Dirty Projectors
Ok, so of course there were many many albums that did not grace my Top 25 Albums of 2009 list. While some barely missed the mark, others suffered from the honest fact that I simply didn’t listen to them (or even know they were released in a few cases…yikes!).
Well, thanks to friends, critics, and the [...]
Ok, so of course there were many many albums that did not grace my Top 25 Albums of 2009 list. While some barely missed the mark, others suffered from the honest fact that I simply didn’t listen to them (or even know they were released in a few cases…yikes!).
Well, thanks to friends, critics, and the [...]
Not that Dirty Projectors’ set of four shows at Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall Of Williamsburg this week needed any help selling out — that was handily accomplished simply by releasing one of this year’s best (and most misunderstood) albums — but after NY Mag’s attempt to survey the Brooklyn scene by crowning David Longstreth [...]
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From the moment it was heard in its live pre-Bitte Orca form, folks were comparing “Stillness Is The Move,” aka the no. 1 song in Brooklyn, to Mariah Carey. (And, as a helpful full-disclosure, in the press release I wrote for the record I said the song’s “ready for popular hip-hop radio, making the same [...]
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We were recently introduced to Chris Taylor’s new label with Ethan Silverman, Terrible Records, via its first release Acrylics earlier this month. CT takes a production credit on that band’s debut EP, as he has for Dirty Projectors (Rise Above), Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (self-titled), and Grizzly Bear’s Yellow House and Veckatmest. No surprise then [...]
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We’ve seen indie rockers reach out to hip-hop’s most recognizable collective (or at least the most recognizable hip-hop collective to indie rockers). But lately, it’s been Wu-Tang Clan making the moves. This week Judgment Night 2009 is in full force, with genres meshing again and RZA, GZA, and company at the heart of it.
Of course, [...]
I’ve already mentioned this, but it bears repeating: The Raveonettes fourth album In And Out Of Control taps a J&MC/Phil Spector/Distortion hybrid, but it’s Stephin Merritt I think of most because of the cheekily dark lyrics in “Suicide,” “Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed),” and this one, “Last Dance.” The video for the sock-hopper [...]
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If the Twilight or the 12″ or the tribute tracks weren’t enough to make you think Thom is enjoying his time away from Radiohead, try this one: The talented Mr. Yorke has put a brand new band together featuring Beck buddy Joey Waronker, mutual buddy Nigel Godrich, and cock-sock enthusiast Flea. They’ll play “the Eraser [...]
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