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Articles tagged "dirty projectors" Notes from the RoadDirty Projectors: 22 October 2009 - The Black Cat, Washington D.C.by Mehan Jayasuriya[27.Oct.09] :. Words and photos by Mehan Jayasuriya. Mixed MediaDirty Projectors - “When the World Comes to an End” (Live on Jimmy Fallon) (video)by Tyler Gould[29.Sep.09] :. The Dirty Projectors debuted a brand new song, “When the World Comes to an End”, last night on the illustrious Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and it was good. Then they did a... Mixed MediaDirty Projectors - “Stillness Is the Move” (video)by PopMatters Staff[30.Jun.09] :. On “Stillness Is the Move”—maybe the best song in the Dirty Projectors’ catalog, period—Dave Longstreth laces the track with his intricate spider web of guitar notes,...  Music FeatureLike Tiny Bacteria Running Around: An Interview with the Dirty Projectorsby Mehan Jayasuriya[15.Jun.09] :. The Dirty Projectors' Dave Longstreth discusses Bitte Orca, his recent collaborations with Björk and David Byrne and the art of discharging firearms in Canadian shopping malls.  Notes from the RoadBonnaroo Day 1 (Friday, 12 June 2009)by John Bohannon[13.Jun.09] :. Words by John Bohannon and Pictures by Karen Dunbar  Music ReviewDirty Projectors: Rise Aboveby Nate Dorr[12.Sep.07] :. This is some kind of alchemy, turning straight-shooting punk guitar riffs into quiet breaths of orchestration and shouted choruses into cooing two-part female harmonies. Dirty Projectors: New Attitude EPby Nate Dorr[6.Nov.06] :. The seven new attitudes on display here seem to maintain a vague veneer of folk, but also lurch between electronic blip accompaniment, noisy backup vocal arrangements, sudden falsetto, oozing cello drone, scratchy keys-and-flute jams, and operatic orchestration reminiscent of the last full-length. Dirty Projectors: The Getty Addressby Kenneth Yu[7.Apr.05] :. Good art impresses. Great art transforms. Unfortunately, The Getty Address is merely good art. Dirty Projectors: 21 January 2005 - Brooklyn, NYby Peter Joseph[1.Feb.05] :. Longstreth and company play with an unadorned, mellow tone that feels both effortless and emphatically sincere. That is, when you can hear them. Dirty Projectors: Slaves’ Graves & Balladsby Jon Goff[23.Jul.04] :. Longstreth doesn’t make it easy on us, he sings with the drama of classical crooner rather than the shy simplicity of a true folkie. This fact combined with his pension for nebulous song structure will continue to keep the unsuspecting at bay. |
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