The Bird and the Bee

As the Bird & The Bee, vocalist Inara George and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin specialized in a knowing update on swinging easy listening. Grounded equally in clever new wave pop and space age bachelor pad music, the Bird & The Bee mined the past to make music for a sophisticated present. They unveiled their hip adult alternative pop via a pair of albums of original material on Blue Note in the late 2000s, highlighted by the 2006 dance club hit "Fucking Boyfriend," but it was their 2010 tribute album Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates...