"Cannibal Resource"
from the album Bitte Orca
2009
iTunes
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Attempting to describe Dirty Projectors in one swift adjective or genre can be rather difficult. Their sound is sophisticated, as displayed on their album Rise Above which rubbed off gritty and frantic at times in their homage to Black Flag's Damage. With Bitte Orca, we find Dirty Projectors as a reborn band, invigorated with pop sensibilities without removing the experimental indie-rock prowess that they are known for.
To some, their songs may appear as a clusterfuck or rather an amateur attempt at writing a song, but the intention of changing time signatures and off-rhythm beats are all-so-delicately strung together. With thumping bass lines never extending more than a few notes, slews of harmonies and intricate guitar are the reason why we so attentively listen. Whether the female or male members are cheerfully signing along, each member brings a unique voice. The conductor, per say, Dave Longstreth, always has an answer to each hook, even if it falls short of the glorious work with David Byrne on Dark Was the Night. "The Bride" is molded and worked with a killer guitar riff that accentuates the folklore atmosphere. And when Dirty Projectors aren't completely working out of the box, they write a stunning track, "Two Doves," an acoustical guitar and string section based song that is tearful-good with Angel Deradoorian's voice mesmerizing listeners. Essentially it is a song that is gracious and ever so joyous, working with so little, but a voice is all that is needed.
Meanwhile, "Useful Chamber" resonates with this Casio electronic-folk beat, until the eventual, unexpected chorus shouting 'bitte orca, orca bitte' for the few moments of spastic rock, until hymns lead the wandering track to another powerful chorus. Beyond that, the layering is phenomenal, whether multiple guitars or harmonies, like in "Temecula" and "Remade Horizon" respectively. It becomes the time where you may not know what the fuck is going on musically, but the vocals sidetrack your attention or vice-versa. With that, it is certainly something to love about their songs and Bitte Orca, as any given listen fascinating, from the initial reverb guitar riff in "Cannibal Resource" or the fitting ambience ending "Florescent Half Dome."
Bitte Orca is an unorthodox listen; racking your brain and melting your heart all in the same instant, and that is something to appreciate. And while it may be experimental, it never reaches a point of ridiculousness, but is rather contained and well-adjusted. Past some questionable transitions and 'album' feel, Bitte Orca is one of the finest alternative/indie album releases of 2009, so do not miss your chance to enjoy such a curious journey.
~ Ryan Flatley, sputnikmusic
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Árið 2009 byrjaði með krafti og í raun fannst mér fyrri hluti ársins tónlistarlega betri en sá síðari. Raunar kom fátt eitthvað massívt á óvart, en það er svosem alltaf eitthvað örlítið óvænt. Vindum okkur í þetta barasta.1. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILLIONTvímælalaust og umbúðalaust besta plata ársins. Hún var ótrúlega ávanabindandi en umleið kom hún á óvart í hvert sinn. Óþrjótandi uppspretta hljóma, tóna og takta. Frumkraftur sveitarinnar er ótæmandi og hljómfegurðin óumdeilanleg. Frá byrjun var ekki aftur snúið. Ferðalagið var ævintýralegt, gæsahúðahvetjandi og hreint konfekt fyrir eyrun.Animal Collective - Lion In a Coma2. SUNSET RUBDOWN - DRAGONSLAYERÞessi maður er ekki hægt. Spencer Krug er besti lagasmiður indiesenunnar vestanhafs og saman með konu sinni hefur honum tekist næstum því að skapa sitt besta tónverk til þessa. Stórfengleg plata sem ómaði einna mest í eyrum Zúra Rjómans þetta árið.Sunset Rubdown - Nightingale / December Song3. FEVER RAY - FEVER RAYKarin Dreijer skapaði undarlegustu poppplötu ársins 2009 og í leiðinni eina þá drungalegustu sem um getur. Elektrónísk epísk schnilld sem heltók huga manns og leiddi hann í dimmustu einbýlishús í Lundi. Annarlega skandínavísk og fögur.Fever Ray - Dry And Dusty4. POLVO - IN PRISMGömlu kempurnar. Sko þá. Vitanlega var ég skíthræddur að þeir myndu klúðra þessu en fljótt var sú hræðsla ástæðulaus. Plata þeirra gefur þeim gömlu ekkert eftir. Eitrað hrátt indie rokk með ógreinilegum metal áhrifum. Meistarar síhverfandi gítarflétta.Polvo - Beggar's Bowl5. DIRTY PROJECTORS - BITTE ORCAAbstrakt popp með helsteiktum takti. Óvenjulegt vissulega en samt sem áður ákaflega grípandi og heillandi. Raddanir, óvæntar fléttur og vangefnar trommur einkenndu eina óvæntustu plötu ársins og gaf sveitin Xiu Xiu ekkert eftir, þó þær séu í raun og veru ólíkar.Dirty Projectors - Cannibal Resource6. SWAN LAKE - ENEMY MINESúpergrúbba eins og hefur sagt milljón sinnum áður. Að mínum dómi bestu lagasmíðarnar eftir Spencer Krug en Dan Bejar sýndi einnig tilþrif áður ókunn.Swan Lake - Spider7. THE ANTLERS - HOSPICEEin af fegurstu plötum ársins. Lágvær með geigvænlegum hæðum þess á milli. Gríðarlega gæsahúðahvetjandi, tilfinningarík og eyrnavæn. Hljómurinn sem kappinn náði að skapa er ómótstæðilegur. Sveit eða tónlistarmaður sem mikilvægt er að fylgjast vel með í náinni framtíð.The Antlers - Bear8. CLUES - CLUESAfsprengi Unicorns og frá Montreal. Hálfgerð andstaða Islands (hitt afsprengið af The Unicorns). Frumraun þessarar sveitar tók tíma að seitlast undir eyrnamerginn en þegar það tókst var ekki aftur snúið. Verð að viðurkenna að ég missti algjörlega af þessari sveit á árinu, fyrr en komið var í byrjun desember. Minnir sterklega á Neutral Milk Hotel en hefur tilraunakenndari yfirbragð. Gómsætt og gríðarlega hressandi.Clues - Remember Severed Head9. JAPANDROIDS - POST-NOTHINGByrjun þessarar plötu segir allt. Kyngimagnað gítarsánd sem er einkenni hennar byrjar herlegheitin og síðan yndislegar trommur einhversstaðar í bakgrunni. Japandroids blandar indierokki við effectaþungt shoegazing rokk og post-rock frá 90's. Afar einföld plata, geigvænlega kraftmikil og frábær endurminning um leið.Japandroids - Wet Hair10. BEAR IN HEAVEN - BEAST REST FORTH MOUTHÖnnur plata þessarar sveitar kom mér í opna skjöldu. Grunsamlega framúrstefnuleg þar sem ægir öllu saman. Krautrokk, indie og shoegaze. Fáránlega kraftmikil og hljómmikil. Hreinn unaður fyrir eyrun.Bear In Heaven - Ultimate SatisfactionRestin...í engri sérstakri röð.The xx - The xxApe School - Ape SchoolBill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An EagleGrizzly Bear - VeckatimestWashed Out - Life Of LeisureNeon Indian - Physic ChasmsEdward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros - S/TLocal Natives - Gorilla ManorSonic Youth - Sacred EternalThe Horrors - Primary ColoursWoods - Songs Of ShameSurfer Blood - AstrocoastCass McCombs - CatacombsAtlas Sound - LogosThe Flaming Lips - EmbryonicSmith Westerns - Smith WesternsVil þakka ykkur fyrir að kíkja hingað inn af og til og um leið óska ykkur alls hins besta á nýju ári. Takk fyrir 2009. Thank god it's over.
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10. Super Furry Animals – Dark Days/Light Years
Try and think of a band that has released 10 albums over the past 13 years, all of them attaining acclaim and stylistic diversity in a uniquely identifiable manner. Maybe if Super Furry Animals existed a few decades ago a few contemporaries could have shared this [...]
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Better late than never, here are Hypeful's picks for the top 30 albums of 2009 (so far). Although a best-of-the-year list may seem a bit premature, it's mainly an opportunity to showcase some excellent albums that sadly may not make the final year-end rankings. In an attempt to keep things ...
