The Bird & The Bee

Please Clap Your Hands Inara George and Greg Kurstin, a.k.a. the bird and the bee, have collected fans and critical accolades since the release of their self titled debut in January '07. The band has been busy ever since with non-stop touring and promotion all over the globe. All the while the band con...	The Reminder Feist is the solo project of Canada's Leslie Feist, a prolific artist who has also played in one capacity or another with Broken Social Scene, Kings of Convenience and half a dozen other bands. The Reminder, her third release, comes from the same well of quiet, appealing songwrit...	All Rise On this debut, Inara's skills are at once obvious; her delivery relaxed and confident. She's been steadily working in the LA music scene, playing in bands, and lending her voice to numerous musical projects/film scores (Van Dyke Parks, Idlewild, Danny Elfman, Michael Andrews, Jac...	Wincing the Night Away Indie-rock's hardest-working slackers finally release their third album, on which they've made the clear transition from bedroom-pop to stadium-rock without losing everything that makes them great. Those soaring vocals that sound like the unholiest collision of the Cure and Simon...	Back to Black Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
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Fun, good music
I like! It's a unique sound, and very artistically put together. The vocals really are beautiful. The harmonies are edgy, and the instrumentals are exceptionally well done.

Lovely
Beautiful soprano, dreamy vocals, witty lyrics and an ambient electronica feel. Sort of lounge music with an edge. Part of what I like about it is that it's a little bit hard to describe.

Pretty, but...
I'm really enjoying this CD, but wondering how one "lie[s] prostate on the ground" (Because). Oops. A bit of a Freudian slip there? I'm also wondering why the explicitness is necessary. As far as I can tell, the album gets this label because of some curse words, none of which I think add value to the songs.

Wow! There is some decent music in the new millenium!
As I grew up in the 60's, I must say up front that I am spoiled rotten... Some of the songs released from 1966 through 1969 defined an era and shaped a generation. I own about 500 Cd's, most from 1964 to 1980. In the new millennium, I've had a difficult time relating to the music and lyrics dominating the airwaves and media. As a musician, I haven't found tunes I would want to learn and play until... I discovered the Bird and Bee at work. Reebok International has a music mode system, one of them entitled "Metro Blend". One morning I heard this mind blowing song mixing exotic, haunting music with kooky exceptional lyrics. The song was "Lalala". I ran into the office to see who the band was that performed the song. That evening, I ordered their Cd on Amazon, and I haven't stopped listening to it since. Every song is a gem. Inara and Greg have a way of taking their tunes right to the edge without going over the line into schmaltz or boredom. The Bird and Bee combine Pop, Rock, Techno and Jazz into most of their songs as well as quirky, unforgettable lyrics. I recommend their album highly. You won't be sorry, I promise you.

Super Duo - The `modernized' Carpenters
Inara George has an effortless, luxurious and sweet voice, one of the best I've heard in years (and I'm a tough critic when it comes to women singers). Greg Kurstin is a genius composer and multi-instrumentalist, who took his love for Brazilian instrumentation and adapted it cleverly to contemporary pop with a retro twist. I can't say enough about their eponymous release (standout tracks: F-cking Boyfriend, La La La, My Fair Lady, Again & Again) and two recently released EPs (One Too Many Hearts & Please Clap Your Hands). The lyrics are very accessible, not too cerebral, but meaningful just the same. I'm in love with everything they put their hands on/voices to.