Event Description : The Bird and the Bee is an indie/pop/alternative musical duo from Los Angeles, consisting of musicians Greg Kurstin ("bee") and Inara George ("bird"). Kurstin, a producer and keyboardist who has worked with Lily Allen, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Beck, The Flaming Lips, Kylie Minogue and Red Hot Chili Peppers, is also a member of the band Geggy Tah. Inara George and Kurstin met while the two were working on her debut album and they decided to collaborate on a jazz-influenced electro pop project. Their debut EP, Again and Again and Again and Again, was released on October 2006 and their debut album was released on January 23, 2007 on Blue Note Records.
According to their MySpace page, "Greg and Inara met a few years ago. Discovered a common love of jazz standards... nerded out for a couple of hours playing every song they knew... and then wrote and recorded a record together."
In December 2006, a remix[1] of their song "Fucking Boyfriend" topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart (because of its title, radio stations only played the edited version of the song in their club mix shows) and in April 2007 the song "Again & Again" was featured in the episode "Desire" of Grey's Anatomy. Also their song "Polite Dance Song" from Please Clap Your Hands was featured in the fifth episode of the fourth season of Grey's Anatomy.
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