retail founded 2006 headquarters london england united kingdom area served worldwide and beyond key people founders casey cohen matthew stotland products clothing books film music website www.yellowbirdproject.com yellow bird project often abbreviated ybp is a company that collaborates with indie bands to raise money for charity primarily through the sale of t shirts . they approach indie bands asking them to choose a charity and submit an original design . each design is then printed onto t shirts and sold exclusively through the ybp website to raise money for the charity of the artist s choosing . some of the bands which they have collaborated with include andrew bird bloc party bon iver broken social scene devendra banhart and the national . 1 over the years the company has diversified to include book publishing album releases and film projects . in 2016 uk based charity trekstock took over the management of the project enabling all funds to be raised for one cause young adults living with cancer . 2 contents 1 contributors 2 publications 3 music releases 4 documentary film 5 references 6 external links contributors edit amanda palmer andrew bird au revoir simone beach house best coast bloc party bon iver broken social scene chvrches clap your hands say yeah daughter band the decemberists devendra banhart dry the river elvis perkins emmy the great grizzly bear hayden holly throsby hot chip jay reatard john grant musician joseph arthur keaton henson king creosote laura veirs local natives the leisure society metric metronomy my brightest diamond new pornographers of montreal patrick watson purity ring ra ra riot rilo kiley sharon van etten stars tegan and sara the dears the magic numbers the national the shins tv on the radio warpaint whispertown2000 wolf parade wolfmother yann tiersen publications edit in 2009 yellow bird project published the indie rock coloring book 3 an illustrated tribute to indie rock bands with a foreword written by pierre de reeder of rilo kiley . 4 they followed that up in 2011 with the indie rock poster book . 5 both books published by chronicle books are intended to raise awareness for their initiative its contributing musicians and the charities which they support . music releases edit in december 2013 ybp released a 7 christmas album wishing for a christmas miracle with the micah p. hinson family . the record includes covers of silent night and please daddy don t get drunk this christmas a song originally recorded by john denver for his 1973 album farewell andromeda . 6 on april 14 2015 ybp released a covers compilation titled good people rock . the album features 10 exclusive recordings of ybp bands covering other ybp bands including andrew bird elvis perkins hayden and others . the album was released by madic records a label founded by dan mangan as a subsidiary imprint of arts & crafts productions . 7 it s available in vinyl and digital formats . kristian matsson who performs under the moniker of the tallest man on earth wrote and recorded an original theme song for the yellow bird project . 8 the song a field of birds is included as a digital bonus track on the good people rock compilation . 9 documentary film edit in 2016 ybp released a feature length documentary a matter of time which they produced about kathryn calder of the new pornographers and her mother s battle with als . 10 references edit charity t shirts bon iver the national of montreal rilo kiley bloc party the shins . yellow bird project . retrieved 2014 08 14 . riley jack 2009 01 07 . yellow bird project harnessing indie power to help those in need pdf . the independent . retrieved 2011 03 24 . holiday gift guide 2009 . time magazine . retrieved 2016 07 09 . hollands courtney 2009 11 10 . color me in . the boston globe . retrieved 2011 03 24 . pitchfork holiday gift guide 2011 . pitchfork media . retrieved 2016 07 09 . murray robin 2013 11 11 . exclusive micah p. hinson christmas project . clash music . retrieved 2011 11 14 . hudson alex 2015 05 03 . yellow bird project gets andrew bird hayden tallest man on earth for covers comp . exclaim.ca . retrieved 2015 07 15 . walker tim 2011 06 03 . yellow bird project walls of sound . the independent . retrieved 2011 06 19 . theme song . yellow bird project . retrieved 2014 08 14 . devlin mike 2016 07 28 . kathryn calder raises als awareness with personal doc a matter of time . the vancouver sun . retrieved 2016 09 07 . external links edit yellow bird project website yellow bird project press links a matter of time film website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title yellow bird project & oldid 742384422 categories clothing companies of canadanon profit organizations based in canadaorganizations based in montrealcompanies established in 20062006 establishments in quebec navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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