Travis Bird

Travis Bird is a Chicago-based musician and songwriter. He has explored a wide variety of musical territory on guitar, drums, and an array of other devices, including punk and classic rock as well as experimental and sound art veins. Current projects and collaborations include the psychedelic rockrnof the Leavitt Ours, a guitar duo with Dan Burke (Illusion of Safety) and Dense Reduction with Evan Lindorff-Ellery, with whom he runs a boutique cassette label called Notice Recordings.rn

latest reviews by Travis Bird....
Travis' lifetime average review-rating is 7.3
Cornucopia "Ultima" Evocative album from this Puerto Rican drone project... rated 7/10 (1 September, 2010)
Temperatures "Eksra" Freshness and familiarity are on display here... rated 7/10 (25 August, 2010)
Philip Jeck & Marcus Davidson "Spliced" Excellent single on Touch... rated 9/10 (25 August, 2010)
Tarentel "You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever 3" A stone-cold winner from Tarentel... rated 9/10 (25 August, 2010)
Soft Shoulder "People Problems" Intriguing but not great... rated 5/10 (25 August, 2010)
Sachiko "Golden Hypnos" Solo bomb from the inimitable Sachiko... rated 6/10 (18 August, 2010)
Hecker "3 Track 12"" Lovely EP on Mego... rated 7/10 (18 August, 2010)
Giuseppe Ielasi "Aix" Absolutely stunning... rated 10/10 (18 August, 2010)
Sky Needle "Time Hammer" Misses its mark... rated 4/10 (18 August, 2010)
VipCancro "Tropico" Nice release with some promise... rated 6/10 (11 August, 2010)
First Dog to Visit the Center of the Earth "Every Machine On" Barraged... rated 10/10 (11 August, 2010)
Anla Courtis "Becasa Quiula" Recent tape of guitar and tape-based explorations... rated 6/10 (11 August, 2010)
Little Howlin’ Wolf "Cool Truth" Very welcome re-release of this seemingly lost material... rated 8/10 (11 August, 2010)
Michael Gregory Jackson "Clarity" Incredible, essential reissue... rated 9/10 (4 August, 2010)
Christian Munthe "Blowing the Wind: 11 Etudes for the Archtop Acoustic Guitar" Misses the mark... rated 5/10 (4 August, 2010)
latest features by Travis Bird....
Neon Marshmallow Fest Recap More so than perhaps any festival on the radar, the lineup itself was truly the draw of Chicago’s inaugural Neon Marshmallow Fest, the four-day cornucopia of experimental music of all stripes.... (1 September, 2010)
 
26 September, 2010
The New Foxy Digitalis Check out the new site.... feature :: by Brad Rose

8 September, 2010
Ernesto Diaz-Infante Since the mid-nineties, composer/guitarist Ernesto Diaz-Infante has been releasing some of the most boldly unclassifiable and uncompromising music that spans an unbelievably wide range of sounds... feature :: by David Perron

Horaflora Horaflora is San Francisco-based musician Raub Roy. .. feature :: by Mike Pursley

1 September, 2010
Bis auf’s Messer Berlin’s Bis auf’s Messer emporium has all bases covered. From two rooms in the Eastern borough of Friedrichshain, Robert and Stefan run a store and a mailorder operation, they organize gigs, and not one, but two labels... feature :: by Jan-Arne Sohns

Neon Marshmallow Fest Recap More so than perhaps any festival on the radar, the lineup itself was truly the draw of Chicago’s inaugural Neon Marshmallow Fest, the four-day cornucopia of experimental music of all stripes.... feature :: by Travis Bird
15 September, 2010
Lucky 13 Jani Hellén's 13,000,000th dream.. podcast :: by Jani Hellén

10 August, 2010
Early Women Composers A collection of tracks from some of the best female composers this century... podcast :: by Brad Rose

5 August, 2010
Hobo Cult #1 First set of tunes from the man behind Hobo Cult/Hobo Cubes... podcast :: by Frank Ouellette

15 July, 2010
LAFMS Podcast #1 A selection of tracks from the might Los Angeles Free Music Society.. podcast :: by Andrew Murdock Livingston

3 July, 2010
ALPHACAST A collection of songs from the mighty Colin Ward AKA Alphabets in celebration of the ALPHABOX release... podcast :: by Brad Rose
 
 
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