I remain baffled as to how Dave Longstreth and his jaw-droppingly brilliant "The Getty Address" went missing from so many year-end lists. Is it slipping radars because it defies categorization? Even in this hyphen-heavy age of exponentially splintering subgenres? I mean, WHAT, in fact, is this shit? Or rather, where on the spectrum of "psychedelic music" does it slot?
Cuz I gots no idea. Operatic but seemingly improvised, glitchy but organic, at times disorientingly slick but first primitive, a smarty-pants kayak paddling Downs-syndrome.... Naming another record so relentlessly experimental in the SERVICE of its hooks is a real battle. If pressed: Medulla...Vision Creation Newsun...Trout Mask Replica?
Where is the christforsaken LOVE, etc., etc.
― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Saturday, 14 January 2006 21:20 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Sunday, 15 January 2006 20:16 (7 years ago) Permalink
looks like he has some shows coming up in jan/feb that i will have to try to find the time for.
― bell labs (bell_labs), Sunday, 15 January 2006 20:50 (7 years ago) Permalink
Surprising how little I've read about this albums considering how many people I know who love it.
― I know, right?, Sunday, 15 July 2007 16:47 (5 years ago) Permalink
ILX is eerily quiet about DP. The new album of Black Flag covers was fun live but I suspect it'll get old quite quickly. The Getty Address is really great though, and I'd probably buy anything with Longstreth singing on it.
― ogmor, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:12 (5 years ago) Permalink
I was just about to post on this again, just for the hell of it. I don't know why I do this to myself.
― I know, right?, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
??
― jaxon, Monday, 17 September 2007 05:52 (5 years ago) Permalink
this is weird
suxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
― hstencil, Monday, 17 September 2007 05:55 (5 years ago) Permalink
really? i've only heard one song
― jaxon, Monday, 17 September 2007 06:06 (5 years ago) Permalink
really twisted afro pop
please don't bring black people into this whiter-than-white music.
― hstencil, Monday, 17 September 2007 06:07 (5 years ago) Permalink
i heard this. http://thankscity.com/jams/fraid/07_Gimme_Gimme_Gimme.mp3 (link might be down in next day or so)
i guess the guitar could be interpreted as either south african jive filtered through animal collective and that dogg (?) or maybe like a really poppy version of Storm & Stress.
why don't you like it?
― jaxon, Monday, 17 September 2007 06:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
you honestly wrote that second sentence in your post and then followed it up with the question "why don't you like it?" and can't figure out the incongruity between the two?
i mean seriously, even discounting the black flag "connection," that description sounds like music i'd never want to hear.
― hstencil, Monday, 17 September 2007 06:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
that song is great. i don't know anything about afropop or any of that but i dig this song. nice clean gtr tone and the playing has a nice buttery feel. i jumped a little bit when the drum splatters came in for the first time xp
― 6335, Monday, 17 September 2007 06:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
the black flag "connection" is the last reason i'd listen to this. the that dogg thing is probably the worst part of the description and i've only ever heard like 2 animal collective songs (and the latest panda bear album which is kinda neat). i used to really like storm and stress. i think we might have different tastes.
― jaxon, Monday, 17 September 2007 07:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
also, i have to ask: joel, did you even listen to that song or are you basing your descriptions on some other factors?
― jaxon, Monday, 17 September 2007 07:02 (5 years ago) Permalink
i've heard this whole album already, jaxon, as well as previous albums by them. i don't like what i've heard.
i liked s&s's two records but a "poppy version" of them sounds weak.
and animal collective = they might be giants. fuck that.
― hstencil, Monday, 17 September 2007 07:08 (5 years ago) Permalink
http://www.daytrotter.com/download/311/id=383
woe, he's playing his guitar upside down
ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ERUPTING IN BACHATA AND REGGAETON !
in four thousand years rise above #1 will just be a footnote in the backstories for rise above #2 and Johnny Mnemonic
― tramp steamer, Thursday, 27 September 2007 05:50 (5 years ago) Permalink
i don't actually think i like this :-/
― jaxon, Thursday, 27 September 2007 06:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
given the album one listen so far. entirely baffled, i must say. what the hell is it?
― CharlieNo4, Friday, 28 September 2007 09:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
I haven't heard this but the Getty Address was fantastic. Especially Jolly Jolly Jolly Ego. It sounds like him and a choir of dodgy tape players.
― I know, right?, Friday, 28 September 2007 10:48 (5 years ago) Permalink
Not sure about Dirty Projectors. I enjoyed watching the aztec-intensive dvd of the Getty Address but all their stuff seems to wear thin once you get the hang of it.
― ogmor, Friday, 28 September 2007 13:12 (5 years ago) Permalink
I just got Getty Address. I like it so far, although it feels a bit too conscious of what it's doing at times. Better than Animal Collective, for sure.
― Hurting 2, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:17 (5 years ago) Permalink
i really like this band, but lately the lyrics really bug me. not even his weird singing voice, just the lyrics themselves. the rest of it is so meticulous and then that part is just kind of phoned in...
― bell_labs, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
It has a bit of that same Dr. Spock baby "look what an eclectic, self-expressive genius I am" thing that annoys me about Animal Collective
― Hurting 2, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
you could call it just *being* an eclectic, self-expressive genius.
― vadx, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:27 (5 years ago) Permalink
sorry i am not an easy-to-categorize average artist
― mizzell, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
wait, are you Dave Longstreth?
― Hurting 2, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:38 (5 years ago) Permalink
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― Hurting 2, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:39 (5 years ago) Permalink
no, i have never even heard this band, i just get tired of the criticism of people being too aware or consious of how they sound. are some people making a record by accident?
― mizzell, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:44 (5 years ago) Permalink
yeah
how is being conscious of your sound a bad thing?
talk about cockism
― vadx, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:46 (5 years ago) Permalink
yeah, i'd take overly composed music over another sloppy jam band anyday.
― bell_labs, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:47 (5 years ago) Permalink
I don't necessarily mean it's over-composed
― Hurting 2, Friday, 5 October 2007 19:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
I know.
Really though, I think the "look at me!" with acts like this is more in the listener who's threatened by like the flamboyant content or something.
I mean wouldn't saying a rapper gave off the vibe "lok at me, I'm an eclectic self-expressive genius" usually be a compliment?
― vadx, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:06 (5 years ago) Permalink
i listened to some of this. i didn't even get the black flag thing at all. sometimes stuff like this seems like it was written with a press release first, just to bait rock writers, then do the album after it.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 5 October 2007 20:08 (5 years ago) Permalink
there's also the possibility that people WANT to make music that sounds different
not that this is the differentest band ever... but compared to a good deal of indie rock they are
― vadx, Friday, 5 October 2007 22:59 (5 years ago) Permalink
wait the black flag part of the lyrics ?
― tramp steamer, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
uhh what? not all of their songs are black flag covers...i haven't even listened to the one that is
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
err the one album that is. i was mostly talking about getty address and the glad fact.
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
When I saw them live I kept thinking "Jesus, shut that guy up and let the girls sing." Then I got a promo of the album (whatever one was before the Black Flag thing) and kept thinking, "Oh, you precious fuck, shut the hell up and let the girls sing."
― I eat cannibals, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:23 (5 years ago) Permalink
Oh, and to answer the years-old question: No, the reason that no one wrote about this is not because it was too complicated. It was because if you like complicated music, this is disappointing and if you like poppy music, this is annoying. It hits the same dilettante weirdness level as Animal Collective.
― I eat cannibals, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
i'm kind of afraid to listen to the black flag covers.
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 00:26 (5 years ago) Permalink
<i>i'm kind of afraid to listen to the black flag covers.</i>
You should be...it's awful stuff.
― kwhitehead, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 01:54 (5 years ago) Permalink
-- vadx, Friday, October 5, 2007 4:06 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Link
NO
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 02:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
C'mon, ILM! No love for Rise Above? This is a kick-ass record.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 7 December 2007 18:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
Oh yeah, I played Six Pack on my radio show about a month ago. Really cool.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 7 December 2007 18:51 (5 years ago) Permalink
i'm revisiting this now (it's getting a whole lot of love around montreal, randomly) and i've decided it's great. more the beginning than the end, though, i think.
― sean gramophone, Friday, 18 January 2008 22:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
"Rise Above" is the best thing on it.
― Simon H., Friday, 18 January 2008 22:12 (5 years ago) Permalink
i too had my misgivings about this band but the absolutely killed it last night in portland. fuck. like why do i even try to make music?? one of those shows ...
interesting fact: apparently ezra koenig of vampire weekend was a dirty projector between 2002-05. the fuck?~!?
― uptown churl, Thursday, 17 April 2008 23:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
I read this http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=6538 article in the newspaper. I didn't know until just now that Dirty Projectors were supposed to be fake afropop. I thought they were supposed to be Don Caballero with sick lyrics and harmonies over it.
Has the singer guy from Dirty Projectors ever said himself that he is ripping off black people, or is it just a music journalist overlay? I always thought their sound was just math rock. (Or is it that math rock is ripping off black people??)
Please clarify, thanks.
― freewheel, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 00:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
he does use some afro-pop guitar work on his records, guitar picking techniques and such, but it's not like it's anything new in rock to do this.
Has the singer guy from Dirty Projectors ever said himself that he is ripping off black people
haha, no, i don't think so
― oscar, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 01:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
also this :
Vampire Weekend; Arctic Monkeys of 2008?
for an indepth discussion that would prove interesting to you, if you take issue with that article
― oscar, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 01:03 (4 years ago) Permalink
All I know of Dirty Projectors is whatever the ~hour long animated thing on pitchfork.tv is (which is pretty consistently great, actually) and a live show I caught in Ithaca a few months back. Neither one of those sounded remotely like what you're describing.
― Z S, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 01:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
Seeing them live just solidified how fucking great they are for me.. They did mostly 'Rise Above' stuff and it all sounded stunning...the amazing harmonies, the gobsmacking guitar work...it just sounded effortless and brilliant.
I get the feeling they've yet to do their best stuff though. And folks who lump 'em in with Vampire Weekend are just wrong, if anyone actually does who has heard them both.
― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 07:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
There's some sproingy guitar that suggests they've listened to a few afropop records, but to lump them in with a movement like that is selling them way short--they are playing with the full musical deck and have been for a few albums now.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 15:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
How is Dirty Projectors anything like Vampire Weekend? I mean, they're both indie Ivy League bands in New York City, but Dirty Projectors is somewhere in the "weirdy beardy" brand whereas Vampire Weekend's more like MTV pop.
― burt_stanton, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 15:27 (4 years ago) Permalink
I've had Rise Above for a few months. "Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" is very good and the title track is nice, but the rest doesn't do much to tickle my giblets. Is any of their other stuff worth getting?
― Freedom, Thursday, 30 October 2008 18:15 (4 years ago) Permalink
I love the way this guy wails. im not too keen on how some of 'The Getty Address' sounds. I find the plonker percussion really grating, but the arrangements are mostly great. 'New Attitude' is my pick. The track 'Fucked For Life' is incredible. You get a sense that with such a strong voice, and the ability to find those snatches of awesome melodic counterparts that there is an ability to just not be so damn difficult with the songs, but i adore how it just is.
― siskin/skulls, Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
Slaves' Graves and Ballads!
― BusDriverStu (Bus Driver Stu), Friday, 31 October 2008 08:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
new album has leaked and is pretty amazing
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 10 April 2009 11:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
That Phoenix compilation with the Rise Above cover (while I was in the middle of rediscovering Damaged) made me curious enough to want to hear this. The Getty Address was pretty great imo.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 10 April 2009 11:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
I've had "Stillness is the Move" on repeat since yesterday
― Number None, Friday, 10 April 2009 11:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
new one is pretty pretty good. very schizophrenic.
― cutty, Friday, 10 April 2009 12:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, April 10, 2009 6:23 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark
― the sultan of ban (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 07:50 (4 years ago) Permalink
love this. "no intention" and "two doves" are each magnificent
― europeen handball (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 04:07 (4 years ago) Permalink
it's like if matthew friedberger wrote vampire weekend an album
― the sultan of ban (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 04:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
i just realized that it reminds me most menomena, but much better
― the sultan of ban (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 09:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
i really can't tell if those descriptions should make me excited or not
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 13:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
i hate all the bands j0rdan mentioned but i like this album
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 13:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
not saying those aren't appropriate sonic comparisons, just saying that not liking those dudes isn't a guarantee you won't be into this
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 13:54 (4 years ago) Permalink
this music is insane
― cutty, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 13:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
― the sultan of ban (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:33 AM (9 hours ago)
i've never really gotten the parallels people draw between VW and dirty projectors, even after learning that koenig was a dirty projector for a few years. some of the vocal inflections he and longstreth do are similar, maybe
― europeen handball (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
i can hear it in the guitars a little bit
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
did not know that is v. surprising
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
funny, i've just been getting around to rise above. does the new stuff have all kinds of crazy-ass tempo changes?
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
here and there, i guess, but that's not really what i took from it
― europeen handball (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
yes it does
― cutty, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
sweet
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
http://stereogum.com/archives/premature-evaluation/premature-evaluation-dirty-projectors-bitte-orca_063902.html?utm_source=ss&utm_medium=tw
― cutty, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
I wish the album were longer. It was great, then Flourescent Half-Dome made my head explode, then it was over.
― Tourtiere (Owen Pallett), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:50 (4 years ago) Permalink
glad this is getting a lot of hype
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
i don't know about longer. it's a lot to digest as it is.
