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  You Have 24 Hours to Watch Last Night's Dirty Projectors Show

  July 10, 2012 – Brooklyn art-rock auteurs Dirty Projectors teamed up with NYC live music moguls Bowery Presents for a brief, 24-hour YouTube broadcast of last night's set at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. …
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  Dirty Projectors, 'Swing Lo Magellan' (Domino)

  July 9, 2012 – The achievement of Dirty Projectors' latest album, Swing Lo Magellan, is borne of mastermind Dave Longstreth's desire to make a mess and tidy it up at the same time: The further he reaches with his music, the more careful he is to reinforce its foundation. He's like the world's finest Jenga player. …
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  Dirty Projectors Debut 'Swing Lo Magellan' Songs at SPIN Live

  July 2, 2012 – "This is the first time we've played these songs in front of a human audience," said Dirty Projectors frontman David Longstreth midway through his group's SPIN Live set at Montauk, Long Island's Surf Lodge Saturday night. Then he added, contritely, "Thank you for bearing with us." Frankly, though, neither he nor his band's five other indie-rock mad scientists had anything to feel anxious about. …
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  See Dirty Projectors' Stunning 'Gun Has No Trigger' Live Debut

  June 20, 2012 – If more evidence were needed for how drastically the media landscape has shifted in the past few years, last night you could see a late-night network TV host proudly displaying an 8", square-shaped vinyl record emblazoned with ancient cuneiform script. What, no hieroglyphic, triangular micro-cassettes? …
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  Listen to Dirty Projectors' Melancholy Boogie 'Dance for You'

  June 15, 2012 – A few months ago, indie-pop alchemists Dirty Projectors released the downtempo song (and later video) for "Gun Has No Trigger," off their forthcoming album, Swing Lo Magellan. …
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  Dirty Projectors Nod to Facebook, iPod in Heady 'Gun Has No Trigger' Video

  June 8, 2012 – "You'd see a million colors / If you really looked," declares Dave Longstreth, with his Björk-y propensity for twisty melodies, on "Gun Has No Trigger," the first single from Dirty Projectors' July 10 album Swing Lo Magellan. The video, Longstreth's directorial debut, might come close to that many colors if you reaaaally look. …
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  Pearl Jam Will Headline Jay-Z's Made in America Festival

  May 21, 2012 – Jay-Z wasn't kidding when he said his two-day, self-curated festival, Philadelphia's Budweiser-sponsored Made in America fest, would feature an eclectic mashup of artists. Today, co-headliners Pearl Jam (Jay is the other) spilled the beans on their Labor Day weekend plans — as well as those of other left-field acts like Passion Pit and Dirty Projectors — on their website (via Brooklyn Vegan). …
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  Hear Dirty Projectors' Record Store Day Demo 'You Against the Larger World'

  April 20, 2012 – As part of Record Store Day's forthcoming parade of limited releases, treats, and nerd goodies, Domino and Ribbon Music have plans to drop Smuggler's Way, a literary zine-slash-flexi-disc compilation combo that's set to include contributions from John Maus, James Yorkston, Dirty Projectors and the Kills' Alison Mosshart. …
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  Get Major Lazer's Warm, Dirty Projectors-Starring 'Get Free'

  April 16, 2012 – Major Lazer and Dirty Projectors are both projects with feet in the American indie-rock circuit and heads in the global cloud. "Get Free," the latest single by the duo of DJ/producers Diplo and Switch, features DPs member Amber Coffman on vocals, and it's a perfect meeting. …
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  Hear Dirty Projectors' Slick 'Gun Has No Trigger'

  March 30, 2012 – Dave Longstreth's gang of pop experimentalists have mercifully returned! Dirty Projectors quietly dropped presumably the first single off their forthcoming record today. …
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