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If the Dirty Projectors’ The Getty Address (2005) is their Brothers Karamazov, then Orca is their Crime and Punishment: it should be required listening in all American schools.
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Better late than never, here are Hypeful’s picks for the top 30 albums of 2009 (so far). Although a best-of-the-year list may seem a bit premature, it’s mainly an opportunity to showcase some excellent albums that sadly may not make the final year-end rankings. In an attempt to keep things fair and not spoil the surprise of which albums might be reappearing in my final best-of-the-year list, I’ve decided to list the top 30 albums in the order of their release dates. Also, this list was put together in mid-July and belatedly published, so there are definitely some missing albums.
As always, feedback is anticipated! What albums are overrated? What albums are overlooked?
RELEASE DATE:
January 20
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Andrew Bird
MP3:
Andrew Bird - “Anonanimal”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
RELEASE DATE:
January 20
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Animal Collective
MP3:
Animal Collective - “My Girls”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
RELEASE DATE:
January 20
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Cymbals Eat Guitars
MP3:
Cymbals Eat Guitars - “And the Hazy Sea”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
RELEASE DATE:
February 3
ARTIST WEBSITE:
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
MP3:
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - “Everything With You”
VIDEO:
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - “Everything With You”
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PURCHASE:
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
RELEASE DATE:
February 17
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Dark Was The Night
MP3:
Sufjan Stevens - “You Are The Blood”
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PURCHASE:
Dark Was The Night
RELEASE DATE:
February 26
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Fanfarlo
MP3:
Fanfarlo - “Finish Line”
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PURCHASE:
Fanfarlo - Reservoir
RELEASE DATE:
March 3
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Neko Case
MP3:
Neko Case - “People Got a Lotta Nerve”
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PURCHASE:
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
RELEASE DATE:
March 24
ARTIST WEBSITE:
The Decemberists
MP3:
The Decemberists - “The Rake’s Song”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
RELEASE DATE:
March 24
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Peter Doherty
MP3:
Peter Doherty - “A Little Death Around the Eyes”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Peter Doherty - Grace/Wastelands
RELEASE DATE:
March 31
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Other Lives
MP3:
Other Lives - “Black Tables”
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PURCHASE:
Other Lives - Other Lives
RELEASE DATE:
March 31
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
MP3:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - “Zero”
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PURCHASE:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
RELEASE DATE:
April 7
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Bat for Lashes
MP3:
Bat for Lashes - “Glass”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
RELEASE DATE:
April 7
ARTIST WEBSITE:
The Felice Brothers
MP3:
The Felice Brothers - “The Big Surprise”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
The Felice Brothers - Yonder Is The Clock
RELEASE DATE:
April 14
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Ida Maria
MP3:
Ida Maria - “Keep Me Warm”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
RELEASE DATE:
April 14
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Pomegranates
MP3:
Pomegranates - “Corriander”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Pomegranates - Everybody, Come Outside!
RELEASE DATE:
May 5
ARTIST WEBSITE:
St. Vincent
MP3:
St. Vincent - “Actor Out Of Work”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
St. Vincent - Actor
RELEASE DATE:
May 15
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Green Day
MP3:
Green Day - “21 Guns”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
RELEASE DATE:
May 19
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Jarvis Cocker
MP3:
Jarvis Cocker - “Leftovers”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
RELEASE DATE:
May 19
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Passion Pit
MP3:
Passion Pit - “Folds In Your Hands”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Passion Pit - Manners
RELEASE DATE:
May 19
ARTIST WEBSITE:
White Rabbits
MP3:
White Rabbits - “Percussion Gun”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
White Rabbits – It’s Frightening
RELEASE DATE:
May 26
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Grizzly Bear
MP3:
Grizzly Bear - “Cheerleader”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
RELEASE DATE:
May 26
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Phoenix
MP3:
Phoenix - “1901″
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
RELEASE DATE:
June 9
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Dirty Projectors
MP3:
Dirty Projectors - “Cannibal Resource”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
RELEASE DATE:
June 23
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Dinosaur Jr.