― cutty, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
yeah, I always think these guys albums are just too long, too much sprawl, which is part of their charm, but come on.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
i love great, short albums
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
^^^^
― europeen handball (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:24 (4 years ago) Permalink
always leave 'em wanting more
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:25 (4 years ago) Permalink
usually, but with DP its like the excess of it, the messy swerve of the songs and drunken runtimes
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:27 (4 years ago) Permalink
would i like these guys
― yes threads (country matters), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:35 (4 years ago) Permalink
i think so, louis
― europeen handball (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
there's a live video of 'stillness is the move' too but it doesn't sound as good without the doubled vocals
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
these dudes are such good musicians that it pisses me off
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
groovy, will check 'em (was probably going to anyway, as volcano! who are pretty much my favourite new(ish) American band have received DP comparisons)
p.s. great short albums are awesome but so are sprawling 50-minute thrillrides ^_^
cheers n/a!
― yes threads (country matters), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
srsly mention volcano one more fucking time
― cutty, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
seriously, as a dude who cannot really play and sing at the same time i got mad jealous when i saw them.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
uh 50 minutes is still a pretty short album
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
That's interesting. When I heard studio "Stillness", I said, "Why the doubled vocals? Amber's a better singer than Janet Jackson, you don't need this."
― Tourtiere (Owen Pallett), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:54 (4 years ago) Permalink
I thought you were talking about 35-minute specials, by "50-minute" I kinda meant "between 50 and 60" although 60-80 is also fine by me if you've got the material and ability to sustain narrative
anyway, these guys. will listen to "Rise Above" on Spotify right now and then hunt down the new one
― yes threads (country matters), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
I disagree with this blogotheque shit in theory, but this video is it in wondrous actuality.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 16:11 (4 years ago) Permalink
t-track on rise above = gr8
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 16:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
The newie is awesome, also kind of detached and odd whilst being warm and normal at the same time. They were utterly amazing the other week as well, watching them do their interwoven vocal parts ('Remade Horizon') is proper gobsmacking. Genius I say, genius stuff. And that Blogotheque vid with the three Rise Above songs on is WOWOWOWOW.
Ahem. Hyperbole over.
― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 17:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
yeah i agree w/ cutty wrt how much there is to digest-- i've listened to this like 5 or 6 times through over the past two days and still feel like i haven't grasped any of it. it's also the only thing i actively want to listen to right now.
― the sultan of ban (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 17:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
and wrt the bands i brought up -- the vampire weekend one to me seems like an obvious one especially in some of the ringing guitar tones and the guy's vocals (i know DP predated VW but go along w/ me) and the fiery furnaces was about the time changes mostly but also that they are jarring but never seem out of place or anything. also something like "stillness is the move" could've been on 'bitter tea' (thinking of that album's "benton harbor blues" or "waiting to know you")
as for menomena, i think DP sound a lot like them on this album when they go into the rawk bits, like these real crunching guitars out of nowhere. also menomena have some weird time changes as well iirc
― the sultan of ban (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 17:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
It's pretty good, and honors their live show (loved their set at Pitchfork Festival last summer), but the guy's vocals annoy the fuck out of me when he decides to unleash trills.
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 17:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
The girls are much tougher and specific ("Two Doves").
those girls are serious fucking singers, but so is he in a weird way. guitar lines are nuts. These guys are still so tied to I Will Truck which is the first song I heard by them and sounds like a such a mission statement to me.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 19:08 (4 years ago) Permalink
lol, Jordan I thought you were talking about the Muppets earlier.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 19:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
yeah this year for some reason i find myself falling in love with weird/hyper-emotive vocalists (longstreth, antony) whose contemporaries i otherwise tend to give the eyeroll
― europeen handball (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 20:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
beyoncé
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 22:50 (4 years ago) Permalink
This one is more immediate than Rise Above. His vocals remind me a bit of Green Garside.
― leavethecapital, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
"two doves" is just about the best song i've heard this year. i don't think this is the lyric, but i like to pretend the second verse goes "but our bed is like a failure". that's the way i heard it the first few times, and it's a pretty devastating thing to hear in the context of that song
― europeen handball (k3vin k.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 17:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
love the these days references
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 16 April 2009 17:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Your hair is like an an eagle/ your two eyes are like two doves/But our bed is like a failure."
(xpost)
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 April 2009 17:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
this is pretty dope imo. it does feel more reigned in & streamlined, but not in a bad way (although i love it when the feel changes like in the middle of 'temecula sunrise' and it's hard to figure out if it's a metric modulation or a straight-up tempo shift). there are some great handclaps too.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 16 April 2009 17:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
"two doves" is pretty amazing though i feel weird thinking it's one of the best on the album since it doesn't really sound like dirty projectors
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
i don't think this is the lyric, but i like to pretend the second verse goes "but our bed is like a failure"
i don't know what else it would be?
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:15 (4 years ago) Permalink
word, it's pretty but if the whole album was like this i wouldn't be interested.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:16 (4 years ago) Permalink
i really like "remade horizon"
remade horizon is unfuckwithable
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:17 (4 years ago) Permalink
Psyched to hear this. Last one was recorded upstairs from my bedroom (loudly) at totally weird hours for me so by the time it was done I was in no way inclined to revisit. These new songs are insane live and i got great faith.
― bear, bear, bear, Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:44 PM (1 hour ago)
yeah that's what i think i hear too, but sometimes i hear "feather" and i remember someone quoting it somewhere as "feather" too recently. i definitely want it to be "failure"
― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 19:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
that song, though. it's amazing to me that no one has written that song before, i feel like it belongs in an old ass romance movie
― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 19:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
my fav song i think is "no intention"
― starsky and what (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 19:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
Nico seems like a really weird point of reference for these guys, especially such a lovingly crafted homage.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 16 April 2009 19:24 (4 years ago) Permalink
― starsky and what (J0rdan S.), Thursday, April 16, 2009 3:18 PM (1 hour ago)
yeah two doves -> useful chamber -> no intention is something else
― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 21:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
I've listened again and there is no way it's not "failure." I think.
― Number None, Thursday, 16 April 2009 21:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
i cant make out any of the lyrics
― starsky and what (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 21:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
― europeen handball (k3vin k.), Thursday, April 16, 2009 5:42 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
Dave asked her specifically to sing "feath-a-yur". (But I prefer "Don't confront me with my feathers" and "This bed is a failure".)
― Tourtiere (Owen Pallett), Thursday, 16 April 2009 22:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
okay it's definitely "don't confront me with my failures." (i have not forgotten that)
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 16 April 2009 22:08 (4 years ago) Permalink
owen this is gonna seem really weird but you're the person i was referring to upthread! i googled "our bed is like a failure" to see if that was the lyric and your twitter was the only result. i agree with what you said, if i remember it now
― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 23:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
also hi, i didnt know you posted here
― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 23:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
there's a real r&b influence on the vocals right? or am i the only one hearing it
― just sayin, Friday, 17 April 2009 07:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
..as opposed to before?
― bear, bear, bear, Friday, 17 April 2009 07:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
no attitude there, sorry, just feel like that's been kind of a DP constant for the last few years
― bear, bear, bear, Friday, 17 April 2009 07:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
o ok yeah i havent really listened to them much before, will check out their other stuff tho - this album's rad.
