Like Tiny Bacteria Running Around: An Interview with the Dirty Projectors

By Mehan Jayasuriya

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. [15 June 2009]

Dirty Projectors + The Givers: 16 July 2009 - Baton Rouge, LA

By Liberty Kohn

Stepping aside and playing the role of composer and arranger may be Dave Longstreth's greatest stroke of genius. [21 August 2009]

TV on the Radio + Dirty Projectors: 5 June 2009 - New York

By Rachel Balik

Despite a downpour, TV on the Radio was able to use the dreary, soggy night to accentuate the illuminating energy of its music and performance. [15 July 2009]

Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca

By Matthew Fiander

There are two things you can say about Bitte Orca, and feel almost certain of what you're saying: It is the most guitar-driven Dirty Projectors album yet, and it is also a brilliant piece of music. Everything else is up for debate. [10 June 2009]

Dirty Projectors: Rise Above

By Nate Dorr

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. [12 September 2007]

Dirty Projectors: New Attitude EP

By Nate Dorr

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. [6 November 2006]

Dirty Projectors: The Getty Address

By Kenneth Yu

Good art impresses. Great art transforms. Unfortunately, The Getty Address is merely good art. [7 April 2005]

Dirty Projectors: 21 January 2005 - Brooklyn, NY

By Peter Joseph

Longstreth and company play with an unadorned, mellow tone that feels both effortless and emphatically sincere. That is, when you can hear them. [1 February 2005]

Dirty Projectors: Slaves’ Graves & Ballads

By Jon Goff

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.

Mixed Media: Solange - “Stillness Is the Move” (Dirty Projectors Cover) (stream)

Mixed Media: Dirty Projectors - “When the World Comes to an End” (Live on Jimmy Fallon) (video)

Mixed Media: Dirty Projectors - “Cannibal Resource” (Live on David Letterman) (video)

Mixed Media: Dirty Projectors - “Stillness Is the Move” (video)