MP3:
Dinosaur Jr - “I Want You To Know”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
RELEASE DATE:
June 23
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Sunset Rubdown
MP3:
Sunset Rubdown - “Idiot Heart”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
RELEASE DATE:
June 30
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Wilco
MP3:
Wilco - “Wilco (The Song)”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
RELEASE DATE:
July 14
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Discovery
MP3:
Discovery - “I Want You Back”
PURCHASE:
Discovery - LP
RELEASE DATE:
July 21
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Starlight Mints
MP3:
Starlight Mints - “Zoomba”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Starlight Mints – Change Remains
RELEASE DATE:
August 4
ARTIST WEBSITE:
Japandroids
MP3:
Japandroids - “Young Hearts Spark Fire”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
ARTIST WEBSITE:
The Antlers
MP3s:
The Antlers - “Bear”
The Antlers - “Two”
VIDEO:
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PURCHASE:
The Antlers - Hospice
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Bitte Orca is one of the better albums of the year so far but you knew that already riiiight??? ‘Stillness is the Move’ is also one of the better songs of the year (and we’re at the halfway point so maybe a list is due - Carroll is on the ball) but the DP are still a pretty weird band. So it’s no surprise that the video would equally match it in the WTF-department - goat herders, dances with wolves and a Mary Mother of God giving it socks on the mountain high vibe.
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Dirty Projectors - Cannibal Resource
They play Whelan’s on September 16th.
http://www.myspace.com/dirtyprojectors
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Dark Was The Night
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Remember those archaic days when you picked up a magazine or a free newspaper and saw a playlist of what people were into that week and you would then immediately check it out if you thought it was interesting. The Aussie street press magazines reminded me of the power of those subjective charts. I’ve always got loads of great stuff from them so I’m going to re-introduce them here. No great fanfare or descriptions just ten of the best song around right now you should know or you might already know.
Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls (Trentemoller Remix) - Blood (Domino)
Dirty Projectors - Cannibal Resource - Bitte Orca - (Domino)
Mos Def - Auditorium feat. Slick Rick - The Ecstatic (Downtown)
Grizzly Bear - Southern Point - Veckatimest (Warp)
Various Production - Trycycle - EP (Self-released)
The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea - Primary Colours (XL)
J Dilla - I Told Y’all - Jay Stay Paid (Nature Sounds)
Dam-Funk - Hood Pass Intact - Let’s Take Off EP (Stones Throw)
Milanese - The End - Lockout (Planet Mu)
Burial / Four Tet - Moth - 12″ (TEXTt006)
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Welcome to Day 2 coverage of Bonnaroo! Look at my sweet wristband!
I’d debated on whether or not to even catch the Dirty Projectors or whether to stake out a good spot for Animal Collective. I decided catching the first 45 minutes of Dirty Projectors would be worth it and man, was I right. The set started with just David Longstreth playing guitar and Angel Deradoorian singing “Two Doves” but soon expanded into full band plus backup singer and extra bassist. I was truly moved when they went into “Cannibal Resource” and those harmonies took full effect. I feel like a fool saying this, but I really thought I was going to cry. They were that good. One dude in the crowd yelled out, “You have the voices of angels!” And one of them is named Angel. Convenient. However, it’s Amber Coffman who does the primary vocals on “Stillness is the Move,” and she took full advantage of her moment. She danced around the stage like there weren’t five other people on it and grinned the whole time. They played mostly Bitte Orca songs, but hearing the title track from Rise Above was a nice touch. I left during “Temecula” but I left happy.
Dirty Projectors :: Cannibal Resource
Animal Collective will probably go down amongst a lot of festival goers as the disappointment of the weekend. Bonnaroo was the final date of the American tour and whoever decided to put these guys at 3 in the afternoon really didn’t think that one through. They were obviously tired, and couldn’t be as visual as was necessary to make an essentially electronic album translate into a live setting. No amount of weed was going to make up for the fact that they couldn’t effectively use their lighting rig (and Geologist doesn’t even bother with the headlamp) but on the other hand, no amount of energy usage can make up for the fact that “Daily Routine” should not be made into a 10 minute song. It’s kind of a sleeper to begin with and admittedly, when the band takes out all of the electronics and instrumentation and just lets Noah Lennox sing “Just a sec more in my bed” it was breathtaking and everyone cheered as they should have. But David Portner (that’s Avey Tare for those of you who only pay attention to monikers) actually left the stage for a couple of minutes during that song, which just should not happen. I’ve said it before, he is the heart and soul of their live performances. When he got excited during “Slippi,” everyone else got excited right along with him. When he went into the shouting in the middle of “Brother Sport,” everyone else shouted along with him. Whenever he screeched, period, it was a beautiful thing because I’ve yet to see anyone else change to three different vocal pitches in the course of one breath. Because I’m a huge Animal Collective fan, it’s easy for me to point out the amazing points in their set and squeal but I don’t think most people in that audience were huge Animal Collective fans as this seemed to be the only crowd I’ve seen so far at Bonnaroo that wasn’t intensely loud, energetic and thoroughly knowledgeable about who they were seeing. Which is too bad. Don’t feel too sorry for them though…they’re still sitting on the best show I’ve seen so far this year.
Animal Collective :: Fireworks
Next was one of those unfortunate decisions…go see Santigold, go see Grizzly Bear or stay at the Which Stage for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I opted for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and I can say with certainty that Karen O is a badass. She has this ability to grab a collective attention and hold it in the palm of her hand as she entertains and everyone gives up of it willingly. She comes out in this kimono saying “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Bonnaroo!” and proceeds to give a pretty animated performance, complete with costume changes, smoke machines and a few quick blasts of confetti. The set was a pretty good mixture of all three albums and they even went back to their EP for “Art Star” (although unfortunately, not for my favorite song of the EP, ***, but if that’s my biggest complaint, I’ll live.) Nick Zinner had some tuning problems during “Maps,” so they restarted it as an acoustic number. While this meant no killer guitar solo, it was a nice effective way to hear the song. Had we not been in an open field, it would’ve even felt intimate, but intimacy is one of the intricacies lost to an outdoor summer festival. Another thing that’s lost is the ability to hold your place in the audience for multiple bands. Because the only way not to pass out in the searing Tennessee heat is to drink liters upon liters of water. I probably went through five liters on Friday alone, and actually, I don’t think that was good enough, because I got a headache during TV on the Radio that never quite abated. As such, I actually spent the last two songs of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs set waiting for the port-o-john to get into good position for TV on the Radio.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs :: Heads Will Roll
And good position I got. I’m definitely more familiar with the TVOTR discography than I am with that of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but unfortunately, I never really got into Dear Science and that material comprised at least 40% of their set. “Golden Age” is a cool song, but most of the set didn’t really match up to the “Wrong Way”s or “Wolf Like Me”s that the band had to offer. Tunde Adebimpe still has incredible amounts of energy and can jitter his way across the stage with great speed but seems to have figured out how to do so without losing the correct pitch of the song. Although the best show that I saw them put on was in 2007, this is the best the songs have actually sounded. They’ve definitely smoothed some edges while still keeping some cool effects like the windchime that occasionally appears at the end of David Sitek’s guitar. Kyp Malone also had the most Bonnaroo-appropriate attire of any artist I’d seen, sporting a tie-dye shirt and pants. So some jackass kept shouting “I want your pants! And your beard! I want your beard!” TV on the Radio also had the largest quotient of celebrity viewers that I could actually see (I couldn’t usually see the backstage area.) Yes, the Dirty Projectors had David Byrne…and TV on the Radio had the Dirty Projectors (two of them) and two members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs amongst their viewers. Awesome. But not as awesome as the fact that they decided to buck tradition and end their set not with their biggest hits but with two tracks from Young Liars. They played the title track and then broke out “Satellite.” Which was the perfect ending to that set. The fact that this wasn’t the best I’ve seen them was all but forgotten after that ending.
