Not that Dirty Projectors' set of four shows at Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall Of Williamsburg this week needed any help selling out -- that was handily accomplished simply by releasing one of this year's best (and most misunderstood) albums... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS/TUNE-YARDS @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 11/18/09»
Posted on November 19, 2009 in , (6 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Glass Ghost | Midnight Juggernauts | tUnE-YaRdS
From the moment it was heard in its live pre-Bitte Orca form, folks were comparing "Stillness Is The Move," aka the no. 1 song in Brooklyn, to Mariah Carey. (And, as a helpful full-disclosure, in the press release I wrote... CONTINUE READING SOLANGE COVERS DIRTY PROJECTORS»
Posted on November 12, 2009 in (37 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Fanfarlo | Solange
Welcome to your music meme of the week. Turns out there are bands in Williamsburg, and New York is all over it. It's far from the first time our neighborhood's been dressed up and packaged for a major print publication,... CONTINUE READING NYMAG'S 40 SONGS THAT DEFINE THE BROOKLYN SOUND»
Posted on November 10, 2009 in , (94 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear | MGMT
Dirty Projectors showcased an acoustic "No Intention" at Housing Works this past Spring. Take a break from familiarizing with new DP material, for another stripped-down take on the Bitte Orca tune: They did it this time for Sirius' new XMU... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS DO AN ACOUSTIC "NO INTENTION" VIA SATELLITE»
Posted on November 4, 2009 in (4 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Free Energy
While you were out drinking as vampire Sarah Palins and slutty John McCains (research for this post conducted in 2008), musicians were celebrating Halloween in myriad ways their own: Phish covered Exile In Main Street in Indio; Titus Andronicus did... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS @ JENSEN RECCENTER, LOS ANGELES 10/31/09»
Posted on November 2, 2009 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | The Decemberists
Dirty Projectors have been playing "Ascending Melody" live since April '08, though the first time we heard the track at Music Hall Of Williamsburg it was called "That's My Move" (or at least that's how they introduced it). You'll find... CONTINUE READING NEW DIRTY PROJECTORS - "ASCENDING MELODY" & "EMBLEM OF THE WORLD"»
Posted on October 29, 2009 (11 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | DJ Krush
You may remember earlier this year when Brandon put together a little show at a little bookstore in SoHo for which Dirty Projectors performed the little feat of composing a six-song suite for Björk in a week, after recording their... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS BRING MOUNT WITTENBERG ORCA TO FALLON»
Posted on September 29, 2009 in , , (20 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Jimmy Fallon | Questlove | The Roots | Thom Yorke
After Dirty Projectors announced last night's Letterman appearance, emails were sent trying to guess what they'd perform. Sure there is "Stillness Is The Move," one of the blog year's splashier singles and a huge curveball from a project that enjoys... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS BRING "CANNIBAL RESOURCE" TO LETTERMAN»
Posted on September 1, 2009 in (75 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Dirty Projectors
The four-song 12" EP includes Bitte Orca's "Temecula Sunrise" along with the equally familiar "Cannibal Resource" and two new tracks, "Ascending Melody" and "Emblem Of The World." It's out 9/28 in the UK via Domino, which is where you can... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS ANNOUNCE TEMECULA SUNRISE EP»
Posted on August 17, 2009 (7 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | of Montreal
A busy weekend of live music in NYC wound up with a fantastic, if somewhat mismatched, lineup at the Williamsburg Waterfront on Sunday. The show was the second installment of the relocated "Pool Parties," a series of free summer shows... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS/MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO./CRYSTAL ANTLERS @ WILLIAMSBURG WATERFRONT, BROOKLYN 7/19/09»
Posted on July 20, 2009 in , (16 comments)
Tags: Crystal Antlers | Dirty Projectors | Jay-Z | Magnolia Electric Co.
