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Tune-Yards
Tune-Yards ing was remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Christian
Wright, and includes two new bonus tracks: "Want Me
To" and "Real Live Flesh."
A second album, Whokill (stylized as w h o k i l l), was
released on April 19, 2011.[7] A single from it, "Bizness",
came out in February 2011. It was produced by Garbus
and engineered by Eli Crews at New, Improved Studios
in Oakland, California. Applying the live approach to her
studio work for the first time, Garbus works with bass
player Nate Brenner, who co-wrote some of the album’s
songs. Comparing the act to Sonic Youth, Frontier Psy-
chiatrist said, "if Bird-Brains was Garbus’ Evol, a record
bursting with musical ideas that attempted to subvert
the notion of song, who kill is her Sister, a record that em-
braces the traditional pop song as a vehicle to convey
Tune-Yards performing at Café de la Danse in Paris, France
those ideas."[8] The album as well as singles "Bizness" and
on June 2, 2011
"Gangsta" received mention on many top 2011 album and
Background information song lists, including Time Magazine [9] [10], Rolling Stone
[11] [12], Spin Magazine [13], and the New York Times [14] .
Origin Connecticut, United States
Her song "Fiya" is featured on a 2010 commercial for
Genres Lo-fi, R&B, experimental, Wonky pop, the Blackberry Torch, while the song "Gangsta" has been
Afro-beat
used in the television shows Weeds and The Good Wife.
Instruments Vocals, percussion, ukulele, drums [1]
Years active 2006–present Discography
Labels 4AD, Marriage
Studio albums
Associated Sister Suvi, Beep
acts
Singles & EPs
Website tune-yards.com • • August 2009 – 4AD (promo-only CD-R)
1. "Sunlight" (Edit) – 3:17
Tune-Yards (stylized as tUnE-yArDs [2] is the music pro-
tUnE-yArDs) • • November 2, 2009 – 4AD, AD2934 (7" vinyl and
ject of New England native Merrill Garbus. When per- download)
forming live, Garbus creates drum loops on the spot, and 1. "Hatari" – 5:43
layers these with ukulele, voice, and electric bass (played 2. "Hap-B" – 3:22
by Nate Brenner).[3] The Whokill (stylized as w h o k i l l) 3. "Hatari" (The Small Is Beautiful Remix) – 4:20
tour has added a saxophone section. • Bird-Droppings
• November 3, 2009 – 4AD, EAD2938 (U.S.-only
History and work download EP)
1. "Want Me To" – 4:24
The first Tune-Yards album, Bird-Brains (stylized as BiRd-
2. "Real Live Flesh" – 3:33
BrAiNs) was originally self-released by Garbus on recycled
3. "Hap-B" – 3:22
cassette tape. It was recorded using only a handheld
4. "Hatari" (The Small Is Beautiful Remix) – 4:20
voice recorder.[4] A limited edition vinyl was released
• • February 8, 2010 – 4AD, AD3X11 (7" vinyl and
in June 2009, via the Portland-based imprint Marriage
download)
Records.[5] In July 2009, it was announced that Tune-
1. "Real Live Flesh" – 3:33
Yards had signed to 4AD, and a limited edition pressing
2. "Youth" – 4:45
of Bird-Brains was released on August 17, 2009.[6] A full
• • February 11, 2011 - 4AD
worldwide release followed on November 16, 2009 (and
1. "Bizness"
November 17 in North America). The autumn 2009 press-
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tune-Yards
Year Album details Peak chart positions
BE (Vl) UK US US Alt.
15]
[15] 15]
[15] 16]
[16] 16]
[16]
2009 Bird-Brains - - - -
• Released: June 9, 2009
• Label: Marriage Records/4AD
2011 who kill 49 135 148 19
• Released: April 19, 2011
• Label: 4AD
References 50-best-singles-of-2011-20111207/tune-yards-
bizness-19691231.
[1] http://allmusic.com/album/w-h-o-k-i-l-l- [13] "Spin Magazine Top 50 Albums of 2011 (#30)".
r2145940/credits http://www.spin.com/articles/spins-50-best-
[2] "World of Wonder: How Merrill Garbus left the albums-2011?page=0%2C4.
theatre and took the stage.". The New Yorker. May 2, [14] "New York Times Top 10 Pop Albums of 2011 (#7)".
2011. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/arts/
musical/2011/05/02/ music/music-of-heartache-mortality-and-
110502crmu_music_frerejones. success.html?_r=1.
[3] "New York Times Music Review: Putting it [15] ^ "Chart Stats - TUnE-yArDs". ultratop.be.
Together". nytimes.com. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/arts/ showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tune-Yards.
music/08tune.html. Retrieved October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
[4] "Ink19 Tune-Yards: Master of Puppets". ink19.com. [16] ^ "Chart Places tUnE-yArDs". Lescharts.com.
http://www.ink19.com/issues/may2009/ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/tune-yards/
interviews/tuneYards.html. Retrieved May 1, 2009. chart-history/1080735. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
[5] "Tune-Yards - Bird-Brains (LP) at Discogs".
Discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Tune-
Yards-Bird-Brains/release/1779887. Retrieved
External links
February 2, 2010. • Tune-Yards’ official website
[6] "Tune-Yards - Bird-Brains (CD, Album, Lim) at • Tune-Yards’ profile on 4AD’s website
Discogs". Discogs.com. August 9, 2009. Persondata
http://www.discogs.com/Tune-Yards-Bird-Brains/
Name
release/1953417. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
[7] "tUnE-yArDs official website". http://tune- Alternative names
yards.com/. Retrieved April 17, 2011. Short description
[8] "What’s A Girl To Do?: A Review of tUnE-yArDs’ w h Date of birth
o k i l l". Frontier Psychiatrist. April 11, 2011.
Place of birth
http://frontpsych.com/2011/04/11/whats-a-girl-
to-do-a-review-of-tune-yards-w-h-o-k-i-l-l/. Date of death
Retrieved April 11, 2011. Place of death
[9] "Time Magazine Top 10 albums of 2011 (#6)".
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/
article/0,28804,2101344_2101364_2101588,00.html.
[10] "Time Magazine Top 10 Songs of 2011 (#6)".
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/
article/0,28804,2101344_2101365_2101669,00.html.
[11] "Rolling Stone Magazine 50 Best Albums of 2011
(#13)". http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/
50-best-albums-of-2011-20111207/tune-yards-
whokill-19691231.
[12] "Rolling Stone Magazine 50 Best Singles of 2011
(#32)". http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/
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