― just sayin, Friday, 17 April 2009 07:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
in spots definitely. also, that is a really tough lyric to make out, which is always enjoyable. (i guess i'd lean toward "feather".) hope they do another round at Daytrotter.
― myndbloom, Friday, 17 April 2009 07:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
(it is totally feather)
― corps of discovery (schlump), Friday, 17 April 2009 13:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
since i'm about as happy as i've been in a long time today, i kinda want to hear it as feather. but just for today
― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 April 2009 14:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
Somehow missed Mr. Pallett's clarification upthread. So much for lively songmeanings.net debate.
― myndbloom, Friday, 17 April 2009 14:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
i like this record a lot but man does listening to it on headphones make me walk down the street like a dick.
― corps of discovery (schlump), Friday, 17 April 2009 17:25 (4 years ago) Permalink
haha yeah ive gone to the library every day this week, and i usually finish this record on my way there + way back (been listening to it nonstop). walking back is great because it's like 2am and i can sing as i walk
― (ooo)genesis (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 April 2009 18:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
i now agree with mr. pallett. this album should be longer.
― cutty, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 15:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
This is absolutely the best record I've heard all year. Lyrics to Stillness are awesome too.
― Wax Cat, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 22:17 (4 years ago) Permalink
i've only recently been acquainted with the band through their new album, but i feel like the dirty projectors are one of the bands that fit into the category of bands who are the only band in the world who could possibly make the music they make. the vocal range of all three singers and the complexity of the songwriting surely help, but there's something undeniably inimitable about their sound. i'm trying to think of other examples of this, there aren't many.
― samosa gibreel, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 23:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
there are a couple of things that the record picks up on to me; his voice seems to have got to this really comfortable david-byrne-ish place, not soundwise but in terms of its dexterity and how comfortable it is (cf no intention), and his guitar playing, or the guitar playing on the record has got to this michael karoli esque peak: not that it sounds like mk, just that it's this really fluid integral melodic satisfying but not explicit part of the record.
i could revive the thing about how feather sounds like failure (and man it does: if you listen on headphones it's feather, but out loud there's that extra syllable: like it's "feathiure"), and how it's kind of something you need to hear at certain times, but the super 100% positivity of the stillness is the move lyrics is blowing my mind.
i also want BITTE ORCA ORCA BITTE! on my gravestone, repeated from top to bottom carved in stone.
― corps of discovery (schlump), Thursday, 23 April 2009 02:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
this just gets better with every spin. you really hit it on the head wrt the versatility of their voices...the chorus to "no intention" is one of the best moments in music i've heard so far this year
― domma sonner (k3vin k.), Thursday, 23 April 2009 04:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
what does it mean by the way? my guess is "little whale."
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 23 April 2009 04:26 (4 years ago) Permalink
good guess, einstein
― cutty, Thursday, 23 April 2009 11:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
in what language does bitte mean 'little'
― just sayin, Thursday, 23 April 2009 12:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
penis whale whale penis
― cutty, Thursday, 23 April 2009 12:07 (4 years ago) Permalink
amazing how the pop begins to rise out of the weirdo arrangements. all of these songs have the ability to get stuck in your head over time. very memorable stuff here.
this is the kind of album that transforms over time, i'm sure. album of the year probably.
― cutty, Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
A good record, despite the title ("lol indie").
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
This had been sitting on my desk for two weeks and I stupidly only just got round to listening to it. Wow!
― Stevie T, Thursday, 23 April 2009 17:07 (4 years ago) Permalink
"there's something undeniably inimitable about their sound."
i think a big part of their uniqueness is simply the songwriting, instead of the arrangments or instrumentation, which seems to be how many bands get by these days.(/all the time). those wide intervallic leaps in the vocal melodies, the little rubato passages that are often thrown into DP songs -- these are a few things that to my ears sound 'longstrethian' at this point. that's why two doves struck me immediately as just being a DP song w/o longstreth singing. upthread remarks to the contrary are wildly oFFtm.
― uptown churl, Thursday, 23 April 2009 18:25 (4 years ago) Permalink
i think a big part of their uniqueness is simply the songwriting
i agree. however i think what i was unsuccessfully trying to say was not just that they're original, but that the dirty projectors can't be imitated, and maybe even that no one would want/dare to imitate them. i imagine an album like loveless, for example, coming seemingly out of nowhere and then spawning a shitload of bands who spent their whole careers just rewriting those songs. bitte orca, though, which i think is equally unprecedented, i don't see having the same effect. is it because it isn't as good as loveless? probably it isn't as good, but worse albums have been equally influential. i think maybe it's because their formula isn't as fruitful in itself. it would be hard to write a good dirty projectors song (r&b tinged octave-reaching vocal melodies, complex guitar picking/strumming patterns, "rubato passages") whereas it's relatively easy to write a good my bloody valentine song (layered distorted guitar, build/release blablabla). just a tought.
― samosa gibreel, Saturday, 25 April 2009 00:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
Menomena - Friend and Foe
― kamerad, Saturday, 25 April 2009 05:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
Taking Sides: Pop Scritti Politti v. Post-Punk Scritti Politti
― kamerad, Saturday, 25 April 2009 05:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
The part that really blows my mind is the breakdown in Useful Chamber. The girls sing this incredibly complex harmony, and then they repeat it in a much softer style (it sounds like a synth pad) -- it's beyond description! This is such a great record. The run of tracks from Stillness to No Intention is awesome.
Feathliur.
― Wax Cat, Saturday, 25 April 2009 18:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
I was trying to dissect just what was going on with my session ace guitar teacher. To his ears, he heard either some tricky harmonizer work or tracks recorded (sampled?) then sped up. The pop aspect of this album has gotten more and more apparent to me with each listen, but the genius lies in all the tricky ways he/they disguise it. They make you work for you pleasure, which makes it that much more interesting/affecting when it finally clicks.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 25 April 2009 18:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
yeah "useful chamber"'s great. reminds me a little of the song they did with david byrne for the dark was the night thing, "knotty pine"
― kamerad, Saturday, 25 April 2009 18:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
still digging this
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 18:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
i don't think it's even come out yet bro
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
release date is june 9. pretty scary that people could be done "digging" an album before it's even out.
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
There's something called the internet, see.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
that's not the point.
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
i'm not done, though. i'll probably even listen to it after it's released. might even pay money for it.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
still have not heard it. i don't think i know where to get leaks lately
when i saw these guys (march?) they were flogging 'bitte orca' t shirts
presumably after june 9 you have to stop wearing them
― thomp, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
it does seem like a pretty long lag time between when they must have finished it (+ the inevitable leak) and the release date
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
bj*rk's stock has collapsed like the markets after that last LP hasn't it?!
not even a mention of her last single, or the collaboration with these guys (haven't even heard yet, or this band... curious) a fortnight after it was on Pitchfork.
Did I dream it?