After spending some much needed time recuperating after having their lives flipped over, Dave Longstreth's troupe of mind benders have resumed the good work of spreading their Bitte opus to understandably packed houses. Last night's sell-out hit our photographer Andrew... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS @ THE TROUBADOUR, WEST HOLLYWOOD 7/8/09»
Posted on July 9, 2009 in , (17 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | What's Up
Coming back after being trashed by old people and surviving a serious van accident (and collegiate a cappella), the Dirty Projectors have unleashed an entertaining, unexpected video directed by Matthew Lessner. From its early days at SXSW to when we... CONTINUE READING NEW DIRTY PROJECTORS VIDEO - "STILLNESS IS THE MOVE"»
Posted on June 30, 2009 in (84 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors
Even if Ben Folds snubbed them, after serving up instrument-free Vampire Weekend and Grizzly Bear the Carleton Singing Knights from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota show us that, once again, they have their finger on what's really (really) popular in... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS COLLEGIATE A CAPPELLA»
Posted on June 24, 2009 in (25 comments)
Tags: Carleton College | Dirty Projectors | Fleet Foxes
Yesterday Dirty Projectors' van flipped when they were traveling from Michigan to Toronto. (Yes, that's a photo of said van.) According to the band, they'd stopped at a fruit stand and after moving back onto the highway were hit by... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS SURVIVE PRETTY SERIOUS ACCIDENT»
Posted on June 24, 2009 in (18 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors
By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh Not that it's a competition, but at any summer festival you'll be expected to answer What Was The Best Set So Far several times a day. We have a tie for Friday, at least... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO 2009: BROOKLYN GO HARD»
Posted on June 13, 2009 in , (37 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Beastie Boys | Bonnaroo | David Byrne | Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear | Nas | Phish | TV On The Radio | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
This post is a really big deal because we never ask questions like this. (We always ask questions like this.) But for real this time ... did Bitte Orca do it? Is this the one? It's almost December right? At... CONTINUE READING WAIT, IS BITTE ORCA THE BEST ALBUM OF 2009? »
Posted on June 11, 2009 (369 comments)
Tags: Akron Family | Dirty Projectors | Glass Ghost
If you've only read about how terrific the new Dirty Projectors album is, change that with this full album stream at NPR. See you at the Gummys, Bitte Orca. Album's out 6/9 via Domino. ... CONTINUE READING STREAM DIRTY PROJECTORS' BITTE ORCA»
Posted on June 2, 2009 (19 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors
What started as a mutual admiration uncovered by Dirty Projectors' cover of "Hyperballad" for Enjoyed crystallized into an unforgettable evening of Bitte Björka at Housing Works Bookstore in SoHo on Friday. Our very own Brandon Stosuy worked tirelessly to conceive... CONTINUE READING BJöRK & DIRTY PROJECTORS @ HOUSING WORKS BOOKSTORE, NYC 5/8/09»
Posted on May 11, 2009 in , , (13 comments)
Tags: Ólöf Arnalds | Björk | Deradoorian | Dirty Projectors | Kurt Weisman
From Dark Was The Night Live and dueting with David Byrne to Friday's show with Björk, this is a big week for Dirty Projectors. It's just gotten more sizable with the announcement that there'll be a limited-edition cassette version of... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS ANNOUNCE TOUR, LIMITED EDITION CASSETTE»
Posted on May 6, 2009 in , (29 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors
We're heard two songs from present-day Dirty Projector Angel Deradoorian's debut solo EP so far. Stream those and rest of Mind Raft at her Muxtape page. The EP's out today, and there's a release party at Cake Shop in the... CONTINUE READING STREAM DERADOORIAN'S MIND RAFT EP»
Posted on May 5, 2009 (2 comments)
Tags: Deradoorian | Dirty Projectors | Gang Gang Dance | Green Man Festival | Trailer Trash Tracys
One of Dark Was The Night Live's many, many, many highlights Sunday night was the onstage pairing of David Byrne and Dave Longstreth, fleshing out one of the compilation album's most logical pairings. When Byrne first announced their Red Hot... CONTINUE READING NEW DIRTY PROJECTORS & DAVID BYRNE - "AMBULANCE MAN"»
Posted on May 5, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: David Byrne | Dirty Projectors
The fear with any supertalent variety show like last night's Dark Was The Night live event is that the appeal on paper will far outstrip the appeal of having your ass glued to a seat for four hours. And it... CONTINUE READING DARK WAS THE NIGHT LIVE @ RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, NYC 5/3/09»
Posted on May 4, 2009 in , , (22 comments)
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Bon Iver | Bryce Dessner | Dark Was The Night | Dave Sitek | David Byrne | Deradoorian | Dirty Projectors | Doveman | Feist | My Brightest Diamond | Pete Seeger | Sharon Jones | St. Vincent | The National | TV On The Radio
Onetime Outsiders Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Rara, aka Lucky Dragons, have turned Bitte Orca's Hot 97-ready "Stillness Is The Move" into a dance track that'd work well on a Sublime Frequencies compilation. You can purchase it at Amazon. Best 99¢... CONTINUE READING LUCKY DRAGONS REMIX DIRTY PROJECTORS»
Posted on April 23, 2009 in (2 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Lucky Dragons | Peter Bjorn And John | The xx
Let's start with the obvious (or at least obvious for anyone who's heard it): Bitte Orca is, on its own terms, a stunning album. Although the excitement over the record started long before, at least as far back as the... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: DIRTY PROJECTORS - BITTE ORCA»
Posted on April 13, 2009 in (65 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors
