Stereogum's complete 12-track Enjoyed comp is live and ready to be downloaded (for free). Yep, 12. Because No Age cooked up an excellent alternate take on "It's Oh So Quiet," which we wanted to keep a surprise until ... now.... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM PRESENTS... ENJOYED: A TRIBUTE TO BJöRK'S POST»
Posted on March 31, 2008 (0 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Bell | Björk | Dirty Projectors | El Guincho | Evangelicals | Final Fantasy | Grizzly Bear | High Places | Liars | No Age | Pattern Is Movement | White Hinterland | Xiu Xiu
On Monday 3/31, we launch Enjoyed, our song-by-song tribute to Björk's Post. (Click here for complete tracklist.) When we asked her about about the 1995 album she told us: I was very aware of it at the time that I... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP VOLUME XXVIII: HEAR DIRTY PROJECTORS COVER BJöRK, WIN AN IPOD NANO»
Posted on March 26, 2008 in , (13 comments)
Tags: Björk | Dirty Projectors
Stereogum's tag cloud hovers above The Paper Of Record today, with profiles on Brooklyn alt-rockers in Arts & Leisure and an indie rock dress-up cheat sheet in the Men Styles Magazine. Consider it a print version of the story run... CONTINUE READING NY TIMES PROFILES BROOKLYN'S EXPERIMENTAL (AND STYLISH) INDIE ROCKERS»
Posted on March 8, 2008 in (47 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Battles | Beirut | Deerhunter | Dirty Projectors | Dragons Of Zynth | Gang Gang Dance | Grizzly Bear | High Places | MGMT | Vampire Weekend | Yeasayer
It's no secret that Brooklyn and Manhattan are growing further apart these days, and less of a secret that the increasing divide makes for fun media pieces. The NY Post ran a piece on the schism, nabbing this quote from... CONTINUE READING MTV ON THE 2008 BROOKLYN SCENE»
Posted on January 11, 2008 in , (51 comments)
Tags: A Place To Bury Strangers | Billy Corgan | Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear | MGMT | The Muggabears | The Smashing Pumpkins | Yeasayer
By Amrit See a show to help ring in 2008? It's usually a pretty safe bet -- you get your big countdown, to be surrounded by strangers within a somewhat controlled environment, and (as long as it's not Les... CONTINUE READING PATTERN IS MOVEMENT/DIRTY PROJECTORS @ KNITTING FACTORY, NYC 12/31/07»
Posted on January 2, 2008 in , (4 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Pattern Is Movement
By Amrit Last night's well packed, welcome-back-from-Europe Dirty Projectors show at Bowery was not as good as their show at Mercury Lounge (aka the best show that I didn't go to this year). I know this because unlike the... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 12/4/07»
Posted on December 5, 2007 in , (9 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors
Just about two years ago, Grizzly Bear gave us an advance taste of Yellow House with "On A Neck, On A Spit," initiating a run that has metamorphosed the outfit from an alias for Ed Droste's bedroom sonic collages into... CONTINUE READING NEW GRIZZLY BEAR - FRIEND EP (AND THE LAST CHANCES TO SEE 'EM LIVE FOR ABOUT A YEAR)»
Posted on November 2, 2007 in (3 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear
Here's a show-going tip: If you head out to a buzzy set and arrive to find that it's sold out, don't wait on the sidewalk 'til your friends come out and proceed to make you feel as though you missed... CONTINUE READING DIRTY PROJECTORS PLAYED MERCURY LOUNGE, WE SECOND-HAND REPORT FROM THE SIDEWALK»
Posted on October 1, 2007 in , , (10 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors
Folks rolled up their sleeves 'n' split into camps for Feist's made-for Late Night choir. OK, maybe those outfits were a bit much, but it's gonna be difficult griping about this bouyant remake of "Alligator" from Grizzly Bear's quiet-is-the-new-loud 2004... CONTINUE READING NEW GRIZZLY BEAR (FEAT. DIRTY PROJECTORS & BEIRUT) - "ALLIGATOR (CHOIR VERSION)" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on September 12, 2007 in , (20 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear
