As part of Levi's Pioneer Series -- which also welcomed Nas (covering Slick Rick) and She & Him (handling Rick Nelson) -- Dirty Projectors did a loose, spacious, vocally rich take on Dylan's "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine," a spare folk track from 1967's John Wesley Harding. It's not the first time they covered Bob ... Or even this song. It's also not the first time Longstreth & Co. have given a go at re-contextualizing an icon (see, for starters, Black Flag, Björk). So, yeah, our headline is sorta misleading -- this feels like it belongs to a continuum, rather than a specific jean company. Hear the completed track at Levi's (via Vulture). If you're into process, watch them put things together right here:
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Catch them live. Great that they're doing some shows with Dominique Young Unique.
09/07 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 *
09/08 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero *
09/11 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *
09/13 - Boston, MA @ Wilbur *
09/14 - Montreal, QB @ Le National %
09/15 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House %
09/19 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave %
09/23 - Pomona, CA @ Glass House^
09/24 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern ^
09/25 - San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore ^
09/26 - San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore ^
09/28 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin ^
09/29 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin ^
09/30 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox ^
* w/ Owen Pallett
% w/ Happy Birthday
^ w/ Dominique Young Unique
