News
Out October 25 via Domino
Sep 02, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Like the gift that keeps giving, Dirty Projectors and Björk announced today they’ll be putting out a physical edition of Mount Wittenberg Orca. More
Oct 29, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Fun Fun Fun, Austin Texas’ DIY fest, has announced its line up. Going down Nobember 6th and 7th. artists participating include Under the Radar favorites Ariel Pink, Cults, Dirty Projectors, Deerhunter, MGMT and more. We have the full lineup. More
Includes Live Versions, Remixes, and B-Sides
Sep 01, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Because you can never have enough orca, Dirty Projectors has announced an expanded version of last year’s Bitte Orca. We have the details. More
Stream Track “All We Are”
Jun 30, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Last year, when Björk and Dirty Projectors performed together at a small Manhattan bookstore, indie lovers the world over thought they’d died and gone to heaven. (Or died at the thought of not being there.) Now their seven song collaborative EP, Wittenberg Orca, is available to the masses. We have a stream of one song. More
Other Sessions Include She & Him, The Swell Season
Jun 03, 2010
By Laura Studarus
In a case of cooperate sponsorship gone good, Levi’s (i.e. those pants you’re probably wearing) has recruited bands to “Re-craft the classic songs that inspired their sound” in a project they call Pioneer Sessions. Participating bands include Dirty Projectors, covering Bob Dylan’s “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine,” She & Him doing Rick Nelson proud with their take on “Fools Rush In,” and The Swell Season’s unexpected disco pick, Candi Staton’s “Young Hearts Run Free.” We have the videos and links to where you can download the songs. More
Plus Mumford and Sons, Public Enemy, Edward Sharpe, The xx, and more
Jun 03, 2010
By Wendy Lynch Redfern
Last weekend (May 29th - 31st), Sasquatch! ruled The Gorge with performances from Band of Horses, Dr. Dog, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, My Morning Jacket, The xx, Public Enemy, Mumford and Sons, Dirty Projectors, Tallest Man on Earth, and many more. We sent Under the Radar writer/photographer Robin Bacior down to cover the action. Check out a full gallery of her photos here. More
Dates Kick Off September 7th
Jun 02, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Seemingly always in motion, Dirty Projectors are taking to the road in support of Best of 2009 list-maker, Bitte Orca. We have the dates. More
How I Got Over Tracklist and Cameos Also Revealed
May 21, 2010
By Michele Yamamoto
The ladies of Dirty Projectors were featured in ?uestlove's in-the-studio video working on the Roots' upcoming album. We have the video and the album's tracklist. More
Plus Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Dirty Projectors, Beach House
Apr 19, 2010
By Wendy Lynch Redfern
Staff photographer and Under the Radar's Co-Publisher/Co-Founder, Wendy Lynch Redfern, was down in Coachella, CA for Coachella 2010. Check out a gallery of her photos from the second day of Coachella 2010. The gallery includes photos of Devo, The Dead Weather, Muse, MGMT, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Dirty Projectors, Beach House. Click here to view the full gallery. More
Jay-Z, Muse, and Gorillaz to Headline Three-Day Festival
Jan 19, 2010
By Mark Redfern
One of North America's most anticipated music festivals, Coachella, has announced its 2010 line-up. The three-day festival, which takes place in the California desert near Palm Springs April 16 - 18, will feature Jay-Z, Muse, and Gorillaz as the headliners. Other highlights include: Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grace Jones, Echo and the Bunnymen, Pavement, Sly and the Family Stone, Devo, LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, Fever Ray, She & Him, Yeasayer, MGMT, Hot Chip, Dirty Projectors, Mew, Camera Obscura, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Thom Yorke????, Phoenix, Spoon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yo La Tengo, Deerhunter, The Big Pink, Florence and the Machine, Owen Pallett, and Local Natives.
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Australia & New Zealand Tour Dates Announced
Jan 11, 2010
By Kyle Lemmon
In the fall of last year, Dirty Projectors planned to put out a four-track, U.K.-only EP featuring two new cuts from the amazing Bitte Orca sessions. Actually, Domino never released the EP and today is the first time non-illegal downloaders can hear these fairly new tracks without fear of legal recourse. More
Tickets Go On Sale November 14th
Nov 03, 2009
By Laura Studarus
Following in the footsteps of M83, Grizzly Bear, and Joanna Newsom, Brooklyn-based band Dirty Projectors will be co-headlining a show with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, February 27th, 2010. More
September to November Dates to Take In Europe and U.S.
