The David Bazan song, hard to be from curse your branches — easily one of the best songs on an album filled with great songs — is being featured as Song of the Day on NPR. You can listen to the song and read their review here. Bazan will also be on NPR's World Café this Thursday, October 15 — you can listen live via the internet (between 2pm and 4pm EST) here, or find your local NPR radio station and listen the old-fashioned way.

Chris Walla was recently paired with J. Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines) for the NPR All Songs Considered piece called Project Song. The two artists, who had never met before, had two days to write and record a song based on themes and images provided by curator Bob Boilen, and the result is pretty phenomenal. You can read about the project and hear their song here.

Starting Thursday, October 1st, David Bazan will be taking to the road in support of his recent release, curse your branches, touring with a full band for the first time since the final Pedro The Lion show in October 2005. Joining Bazan on tour will be Eric Elbogen, guitar (Say Hi), Andy Fitts, keyboards + guitar (Aqueduct), Casey Foubert, drums (Richard Swift, Sufjan Stevens), and Blake Wescott, guitar (long-time Bazan collaborator).

Also, the last time Bazan was in Rock Island, IL, he stopped by Daytrotter and recorded a few songs off of the new album in their all-analog studio. The results of that day's work can now be heard at daytrotter.com.

The final performance in a series of solo house shows is now available to watch from the BrooklynVegan website. Full-band tour starts in October.

The new David Bazan album curse your branches is in stores Monday August 31, and select retailers will have a free bonus 7" containing two non-album cover recordings available with purchase of the album while supplies last. If you've already pre-ordered the record from Barsuk, you will be getting a 7" in your order, but after our supply runs out (we have only 15 left as of today), the only way to get the 7" will be to purchase from one of the stores carrying it, or maybe from Insound while their supplies last.

The debut full-length album from David Bazan, curse your branches, comes out September 1, but if you pre-order it before then, you'll get access to streaming audio of the entire album. You can also download a track from the album now.

Bazan will be taking to the road in support of his release with a full band for the first time since the final Pedro the Lion show in October 2005. Joining Bazan on tour will be: Eric Elbogen: guitar (Say Hi), Andy Fitts: keyboards + guitar (Aqueduct), Casey Foubert: drums (Richard Swift, Sufjan Stevens), Blake Wescott: guitar (long-time Bazan collaborator).

We are exceedingly pleased to announce that we'll be releasing the debut full-length album by David Bazan, curse your branches, on August 25th, 2009. Known for his work with Pedro The Lion and Headphones, curse your branches is his first full album release under the name David Bazan, following the fewer moving parts EP and the american flags 7" single (the b-side of which is the demo version of curse your branches album track please baby please.)

Two good reasons to celebrate next Tuesday, January 20: Inauguration Day for our new US President, and the release of David Bazan's new 7" single, american flags. Out since November 4th digitally, this is the first time these two songs have been available on vinyl. The 7" also comes with a single-use code to download hi-res MP3s. Be sure to order your copy soon, as this is a limited pressing and will be gone fast!

We'll be releasing a new digital single from David Bazan on November 4th, via iTunes and other digital stores, with two songs, american flags and a demo version of please, baby, please. Both songs will be released on 7" vinyl sometime in early 2009 — sign up to be notified when it's available for pre-orders.

The new David Bazan DVD, alone at the microphone, with eleven solo performances of Pedro the Lion, Headphones and David Bazan songs, is out now and available here in the shop. We have a limited number of copies on hand, so get yours now!

David Bazan was at the Sasquatch festival this past weekend, and he got asked some questions by the A.V. Club — read his hilarious responses here.

The concept: gather together a bunch of bands in a house that will be destroyed. All bands play one song each, and perform their song twice, and then the house is destroyed. Capture everything on film, and release it on DVD.

For the Seattle edition, Death Cab's Ben Gibbard gathered together a bunch of great local bands: The Long Winters, Jesse Sykes, David Bazan, Harvey Danger, Tiny Vipers, The Cave Singers, Minus The Bear, Eddie Vedder, Kinski, Spook The Horse, The Can't See, The Blue Scholars, Triumph of Lethargy Skinned To Death, and, of course, himself. Released by Trixie DVD, but available here while supplies last.

David Bazan will be touring the US this fall, starting in early September (Minneapolis, MN), and ending in mid-November (Newport, KY), with openers Casiotone for the Painfully Alone in the first half, and All Smiles for the second half. Pre-sale for tickets starts today — visit the official ticket pre-sale site here.

If you've been wondering when your favorite Barsuk band is going to be coming around to your neck of the woods again, wait no longer. A dizzying number of tour dates have just been announced, including Nada Surf's US tour in October, Menomena's third big tour of the year (this time with Illinois in October and November), David Bazan's epic journey (with support Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, September through November), Rocky Votolato (playing some dates with Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter) in September and October, John Vanderslice (celebrating his new album, emerald city) and Smoosh (supporting Bloc Party in September). Check out our shows page for more details.

Hip (and totally awesome) website, Stereogum, has put together a 10th anniversary tribute to the Radiohead classic, ok computer, with contributions from two Barsuk artists. John Vanderslice takes on karma police (which has, as John puts it, "the best bridge ever"), and David Bazan performs his interpretation of the song let down, a favorite at his live shows. Other artists on the tribute include Cold War Kids, Mobius Band, My Brightest Diamond, and more — you can listen and read all about it here.

The Barsuk release of David Bazan's debut solo EP is now available in the shop (official release date is May 22). You can also download a free MP3 from the album to get a taste for David's amazing songwriting and singing.

Barsuk Records is honored to announce that we have added David Bazan to our roster. We will be releasing the fewer moving parts EP (originally released in a very limited way by Bazan himself in June of last year) on May 22, 2007. We have tentatively scheduled a full-length release of new material for early 2008.