TV on the Radio :: Satellite
Then the most irritating scheduling conflict of the festival. The Beastie Boys were scheduled from 8:30pm-10:30pm and David Byrne from 8:45pm-10:45pm. Not okay. I decided to catch at least the beginning of the Beastie Boys set and decided, okay, if it starts to go south, I can always move over to the Which Stage. Now, when they Beastie Boys played all of their staples (”No Sleep Til Brooklyn,” “Intergalactic,” “So What’cha Want”) and some less familiar cuts off of Hello Nasty, like “Remote Control” and “Three MCs and One DJ,” all seemed pretty much right with the world. I say pretty much, because I could not actually see them for the majority of the set, even via jumbotron. Because somebody decided that getting artsy with the visuals on the jumbotron would be fun. It was not fun, the power kept going out on the ‘tron and I could barely tell what was going on. I was able to tell that the Beasties switched on and off between moving across the stage and actually playing their instruments and I saw that Nas came out to introduce a new song with them. I’m not sold by the new material solely based on the live performance, but since it’s the Beastie Boys, I’m sure I’ll listen to the album in its entirety when it comes out. They finished off with “Sabotage,” which was damn near sabotaged early on thanks to a fuck-up from Mix Master Mike, prompting The King Ad-Rock to make sure the audience understood that this was in fact, a LIVE show, with no ipod or tape playing the music. Yeah, dude, we got it. But when they finally played the song…gold. So, despite my lack of a sight line, I did enjoy the Beasties set and thankfully, they actually ended it before 10pm, allowing me to catch more than a mere 15 minutes of the David Byrne set.
Beastie Boys :: Remote Control
The David Byrne set…holy crap. He has backup singers, he has choreographed dancers, he has a band that also does choreographed moves and he (and the band) all got into tutus during “Burning Down the House.” If David Byrne and co. end up with a Broadway production in the next couple of years, I will be able to say, I told you so. And of course there’s the music. I walked in during “Wild Wild Life” and heard them play their cover of Al Green’s “Take Me to the River” and roughly two encores. The kitschiness fits, and gimmicky though it seemed, David Byrne has the star power to pull it off. In short, I was completely blown away.
Talking Heads :: Burning Down the House
This was the point where I thought, okay, the whole festival is going to see Phish now, I’ll be able to get a good position in That Tent to see Phoenix. Not so much. That Tent was utterly packed. I’ll admit, I’m not totally on the hype wagon with Phoenix. I never listened to the first two albums that much and I think the praise on the new album, which seems like watered down Blur and Supergrass songs with added synthesizers, is misplaced. But when everyone else in that cramped space started jumping around, I’ll admit the energy was infectious and Phoenix, who seemed humble and grateful whenever they talked, seemed bombastic whenever they played. They have the rock star act down and it made for a fun, sweaty 45 minutes. It also made my last show of the night. I attempted to sit down in That Tent after their set and make it long enough to catch either Public Enemy or Crystal Castles, but I started to fall asleep. Luckily, I’ve caught Public Enemy and Girl Talk before, because I was way WAY too tired to continue.
Phoenix :: 1901
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Welcome to Day 2 coverage of Bonnaroo! Look at my sweet wristband!
I’d debated on whether or not to even catch the Dirty Projectors or whether to stake out a good spot for Animal Collective. I decided catching the first 45 minutes of Dirty Projectors would be worth it and man, was I right. The set started with just David Longstreth playing guitar and Angel Deradoorian singing “Two Doves” but soon expanded into full band plus backup singer and extra bassist. I was truly moved when they went into “Cannibal Resource” and those harmonies took full effect. I feel like a fool saying this, but I really thought I was going to cry. They were that good. One dude in the crowd yelled out, “You have the voices of angels!” And one of them is named Angel. Convenient. However, it’s Amber Coffman who does the primary vocals on “Stillness is the Move,” and she took full advantage of her moment. She danced around the stage like there weren’t five other people on it and grinned the whole time. They played mostly Bitte Orca songs, but hearing the title track from Rise Above was a nice touch. I left during “Temecula” but I left happy.
