Andrew Bird is going to be playing a Chicago gig in support of presidential candidate Barack Obama. Grab your tickets here.

MP3: Andrew Bird - Weather Systems
I’ll admit that the only reason I’m posting this song over any other of his fantastic ones is that I wanted a second to rant about the weather in Kentucky. Seriously, it’s getting out of control. A little over a week ago it was 65 degrees. Last week it was a ton of rain and winds that ripped roofs off houses and knocked billboards onto cars (my teacher’s!). On Monday it iced so bad that cars were sliding all over, then it rained a lot and washed most of that away… just in time for the temperature to drop again and us to be blanketed with snow today. The crazy part is that I’m sure it’ll be tshirt and shorts weather again before the month is out.

The first 200 people to preorder the Apples in Stereo’s new b-sides and rarities record Electronic Projects for Musicians will get a copy signed by Robert Schneider.

Pitchfork has Band of Horses playing on Conan.

Bearsuit are looking for a place to crash during SXSW. Help them out?

The Postmarks recorded a cover of the Bond theme “You Only Live Twice.