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

Pay Homage

Illogic "1000 Whispers"

Eyes Like X's (Murs,Slug,Aseop Rock Felt Remix)

Taken from Doomtree's 2007 release "False Hopes"
Produced by Cecil Otter

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Cecil Otter "A Hundred Fathers"

Bug Zapper  (prod. by Aesop Rock)

"Cat Food" and "Bug Zapper" were initially released in December on an extremely limited 7-inch vinyl record, available only to fans who purchased the Aesop Rock x Kid Robot collaborative vinyl toy, "Whiskers: The Undead" through Fifth Element.

This song will not be available on any other album.

Catch Aesop Rock live on the Bestiary Tour!
Performing with Rob Sonic, DJ Abilities and special guest Homeboy Sandman.
Full US tour dates and ticket links here: http://bit.ly/BestiaryTour

Aesop Rock - Bug Zapper

David Mars, Eyedea and Mike Shank formerly Impulse

06 Go To Hell (Featuring Eyedea &amp; Impulse)

Rhymesayers European Tour Mix Contest Entry

Lost track featuring Aesop Rock, Eyedea, & Slug of Atmosphere. Released 11/2/11 in memory of Michael "Eyedea" Larson.

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Aesop Rock, Eyedea, & Slug - Thorns

Night Prowler (Featuring Slug)

"To Young Leaders" is the FREE DOWNLOAD first single from Guante & Big Cats' album "You Better Weaponize" - available on CD & MP3 here: http://tinyurl.com/YouBetterWeaponize

Guante is a rapper, two-time National Poetry Slam champion, activist and educator. Big Cats is a visionary producer and multi-instrumentalist who has worked with Sage Francis, P.O.S., TTxBC and others. Together, they've crafted an album brimming with substantive punchlines, gallows humor and a down-to-earth political edge, all over some of the most gorgeously banging production of the year. Featuring indie-rap visionaries like Toki Wright, Crescent Moon (of Kill the Vultures), Kristoff Krane and more, "You Better Weaponize" is one of the tightest, smartest, most singular projects ever to emerge from the lauded Twin Cities underground hip hop scene. 

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The Full Album is Here

"To Young Leaders" by Guante & Big Cats!

Independent Hip Hop Record Label
Artist Roster:
Abstract Rude
Aesop Rock
Atmosphere
BK-One
Blueprint
Brother Ali
deM atlaS
Dilated Peoples
Dj Abilities
Evidence
Eyedea & Abilities
Face Candy
Felt
Freeway
Grayskul
Grieves
Hail Mary Mallon
I Self Devine
Jake One
Los Nativos
MF DOOM
Micranots
Mr. Dibbs
Musab
Nikki Jean
P.O.S
Prof
Psalm One
Sa-Roc
Semi.Official
Soul Position
Step Brothers (Alchemist x Evidence)
Toki Wright
The Uncluded (Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson)

Aesop Rock - Bug Zapper

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