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Dirty Projectors

astralwerkor  said about 4 years ago  or at  6:58PM on Thursday, September 13 2007 in music

I've been reading heaps of overwhelmingly positive reviews of their new album, Rise Above, which is a reworking of the Black Flag album Damaged, and it has me all intrigued-like. Problem is, I've never heard the band before. therefore, I propose to discover them as I post this discussion, and invite all other contributors to add comments on their like/dislike/total ambivalence/hatred/love/sexual lust for and/or toward this band. Oh, and if I come back and say I like em, where should I go to after this recent album? Cheers in advance purples...
Astral


astralwerkor  said about 4 years ago:

Well, I've liked what I've heard so far, so some suggestions would be nice fuckos. Oh, and I've been listening at the my spizz, for anyone who is also interested....


fulton girls club  said about 4 years ago:

DIRTY PROJECTORS ARE SO COOL.

i can't wait for that flag record to come out.


astralwerkor  said about 4 years ago:

Thanks for the advice fulton....


fulton girls club  said about 4 years ago:

shit their cover of rise above is so cool.


fulton girls club  said about 4 years ago:

I propose to discover them as I post this discussion, and invite all other contributors to add comments on their like/dislike/total ambivalence/hatred/love/sexual lust for and/or toward this band.

get the record getty address, it came before this one i believe and it's quite good.


astralwerkor  said about 4 years ago:

Again, thank you... :) But yes, it is fucking awesome indeed...


raven  said about 4 years ago:

Rise Above is FUCKING AWESOME.
Truly a spinout. I saw them first supporting Battles in NY in April, and they played a few songs off this. It's not Black Flag at all, but it's... stunning.


astralwerkor  said about 4 years ago:

I like the positive feedback, I'm gonna have to check this band out a little more...


astralwerkor  said about 4 years ago:

Bump for the evening crew...


squircle  said about 4 years ago:

You must watch this if you like DP - Possibly the most beautiful waveforms to ever travel through air...

http://www.blogotheque.net/article.php3?id_article=3220



astralwerkor  said about 4 years ago:

That was beautiful squircle, thank you. :)


squircle  said about 4 years ago:

No worries, spread the word.


astralwerkor  said about 4 years ago:

BUMP!!


astralwerkor  said about 4 years ago:

Featured on the new Grizzly Bear EP providing back-ups for a re-recorded version of the Horn of Plenty song ''Alligatpor''. Find it here.


squircle  said about 4 years ago:

Nice, i bought all their stuff last night from marriage and states right records. Only cost about 60 bucks for 4 CDs.


astralwerkor  said about 4 years ago:

Yeah, I'm gonna do that soon too I think...


astralwerkor  said about 4 years ago:

And obviously the song is ''Alligator'', without the surplus p.


anok  said about 3 years ago:

i'm quite enjoying this fanciness.


djbollocks  said about 3 years ago:

I love their version of Police Story on Rise Above.


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astralwerkor  said about 1 year ago:

Will probs miss DPs in favour of Rae. Balls.


blake3030  said about 1 year ago:

Bad move. There's always gonna be a fair chance that a hip-hop show will suck. DPs will be ace.


astralwerkor  said about 1 year ago:

Got free ticket, got so many other things on that night. Only thing that'll work, unfort.


registradus  said about 1 year ago:

underwhelming.


untold/animals  said about 1 year ago:

Mt Wittenburg Orca - single with Bjørk available via donation to anti-whaling fund.


spruik  said about 1 year ago:

I really like it. Very vocal.


TransientRandom  said about 1 year ago:

Does this band make anyone else CRINGE MASSIVELY?


daveyaviator  said about 1 year ago:

YES. I bought Rise Above recently. I found it unlistenable


TransientRandom  said about 1 year ago:

I was watching rage the other day and I seriously thought it was a joke.

Anyway, it seems me and the current 'indie pop' zeitgeist don't have much in common.

Oh well. I shall turn in my scarf at the door.


astralwerkor  said about 1 year ago:

hehehe

you people


trafficsounds  said about 1 year ago:

nope, dirty projectors don't make me cringe at all. i saw them friday night -- sooooo good! i just love amber and angel and the third girl (haley, according to wikipedia). highlight of the night was ''beautiful mother'' from mt wittenburg, just delightful! they played every song from bitte orca too.


trafficsounds  said about 1 year ago:

also, they played for an hour and half which i was pleased about.


whale  said about 1 year ago:

psh, you guys suck, dirty projectors is my favourite band!


lessmore  said about 1 year ago:

TransientRandom said 18 hours ago:
Does this band make anyone else CRINGE MASSIVELY?

Temperature rising
I can feel it all the way down
And what hits the spot, yeah, like Gatorade?
You and me baby, hittin' the spot all night


TransientRandom  said about 1 year ago:

Please be aware I didn't come in here to attack anyone personally.

I haven't had such a profound sense of ''not getting'' a band for a long time. Congrats DPs!


untold/animals  said about 1 year ago:

I can kind of see why, TransientRandom. It took me a little while to get past, well, Dave Longstreth's voice. And some of his lyrics. But I can say that after persevering (not that much, mind you, because I think the music is brilliant) that I love them. That said, there are parts of many of their albums that I can't really stand to listen to and must skip (such as about 1/3 of the tracks on Bitte Orca).

And yeah, the voice is sometimes what makes me feel a bit ashamed about putting this on in public or blasting it too loud in my car. I think he has an amazing voice but sometimes it's just too much. It'd be nice if he played it more low key sometimes too. His guitar playing and compositions are totally off the planet though. And the band's amazing too. Probably a good one to see live.


anok  said about 1 year ago:

easy to understand someone's dislike for this band, even though i like and, at times, love them.


Goal attack  said about 1 year ago:

It all just clicked for me, I fucken love them. Big Led Zeppelin vibe with the drums and guitar.


nyx  said about 1 year ago:

How long did it take Goal attack if you don't mind me asking? How long did you have the album for?


Goal attack  said about 1 year ago:

about a coupleo weeks


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