Jade Bird (click these, you will not regret)

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

Amazing voice, clever songwriting. She played @ SXSW either this past year or the year before which I regrettably learned after the fact. I didn't see a thread on her but thought I would share; she's one of my favorite acts at the moment (ht @ KUTX)

 

 

 

[Ollie Slatt 289]

I saw her at SXSW this year.  Probably the best show I attended.  

[jimmyjazz 46534]

She's like a better Courtney Barnett.

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[SwanderedTalent 5761]

1 hour ago, Ollie Slatt said:

I saw her at SXSW this year.  Probably the best show I attended.  

I can believe it, she has a bunch of live showcases on YouTube and is a really engaging performer. I'm kicking myself in the dick for not having heard of her sooner since she doesn't have any 2018 US dates scheduled. Maybe next year.

[South Austin 52772]

I Shazam'ed Uh Huh just a few days ago and thought to myself, "Who is this asskicker?"

[ohchaucer 1443]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

She's like a better Courtney Barnett.

So true and about damn time someone said as much.

[stc 1474]

based on those 2 songs, she's nothing like courtney barnett. 

[jimmyjazz 46534]

1 minute ago, stc said:

based on those 2 songs, she's nothing like courtney barnett. 

Well, she can sing, so you have a point.  But the chorus on "Uh Huh" resolves in a very CB way.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

 

[tbone_ 14300]

That’s good stuff. She’s a rocker.

[C-Man 27417]

On 10/26/2018 at 9:26 AM, jimmyjazz said:

She's like a better Courtney Barnett.

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Ha. I loved Courtney Barnett when she first hit but she's almost a punch out for me now. Just getting exposed to Jade Bird after hearing "Lottery" on KXT last week or so. Pretty good. Some of her other stuff I haven't gotten as into yet but I'll keep trying.

[ohchaucer 1443]

Nothing more to add other than "lottery" has a chorus that's just good music. Not fancy. Just voice matching feel and a great set of chords. 

Kinda Julien Baker sound. Unassuming, then "whoa, Nelly!"

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[HenryJames 66394]

I regretted this.

[tbone_ 14300]

You did not.

[Buzzrock 15033]

The first song I was all like OK and then the second song I was like Hot Damn.

[Rip76 4987]

On 10/26/2018 at 9:26 AM, jimmyjazz said:

She's like a better Courtney Barnett.

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I want to like 50 times.

[Paul Wesley 3303]

I usually listen to the NPR critics end-of-year "best of" show, in hopes of discovering a few new artists every year.  Sometimes it works.

One year, all three of the critics just RAVED about Courtney Barnett.  "She wrote a song about her ASTHMA ATTACK!"  And then they played it and they all fawned over it like it was some kind of fucking achievement.  It's horrible, unlistenable nonsense.  It has no redeeming quality.  None.  It seemed completely calculated to make you say, "Oh, that's so QUIRKY!"  Which is even more annoying than all the ironic moustaches on the first five rows of a Mumford show.  She has all the genius and creativity of the second season of Punky Brewster.  

I've been waiting half a decade to talk about how much she fucking sucks.

[jimmyjazz 46534]

15 minutes ago, Paul Wesley said:

I usually listen to the NPR critics end-of-year "best of" show, in hopes of discovering a few new artists every year.  Sometimes it works.

One year, all three of the critics just RAVED about Courtney Barnett.  "She wrote a song about her ASTHMA ATTACK!"  And then they played it and they all fawned over it like it was some kind of fucking achievement.  It's horrible, unlistenable nonsense.  It has no redeeming quality.  None.  It seemed completely calculated to make you say, "Oh, that's so QUIRKY!"  Which is even more annoying than all the ironic moustaches on the first five rows of a Mumford show.  She has all the genius and creativity of the second season of Punky Brewster.  

I've been waiting half a decade to talk about how much she fucking sucks.

LMAO.  I'm not quite so far down the road of disgust as you, but I do think she's overrated.  She reminds me of the initial burst of deadpan "ironic" alt-rock bands like Cake and Marcy Playground.  It's the whole "I just couldn't be bothered" delivery that turns me off, more so than the actual content.  That said, I can listen to a Cake tune these days and be entertained.

[tbone_ 14300]

I don’t know anything about Courtney Barnett but Cake is awesome.

[HenryJames 66394]

20 hours ago, Paul Wesley said:

I usually listen to the NPR critics end-of-year "best of" show, in hopes of discovering a few new artists every year.  Sometimes it works.

One year, all three of the critics just RAVED about Courtney Barnett.  "She wrote a song about her ASTHMA ATTACK!"  And then they played it and they all fawned over it like it was some kind of fucking achievement.  It's horrible, unlistenable nonsense.  It has no redeeming quality.  None.  It seemed completely calculated to make you say, "Oh, that's so QUIRKY!"  Which is even more annoying than all the ironic moustaches on the first five rows of a Mumford show.  She has all the genius and creativity of the second season of Punky Brewster.  

I've been waiting half a decade to talk about how much she fucking sucks.

I’ve never listened to Courtney Barnett, but rants like this are why Al Gore invented the internet.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

I'm thinking of starting a Courtney Barnett Sucks thread so we'll have some place to talk about Jade Bird

[DougO 5257]

She can groove. Kind of a modern throwback.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

verse chord progression of Love Has All Been Done Before kind of reminds me of "Big BIrd" by Eddie Floyd

[Asithappens 974]

On 10/26/2018 at 9:26 AM, jimmyjazz said:

She's like a better Courtney Barnett.

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Wow.

Maybe. She is damn good.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

She is opening for Hozier at ACL Live in March. 

Do women like when you give them pieces of your ear as a token of appreciation? I hope so.

[next2naus 439]

Sounds just like Austin's Wind and the Wave.

 

 

[Blotto 23757]

Never heard of this broad until this thread, but I dig "uh-huh." Saw a press release that she recently announced she'd be releasing her first album in April.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

new video for "I Get No Joy", fun one

 

[jimmyjazz 46534]

On 1/8/2019 at 8:46 AM, SwanderedTalent said:

She is opening for Hozier at ACL Live in March. 

Talk about a backwards bill.

[tbone_ 14300]

Most backwards bill I I ever saw was Jerry Cantrell opening for nickleback.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

Talk about a backwards bill.

Man, I figured I was just old and didn't get it. I gave Hozier a few listens assuming that if an act I liked opened for him, he must be OK. Not my cup of tea.

I appreciate the sanity check.

[bluto 4947]

And those ticket prices at the dallas show are ~$100 on secondary market

[jimmyjazz 46534]

29 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Most backwards bill I I ever saw was Jerry Cantrell opening for nickleback.

I literally laughed out loud.  Like, literally.  In the non-millennial way.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

2 hours ago, bluto said:

And those ticket prices at the dallas show are ~$100 on secondary market

Austin, too, pissed me off. I ain't paying a hundred bucks to see her open for a guy who sucks.

[strangulation! 1716]

a son & heir production. very nice

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

new single 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRLrKUEplII

[gsoda3 3317]

just wanted to leave this here. 

 

 

[PRONG HORN 3167]

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

15 hours ago, PRONG HORN said:

fuck off, cocksucker

[tbone_ 14300]

Nah that’s bs. She’s good.

[Stringer 1472]

CSB:

At a SXSW thing last year, I was back stage and did the meet and greet thing with her.  Did the photo in front of some branded backdrop, the whole thing.  Apparently, I look a lot like someone she knows back home and she had her manager take a photo of us to show her friend.  So, somewhere out there there is a photo of us that was circulated around her circle of friends.

*CSB*

Anyway, she good and she puts on a good show.