Sage, you speak my whole life in lyric sometimes.  Love you for that.

now I'm a dad and all this music hits so different

Get it right, Sage.  You have so much talent but if you know the truth, speak it.  Step up and assist instead of laying back in the cut and profitting off someone else's life.

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

Buy on CD/Vinyl: http://bit.ly/1yR3kBq
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Eyedea & Abilities - Smile

Check out the video HERE: http://youtu.be/6LVMSDPNObE
BLUE is the second leak from Sage Francis' SICK TO D(EAT)H mixtape which is available now at http://tinyurl.com/SickToDeathSFR
Beat produced by Reanimator. Scratches by Buddy Peace. Single artwork image by Trait Cross. The full track list for #SickToDeath and a breakdown of each track, along with some additional updates from Sage Francis available here: http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/blogs/sage-francis-blog/sick-to-death
"True enough."

SICK TO DEATH mixtape

"BLUE" - Sage Francis (2013)

From the "Copper Gone" album, available in all formats at Strange Famous Records: http://tinyurl.com/CopperGoneSFR 
Sage Francis tour dates: http://tinyurl.com/SageShows

The music is produced by Strange Famous label-mate, PROLYPHIC (horns by Joshua Trinidad.) Lyric video available here: http://youtu.be/-utMO586HCg
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"Vonnegut Busy" - Sage Francis [COPPER GONE]

Kristoff Krane - Death   Birth Freestyle  HD

Buy track: http://rse.lnk.to/LonelyRose

excited to show y'all this new song we made with our friends blueprint
& aesop rock. plain ole bill on the cuts, and g koop finessing the
instruments: this lonely rose

Atmosphere, Aesop Rock and Blueprint will be performing on December 4th at the Target Center for the Rhymesayers 20th Anniversary Concert: http://bit.ly/RSE20tix

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Atmosphere - This Lonely Rose feat. Blueprint & Aesop Rock

This song is a bonus track, available for free download when you purchase Aesop Rock's album, "The Impossible Kid", at FifthElementOnline.com

http://bit.ly/TheImpossibleKid

Aesop Rock - Dorks [Blockhead Remix]

from the 2011 album 'afraid to dream'

Purchase here:
http://micheallarsen.bandcamp.com/merch/eyenine-afraid-to-dream-cd

Cataract Vision (Ft. Eyedea)

recorded circa 2004 at daddy kev's pad in Echo Park, Los Angeles. this track was never released, but I figured it would be nice to give it away to fans of Eyedea to celebrate his life.

Lines

Sadistik - Savior Self ft Cas One Alexipharmic; Eyedea; Kristoff Krane

lyrics by Ceschi / Baracuda / NGAFSH (of CVE)
produced by Child Actor / chorus ad-libs by Natalie Plaza & Max Heath of Child Actor
Baracuda & Ceschi vocals recorded by Richard Catesh in London, Ontario, Canada
mastered by Deeskee 
from the album "Forgotten Forever"

While on tour in Ontario, Canada in January 2013 I was lucky enough to have time to record a song with Baracuda originally of Guelph Ontario's "Plague Language" family of artists.  Cuda & I originally recorded our verses in London Ontario at Richard Catesh's apartment over a beat that was grabbed online which featured a (pretty heartfelt) Reggae singer doing the chorus.  I had been trying hard to get one of my rap idols NGAFSH of CVE (Goodlife/Project Blowed) on this album and after recording this song and reading some of FSH's online rants about hard work - I KNEW he would feel this one.  The only problem we had was that the beat had already been used by countless others online who had already made youtube music videos etc. Like a champion, my long time friend & bandmate Max Heath of Child Actor completely re-made the beat, I recorded a new chorus, Natalie sang some ad-libs and the Work Song was created!


Work Song (ft. Baracuda, NGAFSH & Child Actor)

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"BLUE" - Sage Francis (2013)

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