"Absolutely astonishing." - TWRHQ

"As a songwriter, he is already accomplished well beyond his years, his best material calling to mind names as seemingly disparate as Jim Croce, Bon Iver, Bill Callahan and Van Morrison. But it’s as an arranger where Birnbaum truly distinguishes himself, seamlessly blending styles and incorporating his own free jazz lineage in a manner that swings from impossible beauty to unspeakable violence without warning." - My Old Kentucky Blog

"Slathered with remarkable musical moments and grade-A performances." - The Austinist

"Just when you have an idea of what [Wilder Maker] is about — it’s folk, it’s experimental jazz, it’s ’60s pop, it’s art rock — the landscape shifts to a whole new view." - James Reed, The Boston Globe.

"The best band you've never heard." - Our Bated Breath

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Upcoming shows:

5.19 - New York, NY - Rockwood Music Hall II
4.27 - Princeton, NJ - Princeton University w/Miracles of Modern Science
4.16 - New York, NY - Cake Shop w/Water Liars
4.6 - Long Island City, NY - Benefit for Will Stratton @ Local Project Gallery
4.3 - Brooklyn, NY - Muchmore's
3.23 - Doylestown, PA - Maxwell's On Main St
3.21 - Brooklyn, NY - Big Snow Buffalo Lodge
3.2 - Brooklyn, NY - Paperbox w/Miniboone, Jane Eyre, Crazy Pills
3.1 - Worcester, MA - Go Go House
2.28 - Amherst, MA - Black Sheep
2.27 - Rochester, NY - The Bug Jar
2.25 - Cincinnati, OH - MOTR Pub
2.24 - Bloomington, IN - Rachel's
2.23 - Athens, GA - Go Bar
2.21 - Charleston, SC - The Tin Roof w/Elim Bolt
2.20 - Chapel Hill, NC - The Cave
2.19 - Raleigh, NC - Slim's
2.18 - Baltimore, MD - Club K w/Adam Lempel & the Heartbeats
2.17 - Boston, MA - Northeastern After Hours w/M. Reverdy Rhodes, Bonfire Blue, Greg Marquis
2.16 - Hampshire College - Amherst, MA
1.15 - Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's Place
1.7 - Brooklyn, NY - Silent Barn

2012:

9.6 - Empire Dine & Dance - Portland, ME w/Butcher Boy, If & It, The Ghost of Paul Revere
9.9 - Local 121 Taproom - Providence, RI
9.10 - ZUZU - Cambridge, MA
9.13 - The Monkey House - Burlington, VT
9.14 - The FIrehouse - Worcester, MA
9.15 - Middlebury College - Middlebury, VT
9.16 - Headroom Stages - Brattleboro, VT w/Rusty Belle
9.17 - The Red Door - Portsmouth, NH w/Dan Blakeslee
9.18 - Hampshire College - Amherst, MA
9.19 - The Golden West - Baltimore, MD w/Adam Lempel
9.20 - Blake Space - Philadelphia, PA w/the great unknown, tongue sculptors, Jon Pfeffer
9.21 - twisted branch tea bazaar - Charlottesville, VA
9.22 - Kafe Kerouac - Columbus, OH
9.23 - Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH
9.24 - The Ottawa Tavern - Toledo, OH
9.25 - The Ottawa Tavern - Toledo, OH
9.26 - The Loving Touch - Ferndale, MI
9.27 - Uncommon Ground on Devon - Chicago, IL
9.29 - House party - near Milwaukee, WI
9.30 - Hotel Foster - Milwaukee, WI w/Calliope
10.2 - Foam - St. Louis, MO w/Campfire Club, The Union Electric, Cree Rider Family Band
10.3 - The Bishop - Bloomington, IN w/The Bonesetters, Hotfox
10.4 - MOTR Pub - Cincinnati, OH w/Low Cut Connie
10.5 - Al's Bar - Lexington, KY - w/Warren Byrom, J. Marinelli, Wol & Weeps
10.6 - The 5 Spot - Nashville, TN w/Echo Group, Mother & Father
10.7 - 10 High - Atlanta, GA
10.8 - The Tin Roof - Charleston, SC w/Elim Bolt
10.9 - the underground - chapel hill NC
10.10 - Slim's Downtown - Raleigh, NC w/Mike Roy, No Eyes
10.11 - The LAB - Asheville, NC w/Wyla, Wash Hollow
10.12 - the firehouse - Birmingham, AL
10.13 - TBA - new Orleans LA
10.14 - La Carafe - Houston, TX w/Deep Cuts, B.E. Godfrey
10.15 - the Mohawk - Austin TX w/the blackwells
10.17 - The Hoppy Monk - El Paso, TX w/Our Friend The Mountain, Cigarettes After Sex
10.19 - the rusty spoke bike shop - Phoenix, AZ
10.20 - Bar Eleven - San Diego, CA
10.25 - Silverlake Lounge, Los Angeles, CA
10.27 - House party, near LA
10.31 - Halloween Party, Los Angeles, CA
11.1 - Tower Bar - San Diego, CA
11.2 - Carbone's - Monterey, CA
11.3 - House Party - San Jose, CA
11.6 - Hemlock Tavern - San Francisco, CA w/Brother Pacific, Birdseye
11.7 - Blank Club - San Jose, CA
11.8 - house show - Oakland, CA
11.9 - house show - northern CA
11.11 - Black Forest - Eugene OR
11.12 - Valentine's - Portland, OR
11.13 - The High Dive - Seattle, WA
11.14 - Le Voyeur - Olympia, WA w/Mythologies
11.16 - Boom Bap - Portland, OR
11.17 - The Bird Stop - Caldwell, ID
11.18 - Blank - Salt Lake City, UT
11.19 - Odell Brewing Co - Fort Collins, CO
11.20 - The Lion's Lair - Denver, CO
11.21 - Surfside 7 - Fort Collins, CO w/Sour Boy, Bitter Girl
11.23 - Coal Creek Coffee - Laramie, WY w/modern day inlaw
11.24 - Jackpot Music Hall - Lawrence, KS w/OILS
11.26 - Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA
11.27 - Daytrotter Session
11.27- Burlington Bar - Chicago, IL
11.29 - Ohio University - Athens, OH
11.30 - Ottawa Tavern - Toledo, oh
12.1 - Garden Bowl - Detroit, MI
12.3 - Copycat - Baltimore, MD
12.5 - Death By Audio - Brooklyn, NY
12.6 - Eastern Connecticut State - Willimantic, CT
12.7 - Fairfield University - Fairfield, CT
12.8 - Maxwell's On Main - Doylestown, PA
12.9 - O'Brien's - Boston, MA
12.10 - Northeastern After Hours- Boston, MA
12.19 - Legion Bar - Brooklyn, NY