Here’s the Dave Longstreth-directed clip for Dirty Projectors’ “Gun Has No Trigger,” a simple clip filled with Dave Longstreth, Amber Coffman, and Haley Dekle-shaped silhouettes, a strobe light, and a backdrop of alternating color. Longstreth says (via press release): GUN HAS NO TRIGGER is about the possib...

The band release their sixth album 'Swing Lo Magellan' on July 6

The results are in on our caption contest for the photographic album cover to Dirty Projectors’ forthcoming Swing Lo Magellan! And as commenter eldave said: “Tough room.” Thank you for your hundreds of entries, and apologies that your hundreds of entries suffered a hailstorm of downvotes. (We forgot to put &#822...

Via Pearl Jam’s press release, Pearl Jam, Passion Pit, Dirty Projectors will play Jay-Z’s Made In America fest which was announced last week. From the release: We are pleased to announce that Pearl Jam is headlining Made in America Music Festival curated by Jay-Z. Made in America takes place Labor Day Weekend (Saturday, Septe...

In about a month, Dirty Projectors will release their first LP since their 2009 breakthrough Bitte Orca. It’s called Swing Lo Magellan, and it already has B-sides that are better than most bands’ A-sides. (Incidentally, It also has A-sides that are better than most bands’ A-sides.) Today they’ve revealed i...