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tUnE-yArDs is the moniker of Oakland-based musician Merrill Garbus. To date, she has two full-length studio albums and is currently signed to the British independent record label 4AD. She was formerly a member of Sister Suvi.
Her debut album Bird-Brains was first released on limited edition vinyl and cassette in June 2009, via the Portland-based imprint Marriage Records. In July 2009, it was announced that tUnE-yArDs had signed to 4AD, and a limited edition pressing of BiRd-BrAiNs was released on August 17, 2009.
A full worldwide release followed on November 16, 2009 (and November 17th in North America). The autumn 2009 pressing was remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Christian Wright, and includes two new bonus tracks: “Want Me To” and “Real Live Flesh.”
BiRd-BrAiNs was entirely self-produced and recorded, with Garbus utilizing a hand-held digital voice recorder, ukulele, some noisy off-balance drums, and produced using shareware mixing software. Garbus described her sound as “a patchwork of sound snippets, of history in a present tense. It is a composer’s commitment to the preservation of stories, however small and unassuming.”
A second album w h o k i l l was released on April 19, 2011, preceded by the single “Bizness”. It was produced by Garbus and engineered by Eli Crews at New, Improved Studios in Oakland, California. Applying the live approach to her studio work for the first time, Garbus works with bass player Nate Brenner, who co-wrote some of the album’s songs.
Her debut album Bird-Brains was first released on limited edition vinyl and cassette in June 2009, via the Portland-based imprint Marriage Records. In July 2009, it was announced that tUnE-yArDs had signed to 4AD, and a limited edition pressing of BiRd-BrAiNs was released on August 17, 2009.
A full worldwide release followed on November 16, 2009 (and November 17th in North America). The autumn 2009 pressing was remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Christian Wright, and includes two new bonus tracks: “Want Me To” and “Real Live Flesh.”
BiRd-BrAiNs was entirely self-produced and recorded, with Garbus utilizing a hand-held digital voice recorder, ukulele, some noisy off-balance drums, and produced using shareware mixing software. Garbus described her sound as “a patchwork of sound snippets, of history in a present tense. It is a composer’s commitment to the preservation of stories, however small and unassuming.”
A second album w h o k i l l was released on April 19, 2011, preceded by the single “Bizness”. It was produced by Garbus and engineered by Eli Crews at New, Improved Studios in Oakland, California. Applying the live approach to her studio work for the first time, Garbus works with bass player Nate Brenner, who co-wrote some of the album’s songs.
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FlyMeToTheSun wrote:
Good stuff. Much better than I anticipated.
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shineslikegold wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/tUnE-yArDs/+images/74162760
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facebruised wrote:
seriously though. holy fuck.
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adrialuz wrote:
w h o k i l l visto desde otro punto de vista: http://sensacionesflotantes.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/desde-otro-punto-de-vista-tune-yards-w-h-o-k-i-l-l/
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RiggyDardust wrote:
Estaba estusiasmado con My country, pero después, ay, después me pareció una tremenda porquería (I'm being as nice as I can).
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randombob18 wrote:
Raving out to this on a Sunday afternoon is definitely the one.
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Nobodylikesyou wrote:
Life is a party in a can.
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kell_salvador wrote:
This chick rules, man.
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ivonne321 wrote:
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!!!!!
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SKGibb wrote:
ha I thought it was a guy with a good voice, but its a woman (with a top voice)!
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callmemc wrote:
I recently featured her in my blog, www.coachellafestival.tumblr.com. Every day my blog features one artist playing at the upcoming Coachella festival. Here I've created an information and media center that aggregates basic artist information, third party reviews, music, and music videos conveniently in one place. It also allows you to listen to music playlists grouped by genre and artist. Happy listening!
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ArtificialWonde wrote:
I would kill for some tickets to a concert by this woman. So talented.
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Cilloran wrote:
fuckyeahtuneyards.tumblr.com
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Colton56 wrote:
megafuckedupload
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grand_alpha wrote:
Incredibly good live.
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showroom-dummy wrote:
i had the weirdesdt dream last night that she was performing "real live flesh" using my head as a drum; i haven't been able to get the song out of it since.
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melodymann wrote:
is she really female? :\
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ride_her wrote:
@colton56 try megaupload ;)
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sugahbush wrote:
I want her to marry me <3 <3
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Shepherds Bush Empire, London, United Kingdom
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