Dirty Projectors

Brooklyn outfit Dirty Projectors hit the 'Late Night With David Letterman' stage last night (Nov. 14) for a performance of 'About to Die,' a tune from their recently released EP of the same name. Backed by a sprawling collective of musicians -- two percussionists, a bassist, a keyboardist, a guitarist and a six-piece string section, with many of the female members providing vocal harmonies -- fron

What must it be like in the mind of David Longstreth? The frontman of the Dirty Projectors leads one of our era's most beloved bands, and the lush strings and interlocking vocals of ‘Bitte Orca’ and ‘Swing Lo Magellan’ have become as familiar to listeners as well-loved furniture. An EP, then, constitutes a bonus, complementing and expanding on the Projectors’ careful, measured work of the past fiv

Dirty Projectors have lined up a Nov. 6 release date for their 'About to Die' EP, the follow-up to the band's latest full-length album, 'Swing Lo Magellan,' which dropped in July. The Projectors have just issued a track from the EP titled  'While You’re Here,' and frontman David Longstreth took to Twitter to reveal that the tune was penned as a tribute to late TV on the Radio bassist Gerard Smith,

We told you last month that Dirty Projectors mastermind David Longstreth's new short film 'Hi Custodian' would have its online premiere on Sept. 7 -- yup, that's today -- and we weren't lying! The flick, which stars all of the other members of the band, had its official premiere when it was screened at New York City's Landmark Sunshine Cinema last night, and now it's streaming online for your at-h

'Hi Custodian,' a new short film written and directed by Dirty Projectors mastermind David Longstreth and starring all other members of the band, will premiere on Sept. 6 at New York City's Landmark Sunshine Cinema. The evening will feature two free screenings of the movie, to be followed by a Q&A with Longstreth, members of the band and director of photography Bobby Bukowski.

Oftentimes listening to the Dirty Projectors is a guarantee of gorgeously constructed harmonies, inventive guitar work and deceptively clever lyricism. That is not the case with 'Buckle Up.'

In the hands of anyone else other than Dave Longstreth, Dirty Projectors probably wouldn't be much more than a pile of eccentricities, an affected and ostentatious caricature of indie rock's tendency to be weird for weirdness' sake.

The Dirty Projectors are gifted with one of the most unique sounds in expanse of indie-dom, an aesthetic that's distilled in 'Dance for You,' the second track released from their upcoming sixth studio album 'Swing Lo Magellan.'

The Dirty Projectors are giving fans a taste of two new tracks from their forthcoming album, 'Swing Lo Magellan.' The Brooklyn, N.Y. group debuted the songs 'Offspring Are Blank' and 'The Socialites' during a four-song performance on radio station KEXP, heard at the link below.

You'll need to wait until July to get your hands on the new Dirty Projectors album, 'Swing Lo Magellan,' but the band has eased the wait a bit by releasing a video for the record's lead-off single, 'Gun Has No Trigger.'