Best New Bands » Dirty Projectors http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Album Review: David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-david-byrne-st-vincent-love-this-giant/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-david-byrne-st-vincent-love-this-giant/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:41:55 +0000 What do you get when two people, who each on their own have many followers who believe they can do no wrong, collaborate to create a new entity? David Byrne & St. Vincent’s recently released album is a prime example of what that kind of collaboration makes possible. Fittingly, the project was inspired by another

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  2. Stream Dirty Projectors Upcoming Album “Swing Lo Magellan” Since its lauded 2009 release, Bit Orca, Dirty Projectors have left its fans nervously twiddling their thumbs in anticipation for a follow-up. After announcing that they were, in fact, working on their sixth album, the Brooklyn-based experimental indie rockers have...
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  1. Dirty Projectors “Bitte Orca”: A Nod to the Kaleidoscope Melodiously off-beat. That’s the oxymoron that describes the 8th LP, Bitte Orca, released by Dirty Projectors in June of 2009. Leadman Dave Longstreth is not so lead in this album, lending his hauntingly boyish voice to only a couple songs,...
  2. Behind the Nostalgic Sounds of Dirty Beaches Dirty Beaches, the one-man band of Alex Zhang Hungtai, is quite possibly one of the most intriguing artists that I’ve recently come across. There’s something mysterious in his music that sounds like nostalgic echoes from decades ago. After I caught...
  3. Maps & Atlases Release “Fever” Off Upcoming LP Barsuk Records is excited to debut “Fever”, the new single off the upcoming Maps & Atlases full-length Beware & Be Grateful, out April 17th. Maps & Atlases will embark on a headlining tour this spring in support of the sophomore...
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  1. Weekend Playlist: November 19, 2010 photo credit: Liz Livengood Here are some tracks to relive a few of BNB’s musical happenings this week. “Fake Out (Glass Ghost Remix)” – Bear in Heaven“When We’re Dancing” – Twin Shadow On Monday, we released our weekly list of...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-best-artists-of-2010/feed/ 0 The Weekend Playlist for November 12, 2010 http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-november-12-2010/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-november-12-2010/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:00:00 +0000 photo credit – Kelly Knapp In our latest installment of the newly-revamped Weekend Playlist, we look back on some of the week’s posts, accompanied by music from our featured artists. Cameras – Matt and Kim:Last Saturday, Cervante Pope reviewed Sidewalks, the latest album from Matt and Kim. Cervante wrote, “The album opens with ‘Block After

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-november-12-2010/feed/ 0 Dirty Projectors “Bitte Orca”: A Nod to the Kaleidoscope http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/dirty-projectors-bitte-orca-a-nod-to-the-kaleidoscope/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/dirty-projectors-bitte-orca-a-nod-to-the-kaleidoscope/#comments Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:00:00 +0000 Melodiously off-beat. That’s the oxymoron that describes the 8th LP, Bitte Orca, released by Dirty Projectors in June of 2009. Leadman Dave Longstreth is not so lead in this album, lending his hauntingly boyish voice to only a couple songs, and letting Amber Coffman and Angel Deradoorian, both lead vocals, to couple up, spice up,

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