Dirty Projectors – ‘Swing Lo Magellan’ (new album / stream) + tour dates

Dirty Projectors

Swing Lo Magellan

(Domino)

Release Date: 10 July 2012

Dirty Projectors’ mastermind David Longstreth has always stood out for his omnivorous, hyperactive imagination, which is infused in his group’s inventive eclecticism through and through. While that pioneering spirit is certainly apparent on Dirty Projectors’ latest Swing Lo Magellan, it’s channeled through more focused arrangements and subtle craftsmanship than before. Tracklist and tour dates after the jump.

TRACKLIST

1. Offspring Are Blank

2. About to Die

3. Gun Has No Trigger

4. Swing Lo Magellan

5. Just From Chevron

6. Dance For You

7. Maybe That Was It

8. Impregnable Question

9. See What She Seeing

10. The Socialites

11. Unto Caesar

12. Irresponsible Tune

TOUR DATES

07-05 Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Bluesfest

07-06 Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall ^

07-07 Montreal, QC – Club Soda, Montreal Jazz Fest

07-10 Brooklyn, NY – Celebrate Brooklyn &

07-11 Millvale, PA – Mr.Smalls Theatre ^

07-12 Columbus, OH – Wexner Center For The Arts

07-13 Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival

07-15 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue &

07-17 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant &

07-18 Lawrence, KS – The Granada Theatre &

07-20 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater &

07-21 Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue &

07-23 Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market &

07-24 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom &

07-25 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom &

07-27 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater &

07-28 Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern &

07-29 San Diego, CA – HOB San Diego &

07-31 Marfa, TX – The Crowley Theatre &

08-02 Austin, TX – Emo’s East &

08-03 Dallas, TX – The Kessler Theater &

08-04 New Orleans, LA – HOB New Orleans

08-06 Orlando, FL – The Beacham Theatre

08-07 Fort. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room

08-09 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse

08-10 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel

08-11 Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre

08-13 Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom

08-14 Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall

08-15 Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom

08-17 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club &

08-19 Boston, MA – Paradise

09-01 Philadelphia, PA – Made in America Festival

09-27 Cincinnati, OH – Midpoint Music Festival

09-28 Urbana IL — Pygmalion Music Festival

09-30 Milwaukee WI — Pabst Theatre

^ w/ Purity Ring

& w/Wye Oak