― fandango, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 20:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
"i've only recently been acquainted with the band through their new album, but i feel like the dirty projectors are one of the bands that fit into the category of bands who are the only band in the world who could possibly make the music they make."
Very much agree. They the Gentle Giant of the indie rock.
― jaydaven, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 21:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
Anyone who digs this album and hasn't checked out "Knotty Pine" should do so
― Number None, Thursday, 21 May 2009 00:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
― Freedom, Thursday, 21 May 2009 07:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
This is definitely an album I'll be buying which I can't say about all the leaked albums I listen to. Also just ordered the Dark Was The Night album as the tracklisting looks phenomenal, it's only £9 on Amazon and as it's for charity I can't bring myself to d/l it for free off of the interweb
― groovypanda, Thursday, 21 May 2009 07:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
someone please school me on gordy. what is the essential album?
― cutty, Thursday, 21 May 2009 12:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
also some please let me know what else out there in the world sounds like knotty pine
― cutty, Thursday, 21 May 2009 13:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
Props to Number None for pinting in the direction of "Knotty Pine" - not the Gordon lightfoot song! Tis awesome.
x-piddly
― Freedom, Thursday, 21 May 2009 13:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
In terms of albums, I only know Rise Above, which is a tad heavy going, though the song Gimmie Gimmie Gimme is pretty cool.
― Freedom, Thursday, 21 May 2009 13:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
okay, this is fantastic
sadly, they have three weeks tops until nine-tenths of ilm starts affecting to hate them.
― thomp, Thursday, 21 May 2009 19:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
sadly for ilm, i mean; i doubt the dirty projectors will care
it would take a pretty shitty follow up for me to start disliking this band now
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Thursday, 21 May 2009 20:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'd also be very interested in what earlier albums of theirs are worth checking out
― groovypanda, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
caveat: his lead guitar playing (i think it is him) is less interesting on this record than it was playing the songs off this record live
also, live they did something tranceyier/wigouter at the end; i am not sure yet how i feel about the power-ballad stylings of the closer here
also, how old is dave longstreth? if he doesn't have at least the better part of five years on me it'll annoy me, i think.
― thomp, Friday, 22 May 2009 21:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
are you competing with him?
― cutty, Friday, 22 May 2009 22:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
he's kinda hot in a gross way too
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 22:27 (4 years ago) Permalink
he's never seen the seventies
― tramp steamer, Friday, 29 May 2009 04:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
saw them live on tuesday opening for TVOTR. they were so great. blew me away. every person in that band has so much damn talent, it's a bit mind-boggling to see it come together so well on stage.
also, i'm in love with angel deradoorian.
― borntohula, Thursday, 4 June 2009 20:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
which is the one that does "two doves"?
― k3vin k., Thursday, 4 June 2009 20:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
xp seein that show tonight
― hugging used to mean something (call all destroyer), Thursday, 4 June 2009 20:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
angel is the one that does "two doves."
― borntohula, Friday, 5 June 2009 10:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
had not read upthread in a while. ILX has really u-turned on DP u no
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 5 June 2009 11:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol hstencil
― cutty, Friday, 5 June 2009 15:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
confusing statement imo
― hugging used to mean something (call all destroyer), Friday, 5 June 2009 15:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
Just heard the Getty Address last night. Really is a great record, and perfect for being super stoned at 2 a.m.
― DustyLoops, Friday, 5 June 2009 20:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
Getty Address is Killer Business
― bear, bear, bear, Friday, 5 June 2009 20:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
My mother was asking me about these guys the other day which was kind of o_O. Were they on NPR or something?
― circa1916, Friday, 5 June 2009 21:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
this album is only released today?
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 08:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
that pads/vocals back forth at the middle of useful chamber sounds new today.
BITTEYORCA-ORCABITTEY!
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 09:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, April 10, 2009 6:23 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I've been listening to this album consistently since this post and I'm still not tired of it, pretty amazing.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 11:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
April 10 is my birthday
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 12:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
that was quick - Bitte Orca already on Spotify
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 12:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
Might as well have titled this album Pitte Forka.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 13:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
groan
― cutty, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 14:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 14:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
good rec, not sure if i like it more than rise above? some of the noodlier guitar stuff seems not as tight or loopy-yet-mathematical in that dp way that i have come to like. it's more -- here's some hammer-ons! i like the production -- especially the drums -- on this one more but the song writing hasnt grabbed me as much. need to listen to it more tho. they're still probably the best band going these days. makes so much other stuff out there seem hopelessly half-assed
― uptown churl, Thursday, 11 June 2009 19:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Opening track is dope
― Garri$on Kilo (Hurting 2), Friday, 12 June 2009 03:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
Digging this whole disc, and did not expect to like it one bit.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 12 June 2009 03:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
Top Three Things About The Song "Cannibal Resource":
1. The guitar during the verse, and the way it plays off the drum beat. (It was this, mostly, that convinced me to buy the record after hearing the first 30 seconds or so on spotify)
2. The girls' ahs underneath the chorus!
3. The huge drum hit on the two of the clean guitar bit that follows the chorus.
― still counting on porcupine racetrack (G00blar), Monday, 22 June 2009 20:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
I was very irritated by this album at first, but I think it might be growing on me. What are they like live? The bass is pretty good on the album, but I'd be interested in hearing something like "No Intention" in a live setting.
― Benjamin-, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 15:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
Saw them for free last night at Pritzer Pavilion and have raved about it elsewhere - the sound was amazing and the band is incredible. The songs don't really sound much different live than they do on the records except they rock the loud parts a little more, and I think they switched up the chorus for "Stillness is the Move" a little bit. It's funny how Longstreth does the bass player chicken-neck motion while playing because this is the same reaction I have when I listen to the songs. Female singer/guitar player had some pretty fun dance moves when she got to shed the guitar for "Stillness is the Move." Drummer is sick and has good drummer faces.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 15:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
just saw them in pdx, too good ... and some of the songs were changed up. they did the intricate vocal part of 'remade horizon' as the first part in the song and then repeated it later for example. and it was all so so good. don't miss them live!
― uptown churl, Sunday, 5 July 2009 10:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
Oh my, Stillness Is The Move is killing me dead. The repeat button is my friend.
2009 is an awesome year for music.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Monday, 6 July 2009 20:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
Totally, 'Stillness is the Moves' blows me away again and again! Awesome album, this.
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 6 July 2009 20:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
moves
I've been listening to this a bunch over the last few days. Overall I like most of the songs, but I think Stillness Is The Move and Two Doves tower above any of the other tracks. This suggests to me that the album may have been even better if main dude would have divided lead vocal tasks more evenly between the 3 of them. Maybe let each person do 3 songs? Then there'd be nothing left to do but rake in the $$$$$.
― Moodles, Friday, 10 July 2009 16:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think "Two Doves" is by far the worst song on the album. It has the least interesting chord progression and aesthetic-wise is like uh... really girly. I imagine dude writing it and being like "Strictly 4 My B.I.T.C.H.E.S."
