Dirty Projectors

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.

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.

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.

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, September 15, 2010 3:15 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

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?

^ 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.

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.

Dave Longstreth vs. Phish fans. Oh dear. (Read the comments...if you dare.)

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/interview/dirty-projectors-dave-longstre/

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.

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.

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)

VV Group papers gotta stop with the inflammatory headlines. it's like "we turn your candour into troll bait"

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.

You mean you haven't heard that the new album is called Thor Speaks With Fists?

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?

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.

I feel like there's something cringeworthy about this song but I really like it

something a little bit Amy Winehouse about it

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.

okay that's rad

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)

(also switching from an old Autechre album to this probably didn't do it any favors)

Angle Deradoorian is "on hiatus" apparently

Angel, even

that's...kind of a bummer

that is funny Number None as i made a similar mistake in the ILB thread about the 2012 Angels yesterday as well.

love this band, can't wait to hear this new stuff.

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.

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.

title track on the new one is very dylanish

For sure--that track and "Impregnable Question" have a real New Morning feel to them.

Liking this a lot, moreso than their others.

New Morning, eh? Have not really been too into what I've heard of this band, but that certainly intrigues me!

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.

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!

if you didn't like their old stuff you probably won't like this one either.

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.

the other thread is a lot more stripped down structure-wise but it's still the same dudes writing posts

Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan

x-post - ha ha

if you didn't like their old stuff you probably won't like this one either.

― 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

BULLSHIT

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

Is the new album streaming anywhere?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/arts/music/david-longstreth-of-dirty-projectors-on-the-new-album.html?_r=2&smid=pl-share

*crickets* ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IG5f50olZA

i'm into it, but Keep Your Name was even better (only came across it yesterday):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9tbusKyvMY

definitely feels like a solo project. the drums are very preset-y, but there is so much ear candy in the rest.

i like this. they are due for a new album and i doubt it will disappoint.

i'm keeping the flag waving...

I'm coming around to Keep Your Name but I found the lyrics made it an excellent contender for this thread: Songs where the singer/protagonist comes off as a serious dick without meaning to

I would be into DL dragging some of the Getty-ish orchestration back to the forefront though.

this new song is incredible... i can't wait for the new record now. i haven't cared about them in so long but this rules so hard, makes me want to revisit Bitte Orca and try Swing Lo Magellan again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpCruYl7kz4