Dirty Projectors :: Cannibal Resource
Animal Collective will probably go down amongst a lot of festival goers as the disappointment of the weekend. Bonnaroo was the final date of the American tour and whoever decided to put these guys at 3 in the afternoon really didn’t think that one through. They were obviously tired, and couldn’t be as visual as was necessary to make an essentially electronic album translate into a live setting. No amount of weed was going to make up for the fact that they couldn’t effectively use their lighting rig (and Geologist doesn’t even bother with the headlamp) but on the other hand, no amount of energy usage can make up for the fact that “Daily Routine” should not be made into a 10 minute song. It’s kind of a sleeper to begin with and admittedly, when the band takes out all of the electronics and instrumentation and just lets Noah Lennox sing “Just a sec more in my bed” it was breathtaking and everyone cheered as they should have. But David Portner (that’s Avey Tare for those of you who only pay attention to monikers) actually left the stage for a couple of minutes during that song, which just should not happen. I’ve said it before, he is the heart and soul of their live performances. When he got excited during “Slippi,” everyone else got excited right along with him. When he went into the shouting in the middle of “Brother Sport,” everyone else shouted along with him. Whenever he screeched, period, it was a beautiful thing because I’ve yet to see anyone else change to three different vocal pitches in the course of one breath. Because I’m a huge Animal Collective fan, it’s easy for me to point out the amazing points in their set and squeal but I don’t think most people in that audience were huge Animal Collective fans as this seemed to be the only crowd I’ve seen so far at Bonnaroo that wasn’t intensely loud, energetic and thoroughly knowledgeable about who they were seeing. Which is too bad. Don’t feel too sorry for them though…they’re still sitting on the best show I’ve seen so far this year.
Animal Collective :: Fireworks
Next was one of those unfortunate decisions…go see Santigold, go see Grizzly Bear or stay at the Which Stage for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I opted for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and I can say with certainty that Karen O is a badass. She has this ability to grab a collective attention and hold it in the palm of her hand as she entertains and everyone gives up of it willingly. She comes out in this kimono saying “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Bonnaroo!” and proceeds to give a pretty animated performance, complete with costume changes, smoke machines and a few quick blasts of confetti. The set was a pretty good mixture of all three albums and they even went back to their EP for “Art Star” (although unfortunately, not for my favorite song of the EP, ***, but if that’s my biggest complaint, I’ll live.) Nick Zinner had some tuning problems during “Maps,” so they restarted it as an acoustic number. While this meant no killer guitar solo, it was a nice effective way to hear the song. Had we not been in an open field, it would’ve even felt intimate, but intimacy is one of the intricacies lost to an outdoor summer festival. Another thing that’s lost is the ability to hold your place in the audience for multiple bands. Because the only way not to pass out in the searing Tennessee heat is to drink liters upon liters of water. I probably went through five liters on Friday alone, and actually, I don’t think that was good enough, because I got a headache during TV on the Radio that never quite abated. As such, I actually spent the last two songs of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs set waiting for the port-o-john to get into good position for TV on the Radio.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs :: Heads Will Roll
And good position I got. I’m definitely more familiar with the TVOTR discography than I am with that of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but unfortunately, I never really got into Dear Science and that material comprised at least 40% of their set. “Golden Age” is a cool song, but most of the set didn’t really match up to the “Wrong Way”s or “Wolf Like Me”s that the band had to offer. Tunde Adebimpe still has incredible amounts of energy and can jitter his way across the stage with great speed but seems to have figured out how to do so without losing the correct pitch of the song. Although the best show that I saw them put on was in 2007, this is the best the songs have actually sounded. They’ve definitely smoothed some edges while still keeping some cool effects like the windchime that occasionally appears at the end of David Sitek’s guitar. Kyp Malone also had the most Bonnaroo-appropriate attire of any artist I’d seen, sporting a tie-dye shirt and pants. So some jackass kept shouting “I want your pants! And your beard! I want your beard!” TV on the Radio also had the largest quotient of celebrity viewers that I could actually see (I couldn’t usually see the backstage area.) Yes, the Dirty Projectors had David Byrne…and TV on the Radio had the Dirty Projectors (two of them) and two members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs amongst their viewers. Awesome. But not as awesome as the fact that they decided to buck tradition and end their set not with their biggest hits but with two tracks from Young Liars. They played the title track and then broke out “Satellite.” Which was the perfect ending to that set. The fact that this wasn’t the best I’ve seen them was all but forgotten after that ending.
