It seems like just yesterday when I first caught the Dirty Projectors at the Troubadour in 2009. They have made the rounds in Los Angeles, playing the Jensen Rec Center, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the Wiltern. Having just returned from touring in Japan, Dirty Projectors spun together an outstanding set last night that [...]

During a recent session for the Australian radio station Triple J, Dirty Projectors took it upon themselves to cover Usher’s “Climax,” the one recent radio hit that shows the sort of melodic sophistication that the group loves. Backed entirely by by some sort of drum-machine sequencer doohickey, the band’s...

Here’s a sneak peek of this Friday’s episode of Portlandia. J Mascis and members of Dirty Projectors perform with a character played by Carrie Brownstein in sketch called “Battle Of The Gentle Bands.” Check it out below. S3 E5 of Portlandia airs on 1/25 on IFC.

Following a GQ photo spread featuring Grizzly Bear and Dirty Projectors flaunting their suit game — not to mention Lana Del Rey’s occasionally bizarre gig as the face of H&M — now Beck has made the transition from music to modeling. The sheet-music scribe just finished shooting a campaign for Yves St. Laure...

Every live-in-studio Dirty Projectors video is worth watching, simply because it’s pretty amazing to watch human beings recreate all those tricky arrangements with their actual hands and mouths. The bad recently recorded a session for WNYC’s Soundcheck, and it’s even more absorbing than most, since the acoustic setu...