― balearific, Friday, 10 July 2009 19:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
I guess rhythmically and harmonically those two songs are more straightforward than they others.
To me, that works in their favor because the focus then shifts away from quirkiness to the beauty of the melodies and their voices. I guess I get more excited about really well crafted pop songs than by the originality of it all.
― Moodles, Friday, 10 July 2009 19:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
― balearific, Friday, July 10, 2009 3:20 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark
STFU, BITCH
― the kid is crying because did sharks died? (Hurting 2), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Moodles, Friday, July 10, 2009 7:56 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Idk--I think the guy has an amazing voice and that, say, "Useful Chamber" is extremely catchy. I do see where you're coming from, though. I respect your opinion.
― the kid is crying because did sharks died? (Hurting 2), Friday, July 10, 2009 8:03 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
GO CHOKE ON AN AIDS-RIDDEN DICK
1) ur missing the point 2) uh "the girl" wrote it
― we don't know weber he bill return (k3vin k.), Friday, July 10, 2009 8:14 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Yes, I definitely am missing the point. But no, Dave wrote all the songs--cf. http://andybetablog.blogspot.com/2009/06/dirty-projectors-interview.html "The songs on this album that I wrote for the girls"
― balearific, Friday, 10 July 2009 20:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
Strictly 4 My B.I.T.C.H.E.S., bitches
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
kindof think Two Doves is just too much of an overplayed reference and comes off pretty lame.
Stillness is the move is gonna be the one people remember but Useful Chamber is pretty awesome esp for that harmony/pads bit that I wish reappeared at least twice more in the song but whatevs that is what repeat buttons are for iirc.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
like all that feather/failure stuff upthread is real enlightening music discussion cringe to me now.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
also i wish i didnt just read that interview, dude is such a dork
― we don't know weber he bill return (k3vin k.), Friday, July 10, 2009 8:32 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
hahahahahah that much I definitely agree with. My favorite part is when they listen to West African guitar music together
― balearific, Friday, 10 July 2009 20:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Two Doves" haterz are obscurantist loons! :-))))))))))))))))
― Freedom, Friday, 10 July 2009 20:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
So wait, is my reading comprehension slipping, or does he kind of make fun of Rollins for buying the same kind of African guitar music they are enthusing about later in the interview? Or is it just "lol Rollins old"?
― the sideburns are album-specific (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
<3 this lyric in "temecula sunrise"
and what hits the spot, yeah, like gatorade?/ you and me baby
― tru_uth hurts (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 25 July 2009 07:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
at times, nothing hits the spot like gatorade tbh
― tru_uth hurts (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 25 July 2009 07:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
singing 'woah-nigh'' after that line is as r kelly as the lp gets.
― the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Saturday, 25 July 2009 14:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
i like "i live in a greenhouse and i am getting wasted, yeah" from the same song alot as well. this album has really darling lyrics, like nothing is really going wrong in their lives ever: "i'm cau-au-aught up in a storm, that i, don't need no shelter from."
― samosa gibreel, Saturday, 25 July 2009 15:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's more super-positivity i think, like stillness in the move, after all that we've been through etc
― the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Saturday, 25 July 2009 15:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
huh, i like this stillness song, i'd never heard it
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
It's fucking rad more like! :-)
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
This album is so great. The musicianship is just amazing. So nice to hear in the wake of tone deaf retard bait like Vivian Girls.
― Darin, Thursday, 6 August 2009 06:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
Best performance I've seen on Letterman, ever, perhaps:
(via http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/13334-cannibal-resource-live-on-late-show-with-david-letterman/)
― kshighway, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 19:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
True fucking joy! Why isn't EVERYONE listening to this band? They should be all over the fucking charts.
― kshighway, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 19:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
Wow, that performance is just great! Can't believe how good his voice is live as well, quite remarkable!
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 23:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
dont't get me wrong i like that they're playing it alot faster than on the recording, but it is not flattering in certain parts. i like that new guitar line on the "still countin on..." part though, and have always loved dave longstreth's pidgeonlike neck movements.
― samosa gibreel, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 05:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
Band reminds me of Scritti Politti.
― Cunga, Thursday, 1 October 2009 07:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
The vocals for sure sound a lot like Green, but the music not so much though right?
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 1 October 2009 09:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
Deradoorian EP >>>> Bitte Orca
― suggestbannn/the lorax below (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 October 2009 09:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah I've yet to check that out!
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 1 October 2009 09:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
i havent heard of that, will check it out
― just sayin, Thursday, 1 October 2009 09:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
sounds kinda like a more minimal, less produced, less dreadful (in the neutral sense) Third, maybe?
― suggestbannn/the lorax below (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 October 2009 09:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
woah i haven't heard anything about this. did she write the songs herself?
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 1 October 2009 14:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
ok i just listened to it and the answer is obviously yes.
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 1 October 2009 15:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's good! nothing quite as great as "two doves," just some seriously darling mystical folk.
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 1 October 2009 15:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
are you guys talking about "Mind Raft"?
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 1 October 2009 15:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
i am
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 1 October 2009 15:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
the song i heard sounds good but has nothing on bitte orca
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
nb: I only like one song on Bitte Orca
― suggestbannn/the lorax below (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
sonderangerbot: yes
― suggestbannn/the lorax below (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
It's in the vocals at times, oh yes, but a song like "Stillness Is The Move" has a distancing effect on me that reminded me of songs like "The Sweetest Girl" as well.
― Cunga, Friday, 2 October 2009 04:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
ok thought maybe there was something new out. Mind Raft is pretty good, a bit lazy and grungy in comparison. but i agree with Jordan, Bitte Orca is just impossible to get tired of. and if i ever do i'm looking forward to checking out the previous stuff
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 6 October 2009 17:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
longstreth seems like such a bro
http://www.avclub.com/austin/articles/dirty-projectors-david-longstreth-doesnt-think-the,34303/
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 27 October 2009 02:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
The A.V. Club: Has anyone ever told you that they fuck to your music?
DL: No! That’s alarming.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 02:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
btw i have recently decided this record isn't that good
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 02:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
I always want to have some kinda balls and damage in my singing, too!
also, I'm really glad he hates Zappa
― balearific, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 02:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
i kind of love how he says "fuck" or a variation thereof in about every sentence
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 27 October 2009 03:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
way too many fucks for a "goofy" and "eccentric" ex-yalie imo
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 03:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
On the subject of the merit of Bitte Orca: I've been a big Dirty Projectors fan for about five years now, and I don't think any of their albums are all that great. But somehow the project continues to appeal to me; Longstreth seems like a force for good, no matter how loud the whiny chorus of anti-hipsters becomes.
― The Boxing Pretzel Wizard, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 03:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
except for stillness is the move every idea on bitte orca was done to better effect on rise above
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 03:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
"rise above" is the best song on either imo, but i had trouble sitting through that at times; bitte's much pithier
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 27 October 2009 03:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
^ That and "Fluorescent Half-Dome".