Aug 27, 2009
By Laura Studarus
In support of their acclaimed album Bitte Orca, Dirty Projectors are hitting the road again for a fall tour. The trek will see the band heading across Europe and across America before heading back to their New York home in late November. The group is also releasing a new 12-inch single Temecula Sunrise, which will only be released in the U.K., but does feature some B-sides. More
Includes Two New Tracks, "Ascending Melody" and "Emblem of the World"
Aug 17, 2009
By Kyle Lemmon
The Brooklyn-based avant-pop band Dirty Projectors have already survived a van crash, the rest of their summer tour and are continuing to support their album-of-the-year contender, Bitte Orca. The next step on the press cycle is the release of a 12-inch single, which drops in the U.K. September 28th on Domino and will feature "Temecula Sunrise" and "Cannibal Resource" from the album proper, as well as two B-sides. More
Jul 29, 2009
By Wendy Lynch Redfern
Dirty Projectors and Magnolia Electric Co. played The Pool Parties at the East River State Park, in Brooklyn, NY on July 19, 2009. Photographer Olivier Strauch was there to capture the action. Check out the full gallery of photos from the The Pool Parties show here. Dirty Projectors and Magnolia Electric Co. were also joined by White Denim. More
Free Weekly Shows to Feature: Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, The Fiery Furnaces, Deerhunter, and many more
Jul 02, 2009
By Laura Studarus
In an effort to beat the heat and current economic state, “Jelly Pool Parties” has just announced their line-up for the weekly free concert series beginning July 12th wtih Mission of Burma, Fucked Up, Ponytail, and Jemina Pearl of Be Your Own Pet. The Brooklyn shows will feature the likes of Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, HEALTH, Fucked Up, Deerhunter, and The Fiery Furnaces. More
Band Is Safe and Recuperating in New York
Jun 24, 2009
By Kyle Lemmon
Dirty Projectors have flipped their van outside of Detroit, but everyone is okay. Here is the official statement from the band's publicist:
"Dirty Projectors' van flipped outside of Detroit, MI on their way up to Toronto. Although the crash was serious, we're happy to report that all members of the band have been safely discharged from the hospital. The band will be flying home to New York in the morning to regroup and rest. Unfortunately, the band will have to cancel Toronto and Montreal. Thank you for understanding and sending your well wishes." More
New Album Bitte Orca Out June 9th
May 07, 2009
By Laura Studarus
Band to tour support TV on the Radio, tour, release 5th album...on cassette? More
Interviews
Nov 01, 2007
By Matt Fink
Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth is a talkative guy off the record, but he clammed up as soon as the tape started rolling during this mid-September phone interview. Of course, it could just be that he’s tired of explaining his latest conceptual project, a song-by-song re-imagining of Black Flag’s 1981 punk classic, Damaged, that begs far more questions than it answers over its 10 incessantly unpredictable tracks. More
Reviews
Sasquatch! Festival, The Gorge, George, WA
Jun 04, 2010
By Robin Bacior
Thousands of North Westerners packed the normally barren fields of George, WA with bare-bones camping gear and their most exotic festival apparel to witness the epic line-up of Sasquatch! 2010. The list was stacked, and showed why the festival had already sold out by early spring with performances by Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and Vampire Weekend among others. More
Coachella 2010 Day Two Report – Camera Obscura, Muse, MGMT, Hot Chip, and more
Apr 18, 2010
By Mark Redfern
Day two of Coachella 2010 alas offered few highlights. This year Coachella has put way too many great artists on Sunday's bill, which will inevitably lead to a lot of Sophie's Choice-like moments of picking between which favorite artists to see. Whereas Saturday's bill suffered from a lack of must see artists, there was no shortage of artists worth checking out, it's just that few of them delivered. Matters were not helped by the fact that the best set I saw was also the first set I saw. Almost everything underwhelmed after that. More
Dirty Projectors at Rec Center Studio in Echo Park, October 31, 2009
Nov 11, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
By 7:15, the line for the Dirty Projectors rounded the corner of Sunset and Logan in Echo Park. Trick-or-treaters passed close to costumed Projectors fans until the sidewalk was a moving Halloween confusion. More