.

Fortunately I've got a good friend out there who can help out in a tight spot.

Biirdie announced a stop in San Diego playing at the Bean Bar and my friend was there with a minidisc in hand. Sadly, the soundguy wanted to control the Minidisc herself - and the first couple of songs are absolutely unlistenable due to the signal being way hot. The good news is that she got a couple of brand new songs that at least I had never heard before...

MP3s:
Im Going to Tell You Something
Dont Let Your Petals Fall
I Am Into Him

Biirdie's got a couple of shows coming up - then a month long residency at the Tangier in LA during April

Shows:
March 13 and 14 Redding and San Francisco, CA
Tue Apr 04: Tangier, Los Angeles, CA 9PM
Tue Apr 11: Tangier, Los Angeles, CA 9PM
Tue Apr 18: Tangier, Los Angeles, CA 9PM
Tue Apr 25: Tangier, Los Angeles, CA 9PM

Other Live Audio:
eMusic Show - Live at Schubas 04/06/2005

Labels: concerts, indie, live mp3s, san diego, soundboard mp3s, the bean bar