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Dirty Projectors

Double Love Hangover:
Art Brut at Café Du Nord, Oct. 30
Dirty Projectors at Bimbo’s, Nov. 1

November 2, 2009

Now that’s a set of bookends.
Used to be a band toured in support of an album. But with the industry working the way it does nowadays, more bands seem to be releasing albums to support their touring. Live performances have always been a better financial deal for the bands anyway (unless you’re Jens Lekman), and [...]

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Oh Sh*t [video]

September 1, 2009

This is what I’m talkin about, pepples. (SF locals: Bimbo’s, 11/1)

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There’s No Need To Panic, But We’re Losing The Light

July 8, 2009

After seeing Dirty Projectors tear apart the brains of Independent denizens last night, I don’t really have much else on my mind. But I just did a Dirty Projectors post, so I’m afraid I’ll have to give some other band short shrift for a bit while I moon internally.
Hey, Big Business!
Is Awesome!
I went on a [...]

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I Live In A Greenhouse And I Am Getting Wasted, Yeah

June 12, 2009

David Longstreth, high-end crackpot behind Dirty Projectors, has said that much of the music on their simultaneously confounding, accessible, and awwwesome new album was heavily inspired by singer Amber Coffman’s trip to California, more specifically by a whale sighting from Mount Wittenberg. (Local slugabeds like me might not know that’s in Point Reyes. Get out [...]

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