Dirty Projectors

someone please school me on gordy. what is the essential album?

also some please let me know what else out there in the world sounds like knotty pine

Props to Number None for pinting in the direction of "Knotty Pine" - not the Gordon lightfoot song! Tis awesome.

x-piddly

In terms of albums, I only know Rise Above, which is a tad heavy going, though the song Gimmie Gimmie Gimme is pretty cool.

okay, this is fantastic

sadly, they have three weeks tops until nine-tenths of ilm starts affecting to hate them.

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

I'd also be very interested in what earlier albums of theirs are worth checking out

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.

are you competing with him?

he's kinda hot in a gross way too

he's never seen the seventies

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.

which is the one that does "two doves"?

xp seein that show tonight

angel is the one that does "two doves."

had not read upthread in a while. ILX has really u-turned on DP u no

lol hstencil

and animal collective = they might be giants. fuck that.

confusing statement imo

Just heard the Getty Address last night. Really is a great record, and perfect for being super stoned at 2 a.m.

Getty Address is Killer Business

My mother was asking me about these guys the other day which was kind of o_O. Were they on NPR or something?

this album is only released today?

that pads/vocals back forth at the middle of useful chamber sounds new today.

BITTEYORCA-ORCABITTEY!

new album has leaked and is pretty amazing

― 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.

April 10 is my birthday

that was quick - Bitte Orca already on Spotify

Might as well have titled this album Pitte Forka.

groan

lol

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

Opening track is dope

Digging this whole disc, and did not expect to like it one bit.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Oh my, Stillness Is The Move is killing me dead. The repeat button is my friend.

2009 is an awesome year for music.

Totally, 'Stillness is the Moves' blows me away again and again! Awesome album, this.

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 $$$$$.

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."

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.

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, July 10, 2009 3:20 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark

STFU, BITCH

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, 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.

STFU, BITCH

― 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"

Strictly 4 My B.I.T.C.H.E.S., bitches

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.

like all that feather/failure stuff upthread is real enlightening music discussion cringe to me now.

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

"Two Doves" haterz are obscurantist loons! :-))))))))))))))))