Here’s another cut from Dirty Projectors’ forthcoming About To Die EP, a spare, swirling orchestra-accented cut called “While You’re Here.” Dave Longstreth takes the lead here and earlier today provided a dedication on Twitter. Hear it below. Hey, here’s a song I wrote on the day of Ger...

Let’s say, just for the sake of argument, that you have not yet carved out the 20 minutes necessary to watch Hi Custodian, the massive and ambitious mini-movie that Dave Longstreth directed, which stitches together much of the new Dirty Projectors album Swing Lo Magellan. You will be pleased to learn, then, that the new [...]

Earlier this summer, Dirty Projectors announced the existence of their Hi Custodian short film project, a 20-minute, Dave Longstreth-directed clip that’s basically the Dirty Projectors’ “Runaway.” The entire group stars, and the aesthetic is definitely a blown-out extension of the “Gun Has No Tri...

Philadelphia’s inaugural Made In America festival took place over the weekend, touting an eclectic Jay-Z-curated lineup of Pearl Jam, Skrillex, a reunited Run-D.M.C., D’Angelo, Dirty Projectors, Santigold, Drake and many more. While there was potential for disaster — a Philly-native friend told me that this was the ...

Having previously stopped at the Troubadour and Walt Disney Concert Hall on prior tours, Dirty Projectors continue to ascend the ranks of Los Angeles venues by filling up the Wiltern in support of their majestic new album Swing Lo Magellan. It might not be too much longer before they are playing the Hollywood Bowl. Baltimore [...]