Time flies when you're listening to good music.

The "Definition Sickness" album is available now at: http://tinyurl.com/DefinitionSickness 

Stand outs in the indie-rap haven of Minnesota, No Bird Sing combines the talents of emcee Joe Horton, drummer/producer Graham O'Brien, and guitarist/producer Robert Mulrennan. With Definition Sickness, the trio has maintained the integrity of their live-band roots while exploring a more produced sound that ranges from stark minimalism to lush expansiveness. 

The first single, “DON’T THINK”, is a brooding track where Horton shares vocal duties with SFR label head SAGE FRANCIS. Other guests on the album include FIX cohorts Crescent Moon (Kill the Vultures) and Kristoff Krane, as well as Sadistik, Chastity Brown, James Diers (Halloween, Alaska), Aby Wolf, Adam Svec and Molly Dean.

NBS released their eponymous debut to critical acclaim in 2009. Their 2011 follow-up, "Theft of the Commons", along with the US tour dates that followed, served to expand their loyal, burgeoning fanbase across the Midwest and beyond. 

Their SFR debut,  Definition Sickness, offers a meditative commentary on modern life, owing much to leftist political theorists like Howard Zinn as well as Eastern-leaning philosophers like Alan Watts and Lao Tzu. Musically the dark, transcendent instrumentation of the record creates a rich and varied soundscape that will immediately entice fans of multiple genres. Repeat listeners will be rewarded by both the layered lyrical themes and the ear candy that’s provided by the nuanced sonic compositions. 

"If you took away the vocals, you'd never know it was hip hop," admits drummer/producer Graham O'Brien. "We're just investigating the relationship between hip hop and other genres—taking the spoken, rhythmic word and putting it in other places."  

"That's what creativity is," vocalist Horton says. "It's coming to this point where you don't know exactly what you're doing and having to figure out what to do. The second you're not doing that, you're just rehashing old shit."
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"Don't Think" - NO BIRD SING feat. SAGE FRANCIS

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The Grouch & Eligh - Run ft. Pigeon John

Sadistik "Firing Squad" featuring Ceschi [Remaster]

Beautiful Addiction (feat. Grieves & Blake Hazard)

Released exactly one month after the 9/11 attacks. This song is from the "Sick of Waging War" mixtape: https://sfrstore.myshopify.com/search?q=sick+of+waging+war
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Sage Francis albums

MAKESHIFT PATRIOT - Sage Francis (2001)FREE MP3

Snitch Nation W/  Ceschi

Christmas bonus track for all the fans. Here is to a great 2014 and an even better 2015. Thanks for being along for this ride with me.

Sampled from 'Alesund' by Sun Kil Moon.

Antix - Gable's Fable

Debut Release by Deviant

Self produced, recorded, mixed, & mastered by Deviant 
at Deviant Noise Lab in North Hollywood, CA

©℗2015 Deviant Noise Lab

02 D.R.V. (feat. Wax)

After self-producing several of his own solo albums throughout the 2000’s, Cecil Otter rose to fame as one half of the mashup duo Wugazi, a remix project that overlapped the gritty raps of Wu-Tang Clan with the sounds of post-rock vets Fugazi.  The project went instantly viral and garnered high praise from the likes of NBC, Rolling Stone, MTV, and even Jay-Z’s own site, Life + Times.  Dear Echo marks Cecil’s first new collection of solo material since 2008’s Rebel Yellow.

Cecil Otter "Beauty"

A Single from my new album "The Kardashev Scale"

Brains

Do It Again Ft. DJ Fresh

Antix is a UK hip hop artist tipped by BBC Introducing, Record of the Day, MusicWeek, MTV Brand New, Clash Music, Spindle Mag... 'Come Home' is out now:

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Antix - Gable's Fable

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