Regardless of how you may feel about Bitte Orca (the album), their tour to support it was, forgive me, the best show in recent memory, perhaps the best I've ever seen. That band aims high and succeeds often and spectacularly.
― Tourtière (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 10:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
solange cover of "stillness is the move" is great
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
wow, this is really great
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
solange's version > DP version
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah this insanely good
― see-those-tit-ies (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
not better, just different
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
really inspired use of this sample imo
― see-those-tit-ies (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
wow so much better
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
loathe to call it better - i'm really attached to that trilled guitar line, but solange's version is indeed really fuckin' awesome.
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah both are great
― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah its hard 2 no i agree
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
maybe not so much better, but v. possibly a little better.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
didn't do the one thing I was hoping it was which was insane Grace Jones climaxing on "we've been thru!"
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
i like the thought, but it's nowhere near as good as the original
― goodbye indie, hello trendy. (Tape Store), Friday, 13 November 2009 04:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
this is a jam
― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 04:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
had to reuse the bag lady / xxxplosive beat??
― hoos-kingofthedrugs (deej), Friday, 13 November 2009 05:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
Tape Store otm
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 13 November 2009 10:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
this is dope
― becky & robbie's bogus journalism (The Reverend), Friday, 13 November 2009 11:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah performer/source aside this is much more straight than the original, but a good thing.
― ogmor, Friday, 13 November 2009 12:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
Original makes a great autumn jam
― ogmor, Friday, 13 November 2009 12:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
I wish I'd listened to this again before Universal went all pissy and made Pitchfork take it down.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 13 November 2009 23:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
jon u can ilxmail me...
― omaha deserved 311 (call all destroyer), Friday, 13 November 2009 23:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
sent, thx
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 13 November 2009 23:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
beat needs some change ups
― een, Friday, 13 November 2009 23:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
Been listening to Damaged like a lot the last couple months, I put on Rise Above today and apart from title track which is awesome, it really doesn't live up to the orig record not that that is really the point I guess.
I love how the on the orig rise above when rollins sings the chorus its like he's tryin to calm himself down and rev psych himself up at the same time, but like that first time longstreth sings the title, it sounds like he's ur already beaten and he's putting his hand on ur shoulder to tell u it just isn't worth
― plaxico (I know, right?), Saturday, 14 November 2009 23:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
like "rise above man, there's not much else you CAN do"
Who said it was Solange's boyfriend who told Jay-Z to appear at a Grizzly Bear show? Was it somebody on here? I wonder if this dude suggested the song to her.
― Cunga, Saturday, 14 November 2009 23:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
Still Think I will truck is their finest moment
― plaxico (I know, right?), Saturday, 14 November 2009 23:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/11/dirty_projector_25.html#more
― rap band (schlump), Friday, 27 November 2009 15:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Anyone read SFJ's essay in The New Yorker?
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 November 2009 15:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Man, the title track of Rise Above is so fucking good.
― pithfork (Hurting 2), Thursday, 14 January 2010 23:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
not as good as this though is it
― ogmor, Friday, 15 January 2010 01:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
fuck that's dreadful
― The Book of Eli Porter (ojo), Friday, 15 January 2010 01:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
― pithfork (Hurting 2), Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:45 PM (2 hours ago)
yeah i still think it's the best song i've heard by them
― guardian nagle (k3vin k.), Friday, 15 January 2010 01:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://pitchfork.com/news/39240-bjork-and-dirty-projectors-to-release-collaboration-imount-wittenberg-orcai/
Last May, Björk and Dirty Projectors debuted a new collaborative suite called Mount Wittenberg Orca. It made its debut at a benefit for Housing Works in Manhattan, an event put together by former Pitchfork contributor and current Stereogum writer Brandon Stosuy. And that's about the last we heard about this fleeting meeting of the musical minds. Until now.
This April, Björk and Dirty Projectors entered Brooklyn's Rare Book Room studio and recorded an updated version of Mount Wittenberg Orca. The 20-minute, seven-track piece was written by DP leader Dave Longstreth. It will be self-released digitally on June 30 with money raised going to the National Geographic Society.
Read a letter from Longstreth about the project over at Stereogum.
Mount Wittenberg Orca:
1 Ocean2 On and Ever Onward3 When the World Comes to an End4 Beautiful Mother5 Sharing Orb6 No Embrace7 All We Are
― Boo Radley (Bee OK), Friday, 25 June 2010 05:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
anyone check this out?
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 14:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
DLing it now.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 15:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's so vocal-heavy that i'm getting like a prog-broadway or prog-doowop vibe sometimes, but there's some cool shit here
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 15:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
It sounded pretty good on one listen. I like how it works like a mini song-suite, there's a real cohesion in the sound.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 19:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
I wish it had a little more of the DP heavy sound instead of being light and acoustic the whole way through but it was pretty.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 19:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
it is pretty. only listened once so far, but i like. i think bjork and them are a good fit.
― borntohula, Thursday, 1 July 2010 05:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
i kind of like this, had no idea what it would sound like. though i like both artist i was not inspired to check it out.
― Boo Radley (Bee OK), Thursday, 8 July 2010 06:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah my fear was that this would be too pretty, but I will check it out.
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Thursday, 8 July 2010 15:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is nice. like how bjork's voice contrasts with the bright chirpy women's chorus.
― LA river flood (lukas), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 07:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
saw them play tonight and it was pretty fucking phenomenal. never realised what a stunning song "two doves" is even though i'd heard it dozens of times. sometimes it takes an incredible live show to alert one's senses to the strengths of a band.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 05:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
What is amazing: see them live and then revisit their recorded material, esp. "Getty Address" and "New Attitude".
― The Bartered Bride (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 06:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
they were great when I saw them last year
― markers, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 06:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
i saw them at a smallish festival and enjoyed it--i think they came off as a little disjointed and not totally in sync but i'd be willing to chalk that up to the lousy festival-atmosphere and some sound problems that to me seemed pretty major, as i couldn't hear one of the guitars at all for the entire show and it looked like they were doing some pretty complex interplay. would love to see them at a more intimate venue. pretty amazing band all in all, definitely breaking new ground despite all the whack comparisons/analysis upthread/elsewhere.
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 06:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's a shame about not hearing one of the guitars as i think with this band specific details such as what each individual is playing need to be acknowledged in order to get a sense of the broader picture. what's incredible is not so much how adept they are at playing in sync, but rather how artfully the songs come together as a result of each member's unique contributions.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 06:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh yeah, i'm definitely a huge fan of the band and their songs and was at the time i saw them. i don't think the material came through as well as it should have at that particular show, but what can you do. i did like watching them though, dave and amber give each other all these interesting cues and nods and everyone in the band seems to alternate between smiling and having the time of their lives, and then focusing in intensely to nail difficult parts. very cool.
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 07:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
yep, the band interaction was a really welcome touch. i was expecting a kind of a stilted stage performance due to the high levels of concentration required or even some rehearsed posturing, but you could really tell they were having a great time and that, along with the music, made the audience very happy.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 07:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
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I missed them last night because I saw them the last two times they were in town, but friends who went said that they played a bunch of stuff off of Mount Wittenberg - how did that translate live?
