Dirty Projectors 38 tracks

The FADER Magazine — Next month, Red Hot, the longstanding organization dedicated to fighting global AIDS, will release its 20th compilation to note its 20th year of existence, and this time around they've collected an indie rock justice league to record special cover... read more »

i guess i'm floating — It's an incredibly beautiful day today with clear blue skies and warm air that one doesn't usually feel until afternoons in the summertime. So it's only fitting that I'm currently in between two shifts of working a double, but at least my section... read more »

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Who: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley BandTitle: Outer SouthRelease Date: May 5thLabel: Merge RecordsThoughts: Last year when Conor Oberst dropped the whole Bright Eyes name it was a pretty big deal to folks around the internet. A lot was made a... read more »

Fluxblog — Dirty Projectors “Cannibal Resource” Like many of the greatest album-opening tracks of all time, “Cannibal Resource” has the effect of making the listener feel as though they are passing through a portal and entering a new world. The distinct aest... read more »

עונג שבת — ‫והשבוע, בעונג שבת: ארבעה (4!) אלבומים להורדה חוקית מלאה, טפטוף חדש מרונה קינן, סמוג, ציור של זין ענקי (כי איך אפשר בלי?), אלטרנטיבה לאמזון, ומאידך מלא מוזיקה חינמית משובחת באמזון, טיול בברלין, זואי דשאנל מלחכת כותנה, הגלגול החדש והמזעזע של הנויזט... read more »

out the other... — This post is from Out the Other's 2009 Bonnaroo Artist Previews, where I will be posting previews of all the musical acts playing the 2009 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. Please check out and subscribe to the full site to learn more about all... read more »

The Rich Girls are Weeping — (photo by Scott Irvine)I sat down with Calla in Greenpoint Wednesday afternoon at the cavernous (but blessedly cool) Coco66, after their last rehearsal before heading out for a few weeks on the road with Interpol. I was a little late due to some t... read more »

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — It may be June and far too early to start talk of Album of the Year, but it seems this year has been carved into a couple definite camps full of people backing either Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion or Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest. It... read more »

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — It has been a huge year for Dirty Projectors! With the release of Bitte Orca the band went from being an interesting little indie band to being a band that could appear on all the late night talk shows and tour the world to packed houses. It was a... read more »

i guess i'm floating — I've been spinning the new Dirty Projectors LP Bitte Orca a ton lately and feel as though the proper thing to tell them is "Danke schön!" After their sets at SXSW, which were all centered around new material, the anticipation I had for their new ... read more »

The Rhythm Lab Radio Show — Here is a re-post from the RadioMilwaukee blog I write for. It is the new Tribute Album to Bjork’s second Album Post. Bjork Tribute Ok. Time to be open with all of you. I am a Bjork groupie. I fell for her when I first heard Sugarcubes’ song “... read more »

stereogum — 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 best record to d... read more »

Deaf Indie Elephants — No order // Sin ningún orden Albums: Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest MP3: Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able (Live @ Letterman) The Decemberists – Hazards of Love MP3: The Decemberists – The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid The Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca M... read more »

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — July 1st: Jay Reatard @ Music on the Oval 6pm [info]Jay Reatard - "It Ain't Gonna Save Me"July 3rd: Here We Go Magic + Bachelorette @ South Street Seaport 6pm [info]Here We Go Magic - "Ahab"Bachelorette - "Lifetime"July 4th: Conor Oberst & the... read more »

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Free Shows: (Gotta love the price!!!) Saturday April 5th: The Teenage Prayers @ Sound Fix Records The Teenage Prayers - "I'll Never Let You Go" Friday April 19th: Exit Clov @ Pete's Candy Store Exit Clov - "Working Class Hero" Saturday April 19th:... read more »

Chickens Don't Clap! — After discovering his empty cassette case for Black Flag’s seminal Damaged at the house he grew up in, Dave Longstreth (of Dirty Projectors) did not go out and buy new copy in order to revisit one of his first favorite records — he went to Guitar... read more »

Gorilla Vs. Bear — We ran into our friends from Stereogum down at SXSW, and they couldn't stop raving about the new jams they'd just heard from GvsBooze alums Dirty Projectors at their Emo's show earlier in the week. Turns out the gushing was warranted, at least bas... read more »

stereogum — Dirty Projectors have been playing only Bitte Orca tunes in their SXSW sets, and Amrit tells me yesterday's performance at Emo's Jr. was unreal (his pics adorn this post). The crowd apparently cheered so loudly, Dave Longstreth had to plug his ear... read more »

stereogum — This past Friday (3/5) Dirty Projectors performed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, where they stripped things down here/there and performed some Bitte Orca material, including an acoustic take on previous live favorite "Temecula Sunrise" a... read more »

Pasta Primavera — DC is where it's at tonight. The Black Cat has Dirty Projectors and No Kids, The 9:30 has Saul Williams and Dragons of Zynth, and the Rock and Roll Hotel has Ambulance LTD, Bear Hands, and Wild Light.mp3: Dirty Projectors - What I See --> webs... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Taking the stage, Dave Longstreth asked a simple, if not unusual, question: “How many of you know the Foreigner song ‘Hot Blooded?’” After a smattering of applause, he continued: “If you had to pick a line from that song, what would it be?” Some ... read more »

Fuck yeah! Go team! — MP3: Dirty Projectors - Ascending MelodyDirty Projectors have released a 7 inch for 2 songs from the Bitte Orca sessions, originally to appear on a single that never ended up pressed after all (though it leaked like crazy). These song now exist in... read more »

Pirates of the Bargain Bin — So apparently the Dirty Projectors have been 'offered' to a prominent gig organizer in these parts for a show. What 'offer' exactly entails we don't really know. Except that our favorite mumbling pork-loving paparazzi has just been assassinated. S... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — The Dirty Projectors’ new album, Bitte Orca is fantastic! Stream it in its entirety on NPR here! Download the album’s first single, “Stillness Is The Move” below, it’s quickly becoming one of my favorite new songs of the year. I have also includ... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — If it’s Christmas at You Ain’t No Picasso, that means it’s Mixmas! These twelve days give me a chance to turn You Ain’t No Picasso over to the musicians I cover and allow them to showcase some of their favorite songs through a themed mix. MP3: Pa... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Image used totally without permission. Sorry. Photo by Matt Rourke of the AP MP3: Dirty Projectors - Police Story YANP is almost exclusively a music blog, but I just had to throw a little light on this. For the full story, go here. The above photo... read more »

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My Old Kentucky Blog — Chris and I talk every day, and I was going to hold off as he was posting on these guys today, but I got an email from their management company about various this and that and have a live track he didn't post, so I thought I'd be best just to para... read more »

My Old Kentucky Blog — Chris and I talk every day, and I was going to hold off as he was posting on these guys today, but I got an email from their management company about various this and that and have a live track he didn't post, so I thought I'd be best just to para... read more »

My Old Kentucky Blog — Chris and I talk every day, and I was going to hold off as he was posting on these guys today, but I got an email from their management company about various this and that and have a live track he didn't post, so I thought I'd be best just to para... read more »