5-4-Fri: Eight And a Half, FOE, Dirty Projectors, Buffalo Tide + "Sigh-Fi"
It's Friday. Here are five hand-picked streams to flick through today or at some point over the weekend...»
Dirty Projectors News
New Dirty Projectors record nearly finished, due next year
Dirty Projectors recently released an EP with Björk, Mount Wittenberg Orca. However, that was done practically ages ago, but they've been working on a new record of their own, and Dave Longstreth said that it should be released in Spring next year, as he told SPIN (via Pitchfork. Potentially wonderful news.»
Dirty Projectors announce bigger Bitte Orca and UK date
Some call them hipsters. I say they are gravely misguided. The people who call them hipsters, that is, not the actually band in question, which is Dirty Projectors. They have confirmed the release of an expanded edition of last year's Bitte Orca, which includes a whole new disc. They've also confirmed a London date for later in the year. »
Björk and Dirty Projectors collaboration teaser clips surface
Who knew Iceland's finest musician of ever Björk was working with Dirty Projectors? Has it been a secret or something? OK, so they played together earlier last year but apparently there's also something concrete, something recorded, something aimed towards the sky and targeting eternal posterity. »
Win: Tickets to see Dirty Projectors perform at The Barbican
Right, we'll keep this quick and brief because we truthfully don't have a great deal of time to mess around with here, everything's happening so quickly. We've got a pair of tickets to give away to see Dirty Projectors play at the Barbican in London on 25 June. That's on Friday. So three days time, OK?»
The Roots working with Dirty Projectors
Whilst the news that The Roots and "Brooklyn Hipster Indie" types Dirty Projectors are working together may comes a surprise to some of you, it doesn't to us and the rest of you given that a) Questlove from The Roots plays drums for the house band on Fallon and b) because of this he tends to hang around with some of the most hip and happening bands in the known universe, including the DP. Oh, and c) they recently revealed that they'd been working with Joanna Newsom in a manner of speaking.»
Dirty Projectors release limited edition 7", make available for free digitally
Goodies. That's what Brooklynite hipsters (no, really) Dirty Projectors have in store for you today, with the news that they're to release yet ANOTHER 7", with two tracks (unheard, of course) taken from the Bitte Orca sessions, bound to be genuinely great at the very least.»
Animal Collated: The round-up of what the criticis thought to 2009
Hmmmmm. Surprise, surprise?»
Watch: Mos Def, Talib Kweli and some of Dirty Projectors perform live
This is a good one!»
Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Dylan and more up for Uncut Music Award
Who will be this year's Fleet Foxes?»
Watch: Dirty Projectors play new song on American chat show
Watch Dirty Projectors give the TV Premiere of 'When The World Comes To An End' on Fallon.»
New Dirty Projectors EP due in September
Brooklynite sextet buzz-band Dirty Projectors are all set to release new material in the not too distant future - in the form of an EP.»
Watch: Dirty Projectors - 'Stillness Is The Move'
OK, so this one is a little belated in reaching you readers of Drowned in Sound. Better late than never, though. This is the new video from Dirty Projectors who have produced one of the albums of the year to date with Bitte Orca.»
Win! A pair of tickets to End Of The Road
OK. Most of you know the deal by now. We run competition, you have to answer a question, winner gets picked at random. Etc. This time we're giving away a pair of tickets to End Of The Road. It's a while away yet but if you get your tickets you won't need to worry about it...»
Dirty Projectors tour Europe, play three UK dates
Crooklyn's own Dirty Projectors have become the latest in a very long line of good bands to head over to us to play some shows.»
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DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to.»
Field Day: final line-up confirmed
The final line-up has been announced for this year’s Field Day»
PWEI: David Byrne and Dirty Projectors link on new Red Hot comp
Two collaborative efforts from David Byrne and Dirty Projectors (pictured) will lead an all-star (indie) cast on a new charity compilation produced by The National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner»
ATP vs Pitchfork: your cut out and keep stage times
Insert your own WOW I AM SUPER EXCITED intro here and read on: for the stage times (subject to change, as always) for the forthcoming ATP vs Pitchfork weekender at the festival's original home, Camber Sands Pontins»
Dirty Projectors sign to Domino
Domino Records have adopted yet another brilliant son, adding Dirty Projectors to their roster according to Billboard»
Dirty Projectors join Battles and Fuck Buttons in London
First it was Liars, then it was Prefuse 73 and, finally, it’s Dirty Projectors who will join Battles and Fuck Buttons for their ATP-organised London show next month»
Liars, No Age, Xiu Xiu and loads more appear on free Björk covers record
Stereogum have pulled together a fine line-up of acts to contribute to a downloadable tribute to Björk’s 1995 album Post»
Leicester bangs: Dirty Projectors, Sinden and Benga added to Summer Sundae 2008
More bands have been added to this year’s Summer Sundae Weekender»
Tennent's evicted: line-up for last ever Triptych announced
The line-up for the eighth and last ever Triptych, which runs across venues in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, is as follows»
WIN! Fantastic new Rough Trade Shops compilation
The latest instalment in Rough Trade Shops’ Counter Culture series was released on Monday (4 Feb) to loud ripples of applause. Quite right too, given its ability to contain 42 of the best tracks released in all of 2007. Wanna win one?»
Friend For Life? Grizzly Bear announce tracklisting for EP
Slow on the uptake here perhaps, but this doesn't stop the fact that Grizzly Bear release new EP Friend on November 5, through Warp.»
ATP heads home: festival back at Camber Sands for Pitchfork face-off
All Tomorrow's Parties is to return to its original Camber Sands site (Pontin's) in May next year (9-11) for a special ATP vs Pitchfork weekender...»
Dirty Projectors tour UK
With the forthcoming Black Flag mutilating Rise Above out on October 8, lynchpin Dave Longstreth (pictured) and his Dirty Projectors perform throughout Ireland and The Kingdom from October with a flurry of headline and support shows.»
David Shrigley Gets Worried about Liars, TV On The Radio...
“I didn’t make a record. I couldn’t be bothered to make a record. It would have been too difficult. It was easier not to make a record.”»
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