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 14:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
^ It's good, esp. "Beautiful Mother", which has become one of the best songs live. Cute and uncomplicated with that savage bit at the end.
― The Bartered Bride (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 19:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah, the songs they played from mount wittenberg went down really well, and given those songs are really quite different, they added yet another dimension to an already varied show.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 20:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
Dave Longstreth vs. Phish fans. Oh dear. (Read the comments...if you dare.)
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/interview/dirty-projectors-dave-longstre/
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 October 2010 05:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
Luke Suthers says:I'm a counselor at a facility for troubled high school age youth in Portland. I was planning on taking a group of kids (that are fans of the Dirty Projectors) to the Wednesday night concert at the Aladdin theater. After reading this article, I think I'm going to have to reconsider these plans. Now, I know it'll break these kid's hearts. But I don't think taking them to see a band that attacks another band during interviews would be prudent.
― haven't you people ever heard of theodor a-goddamn-dorno (bernard snowy), Saturday, 2 October 2010 09:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
Actually, Longstreth's response is pretty diplomatic, considering he didn't bring the band up. First he says he doesn't like Phish, which is phair, er fair enough. But then he recognizes why others may like Phish, or even compare the two bands, and he does so in a positive way. I mean, if Phish fans took offense every time someone said something about the band, they'd be paralyzed with insecurity.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 2 October 2010 11:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
the way I read it, he was hardly even bagging on Phish -- the main point seemed to be "there's been this wave of indie dudes talking about liking jam bands, but it's weird cuz those dudes don't like to jam themselves, they just play their album live" (admittedly the wording in the interview makes this sorta hard to parse, but that's what I got from it)
― haven't you people ever heard of theodor a-goddamn-dorno (bernard snowy), Saturday, 2 October 2010 11:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
VV Group papers gotta stop with the inflammatory headlines. it's like "we turn your candour into troll bait"
― The Bartered Bride (Ówen P.), Saturday, 2 October 2010 14:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
the main point seemed to be "there's been this wave of indie dudes talking about liking jam bands, but it's weird cuz those dudes don't like to jam themselves, they just play their album live"
There's a massive difference between liking something and having the skill/inclination to incorporate it into your own stuff. John D loves metal, but you're not gonna hear double kicks and downtuned shredding on Mountain Goats releases any time soon.
― Veðrafjǫrðr heimamaður (ecuador_with_a_c), Monday, 4 October 2010 01:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
You mean you haven't heard that the new album is called Thor Speaks With Fists?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 October 2010 02:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/dirty_projectors-gun_has_no_trigger/s-D1re0
New Dirty Projectors song! Minimal, smoldering, almost like it belongs on a Jose Afonso tribute. "The crowd will yell, but the gun has no trigger", Occupy movement anyone?
― Zyz4z, Saturday, 31 March 2012 01:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Deserves a bump, seeing as I missed this the other night despite a bout of insomnia, and the email from Domino was skulking in my spam folder.
― Les Tressle (useless chamber), Monday, 2 April 2012 15:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
I feel like there's something cringeworthy about this song but I really like it
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 2 April 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
something a little bit Amy Winehouse about it
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Monday, 2 April 2012 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
kinda ballsy how straightforward it is (no guitar or keys, relatively simple beat loop). i'm curious to find out if this is an outlier or if the whole record is as stripped-down and focused on the vocals.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 2 April 2012 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
okay that's rad
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 13:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
I still have the same general problem with this band, which is that I don't like the voices as much as I think I should (although this is the best I've ever heard the women sound, at least until they open up to that super spread "aa" vowel and tip back into annoying)
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
(also switching from an old Autechre album to this probably didn't do it any favors)
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Angle Deradoorian is "on hiatus" apparently
― Number None, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Angel, even
― Number None, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's...kind of a bummer
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
that is funny Number None as i made a similar mistake in the ILB thread about the 2012 Angels yesterday as well.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 April 2012 06:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
love this band, can't wait to hear this new stuff.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 April 2012 06:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's very bond theme. i like it but i feel like his singing maybe clicks better with the songs when it's sorta tight & frantic like the last rec.
― john-claude van donne (schlump), Thursday, 5 April 2012 10:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
I been thinking for three years that I hate this band. Tonight it shows, I really don't. They remind me a bit of Grizzly Bear, if the latter were any good. Plus, I like the girls.
― Mule, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 22:55 (10 months ago) Permalink
title track on the new one is very dylanish
― buh, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 23:30 (10 months ago) Permalink
For sure--that track and "Impregnable Question" have a real New Morning feel to them.
― Groove is in the shart (Craig D.), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 23:51 (10 months ago) Permalink
Liking this a lot, moreso than their others.
― Simon H., Thursday, 5 July 2012 00:22 (10 months ago) Permalink
New Morning, eh? Have not really been too into what I've heard of this band, but that certainly intrigues me!
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 July 2012 21:40 (10 months ago) Permalink
I've been hearing across the board that the new one is way way way better than anything else they've done. This is a band that I should love on paper but who in practice drive me way up the fucking wall so I'm cautiously intrigued.
― I see you, Pineapple Teef (DJP), Thursday, 5 July 2012 21:51 (10 months ago) Permalink
yeah mainly when i've listened to 'em i've thought "i get why people like this band but I DO NOT LIKE THIS BAND!" but i'll check the new one!
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 July 2012 21:52 (10 months ago) Permalink
if you didn't like their old stuff you probably won't like this one either.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 5 July 2012 21:54 (10 months ago) Permalink
i think there are two dirty projectors threads going? i said on the other one that the new one is more stripped down instrumentally and song structure-wise but it's still the same dude singing and writing songs so it's not like way different.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 5 July 2012 21:55 (10 months ago) Permalink
the other thread is a lot more stripped down structure-wise but it's still the same dudes writing posts
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 5 July 2012 22:05 (10 months ago) Permalink
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 5 July 2012 22:10 (10 months ago) Permalink
x-post - ha ha
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, July 5, 2012 5:54 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i never liked anything by them before, but like swing lo
― mizzell, Thursday, 5 July 2012 22:17 (10 months ago) Permalink
BULLSHIT
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 5 July 2012 22:21 (10 months ago) Permalink
it's true, i should go back and listen to the other albums, but they never appealed to me before. i also like the new grizzly bear single and never liked anything by them previously.
totally hear dylan/ mccartney moves, too
― mizzell, Thursday, 5 July 2012 22:31 (10 months ago) Permalink
Is the new album streaming anywhere?
― heaven needed someone who rhymed with 'poop' (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 6 July 2012 05:31 (10 months ago) Permalink
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/arts/music/david-longstreth-of-dirty-projectors-on-the-new-album.html?_r=2&smid=pl-share
― mizzell, Friday, 6 July 2012 15:23 (10 months ago) Permalink