Bowerbirds profile picture

Bowerbirds

Tomorrow!!! Hymns re-release w/2 bonus trax +vinyl

About Me

The bowerbird's long-distance advertising songs are loud vocalizations typically given by a male as he perches in the understory above his bower.
Please note:The first song below comes from our l.p., "Hymns for a Dark Horse." The others come from our e.p., "Danger at Sea." You can buy the e.p. by clicking the button below the player, or buy the new CD (or the EP) at www.bowerbirds.org .

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Here is an awesome music video whose web debut is today, August 6, and it will be on MTV2's Subterranean program on Saturday night, if you wanna watch it on TV.
Here is one of our takeaway shows we did recently on La Blogotheque (www.lablogotheque.net):
Also, here is an amazing video of a lion:


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


We have signed to our favorite US record label, Dead Oceans .
Dead Oceans will re-release Hymns for a Dark Horse on CD and vinyl this late spring -- and the new version will come with two secret bonus tracks.


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


Tour planned for February/ March 2008, and ending at South by Southwest, in Austin, TX!
More info in show listings.


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


We are honored to be nominated for a PLUG award, in the Americana category, for Hymns for a Dark Horse, and you can vote for us.
Check out www.plugawards.com and cast your votes.


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Also, we apologize that we have not been able to keep up with myspace messages, because we don't have fast internet at the Airstream, and myspace takes forever to load there. If you would like to get in touch with us, please go to bowerbirds.org and follow the email link.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


Buy our music at bowerbirds.org! www.bowerbirds.org
Here is the enticing image you will see on our website. Look for these, and click on them (on bowerbirds.org) to buy. Our album is also available digitally from itunes, etc. It is being re-released on Dead Oceans with two bonus tracks in July 2008.
go to site.
The male crestless bowerbird is completely drab. His plumage is indistinguishable from the female's. His bower has therefore grown more elaborate to take the place of colorful feathers. He gathers insect skeletons, shells, seeds and charcoal, and arranges them in neat piles in his bower. While bobbing about to attract the female, he holds a colorful object, usually a flower, in his bill.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/2/2005
Band Website: bowerbirds.org
Band Members: Phil Moore (guitar, hi hat, lead vocals), Beth Tacular (accordion, autoharp, percussion, vocals) & Mark Paulson (violin, foot synth, percussion, vocals)
Influences: bird-of-paradise

Sounds Like: tiny pebbles being dropped into fishtank
Record Label: Dead Oceans www.deadoceans.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New stop-motion music video for "In our Talons", made in Canada by geniuses.

We are kind of amazed that we have this ridiculously awesome stop-action music video for "In our Talons", which you can see online at: http://www.subterraneanblog.com/ We can speak so gushingly about...
Posted by Bowerbirds on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:49:00 PST

Update! homes have been found for pups homes before they were killed!

Below is our initial blog about the puppies. Since we posted this, they have all found new homes! Thanks so much to those of you who offered to help foster them. One of them was attacked by some ot...
Posted by Bowerbirds on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:36:00 PST

You can finally put our songs on your Myspace page!

We didn't do this at first, because we had heard a rumor that Myspace would own rights to your song if you put them on the site, but I think it's probably ok, now that everyone is on myspace with thei...
Posted by Bowerbirds on Wed, 28 May 2008 12:26:00 PST

Bowerbirds sign to Dead Oceans

We have found a new label home with Dead Oceans (deadoceans.com), also home to Bishop Allen, Citay, Dirty Projectors, Evangelicals, The Explorers Club, Phosphorescent, White Hinterland. This means th...
Posted by Bowerbirds on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:04:00 PST

Vote for us! America Album of the Year nomination

We were nominated for the Plug Awards (kinda like the indie grammy's) Americana Album of the Year Award.You can vote for us (or our competitors), along with voting for whomever else you think made nic...
Posted by Bowerbirds on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:04:00 PST

video - Pretend you saw us live at Bowery Ballroom

We found this video on brooklynheathen.com, of us playing part of "My Oldest Memory" at the Bowery Ballroom (our ballroom), when we played with Ladybug Transistor and the Rosebuds. So if you never sa...
Posted by Bowerbirds on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:43:00 PST

Clarification: Tracklists for Hymns vs. Danger albums

So, we just realized that we haven't made it very clear what the tracklists were for our e.p. vs. the new album. So I'm gonna type them up here. The songs that appear on both albums are different re...
Posted by Bowerbirds on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:30:00 PST

Our lyrics! (finally)

So some people have been wanting to see the lyrics to our songs, and some people misquoted them and things, so we finally got motivated enough to type them up. Voila!------------------------- Danger ...
Posted by Bowerbirds on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:20:00 PST