TV on the Radio :: Satellite
Then the most irritating scheduling conflict of the festival. The Beastie Boys were scheduled from 8:30pm-10:30pm and David Byrne from 8:45pm-10:45pm. Not okay. I decided to catch at least the beginning of the Beastie Boys set and decided, okay, if it starts to go south, I can always move over to the Which Stage. Now, when they Beastie Boys played all of their staples (”No Sleep Til Brooklyn,” “Intergalactic,” “So What’cha Want”) and some less familiar cuts off of Hello Nasty, like “Remote Control” and “Three MCs and One DJ,” all seemed pretty much right with the world. I say pretty much, because I could not actually see them for the majority of the set, even via jumbotron. Because somebody decided that getting artsy with the visuals on the jumbotron would be fun. It was not fun, the power kept going out on the ‘tron and I could barely tell what was going on. I was able to tell that the Beasties switched on and off between moving across the stage and actually playing their instruments and I saw that Nas came out to introduce a new song with them. I’m not sold by the new material solely based on the live performance, but since it’s the Beastie Boys, I’m sure I’ll listen to the album in its entirety when it comes out. They finished off with “Sabotage,” which was damn near sabotaged early on thanks to a fuck-up from Mix Master Mike, prompting The King Ad-Rock to make sure the audience understood that this was in fact, a LIVE show, with no ipod or tape playing the music. Yeah, dude, we got it. But when they finally played the song…gold. So, despite my lack of a sight line, I did enjoy the Beasties set and thankfully, they actually ended it before 10pm, allowing me to catch more than a mere 15 minutes of the David Byrne set.
Beastie Boys :: Remote Control
The David Byrne set…holy crap. He has backup singers, he has choreographed dancers, he has a band that also does choreographed moves and he (and the band) all got into tutus during “Burning Down the House.” If David Byrne and co. end up with a Broadway production in the next couple of years, I will be able to say, I told you so. And of course there’s the music. I walked in during “Wild Wild Life” and heard them play their cover of Al Green’s “Take Me to the River” and roughly two encores. The kitschiness fits, and gimmicky though it seemed, David Byrne has the star power to pull it off. In short, I was completely blown away.
Talking Heads :: Burning Down the House
This was the point where I thought, okay, the whole festival is going to see Phish now, I’ll be able to get a good position in That Tent to see Phoenix. Not so much. That Tent was utterly packed. I’ll admit, I’m not totally on the hype wagon with Phoenix. I never listened to the first two albums that much and I think the praise on the new album, which seems like watered down Blur and Supergrass songs with added synthesizers, is misplaced. But when everyone else in that cramped space started jumping around, I’ll admit the energy was infectious and Phoenix, who seemed humble and grateful whenever they talked, seemed bombastic whenever they played. They have the rock star act down and it made for a fun, sweaty 45 minutes. It also made my last show of the night. I attempted to sit down in That Tent after their set and make it long enough to catch either Public Enemy or Crystal Castles, but I started to fall asleep. Luckily, I’ve caught Public Enemy and Girl Talk before, because I was way WAY too tired to continue.
Phoenix :: 1901
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Ayer salió de manera oficial el octavo disco de Dirty Projectors, seguramente muchos ya lo tienen porque se leakeo en Abril o ya escucharon uno de los “hits” del momento Stillness in the Move en Reactor. Si les gusta la onda medio art-rock, les va a gustar Bitte Orca , que según los Vampire Weekend es su banda favorita.
Dirty Projectors Cannival Resourse
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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 aesthetic of the band is quickly established, with each element of their style introduced in a way that is more inviting than confrontational. They are not holding anything back, but it is clear that this is meant to be ingratiating and pleasurable. Whereas previous Dirty Projectors music often reveled in its own strangeness, the music on Bitte Orca is matter-of-fact about its quirks and deliberately beautiful. This is incredibly confident art — thoughtful, considered, extremely controlled — but it is not sterile or overworked. Every moment of “Cannibal Resource” is flawless in its execution; every rhythmic shift, harmony, and guitar tone precisely calibrated to evoke color, optimism, and graceful movement. It sounds like a new world opening up around you, or perhaps more accurately, finding a new way of thinking about and seeing the world you already know. Every moment of the song feels like a personal revelation, and the moment when everything around you suddenly seems invested with a wonderful new meaning.
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