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The Dirty Projectors
Dirty Projectors is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2002. The band is the project of singer-songwriter David Longstreth, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The band's current line-up consists of Longstreth, alongside Maia Friedman (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Felicia Douglass (vocals, percussion, keyboards) and Olga Bell (vocals, keyboards). Since its formation, Dirty Projectors has released eight full-length studio albums, with the project featuring major contributions from co-lead vocalist and guitarist Amber Coffman from 2006 to 2013. Following the release of '' Rise Above'' (2007), an album of Black Flag songs as re-imagined from memory, Dirty Projectors released their break-through album, ''Bitte Orca'' in 2009. Featuring lead vocals from Longstreth, Coffman, and Angel Deradoorian, the album received widespread critical acclaim and increased the band's exposure significantly. Its follow-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under English rule in 1683 in what was then the Province of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population stood at 2,736,074, making it the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, and the most populous Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County, county in the state.Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2020 New York State Department of Health. Accessed January 2, 2024. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a U.S. state, state in the northeastern United States. Bordered by New England to the east, Canada to the north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, its territory extends into both the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. New York is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, fourth-most populous state in the United States, with nearly 20 million residents, and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 27th-largest state by area, with a total area of . New York has Geography of New York (state), a varied geography. The southeastern part of the state, known as Downstate New York, Downstate, encompasses New York City, the List of U.S. cities by population, most populous city in the United States; Long Island, with approximately 40% of the state's population, the nation's most populous island; and the cities, suburbs, and wealthy enclaves of the lower Hudson Valley. These areas are the center of the expansive New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Longstreth
John Pullman "Jake" Longstreth Jr. (born February 3, 1977) is an American painter, musician, and radio personality. He is currently the co-host of the Apple Music 1 show, '' Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig'' and member of a Grateful Dead cover band, Richard Pictures, as well as his own musical outfit, Mountain Brews. Education Longstreth received his Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and his Master of Fine Arts in 2005 from California College of the Arts in San Francisco, California. Career He is a 2008 recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. His paintings can be found in the collections at the Crocker Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art Library, and JP Morgan Chase, among others. Longstreth tends to portray architecture in flat, geometric forms, recalling influences such as Robert Bechtle and David Hockney, finding a place between “documentary” realism and symbolic metaphor, whereas his landscapes are portrayed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yale College
Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, when its schools were collegiate university, confederated and the institution was renamed Yale University. Originally established to train Congregationalist ministers, the college began teaching humanities and natural sciences by the late 18th century. At the same time, students began organizing extracurricular organizations: first College literary societies, literary societies, and later publications, sports teams, and singing groups. By the middle of the 19th century, it was the largest college in the United States. In 1847, it was joined by another undergraduate school at Yale, the Sheffield Scientific School, which was absorbed into the college in 1956. These merged curricula became the basis of the modern-day liberal arts curriculum, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5EPs
''5EPs'' is an anthology of five extended play albums released by American indie rock band Dirty Projectors throughout 2020. The first four EPs each feature a different band member as lead vocalist: ''Windows Open'' (Maia Friedman), ''Flight Tower'' (Felicia Douglass), ''Super João'' ( Dave Longstreth), ''Earth Crisis'' (Kristin Slipp). The full band sings on the final EP, ''Ring Road''. Promotion and release Dirty Projectors released a video for "Overlord" in February 2020, their first new music since 2018, when the band's lineup changed. "Overlord" would later appear on ''Windows Open'', the band's first EP in the five-EP series, released on March 27, 2020. "Search for Life", another track on the EP, was released a few days prior to the album. The band performed "Lose Your Love" (from ''Flight Tower'') on the late-night comedy show ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'' in mid-2020. For the fifth EP, ''Ring Road'', the band released a video for "My Possession". Domino rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamp Lit Prose
''Lamp Lit Prose'' is the eighth studio album by American experimental rock group Dirty Projectors, and was released on Domino Records on July 13, 2018. Production The album was produced by David Longstreth at his Los Angeles studio. Release The band supported the album with a tour, which began in May 2018 with significant personnel changes. They released the first single off the album, "Break-Thru", on May 2 along with a music video. In ''Spin'', Andy Cush described the single as sounding "more immediately Dirty Projectors-ish than anything on the self-titled album" released in 2017. On June 14, they released a second single, "That's a Lifestyle", with an animated music video by Kitty Faingold. In ''Stereogum'', Chris DeVille also contrasted this single with the tenor of ''Dirty Projectors'', saying "That's A Lifestyle" echoed earlier albums "''Bitte Orca'' and ''Swing Lo Magellan'', the pop-minded prog exercises that transformed Dirty Projectors from underground odditie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty Projectors (album)
''Dirty Projectors'' is the seventh studio album by American experimental rock group Dirty Projectors, which was released on Domino Records on February 21, 2017. The album deals with themes of break-up, depression, and reconciliation, following the breakup of Longstreth and Coffman and the ensuing 4-year hiatus in the band's activities. It makes use of more DAW-inspired techniques than the previous 3 albums, similar to their 4th album glitch opera The Getty Address, this time including wholly synthesised sounds in a clear stylistic departure from earlier recordings, Longstreth having previously stated 'I don't like synthesisers'. Reception ''Dirty Projectors'' received positive reviews from music critics, holding a rating of 77 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic. Track listing Samples * "Keep Your Name" contains a sample of "Sheathed Wings" by Dan Deacon * "Death Spiral" contains a sample of "Scene d'Amour", written by Bernard Hermann from the album ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing Lo Magellan
''Swing Lo Magellan'' is the sixth studio album by American experimental rock group Dirty Projectors, which was released on Domino Records on July 10, 2012, in the United States and July 9, 2012, internationally.Minsker, EvanDirty Projectors Announce New Album Pitchfork Media. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012. Recording Album cover The album cover features Dave Longstreth and Amber Coffman talking to one of their neighbors in Upstate New York, where ''Swing Lo Magellan'' was recorded. The photo was taken by Dave Longstreth's brother.Stosuy, BrandonInterviews: Dirty Projectors Pitchfork Media. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.Singh, AmritDirty Projectors’ David Longstreth On Wonderful Rainbows, Being Vulnerable, And The Cowardice In Modern Music Stereogum. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012. Production The album was written, recorded, produced and mixed by Dirty Projectors frontman Dave Longstreth in Delaware County, New York. ''Swing Lo Magellan'' recording sessions span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Deradoorian
Angel Deradoorian (born July 18, 1986), also known mononymously as Deradoorian, is a musician based in Los Angeles, California. She is best known for her work with Dirty Projectors as full-time member from 2007 to 2012. She left to pursue a solo career. In 2015 she released a solo studio album, '' The Expanding Flower Planet''. Life and career Born and raised in Orangevale, California and of Armenian descent, Deradoorian first found an interest in music at the age of five, when she was taught violin and piano at the private school she attended. Both her parents are artists and she has an older sister Arlene, who also tours with her performing solo material. At the age of 16 she decided to leave school and pursue a career in music. She moved to Brooklyn, joined Drive-thru Records band An Angle and then shortly after in 2007 she joined Dirty Projectors and played an important role in the recording of the album '' Bitte Orca''. In 2012, she moved to Los Angeles together with her the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitte Orca
''Bitte Orca'' is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Dirty Projectors, released on June 9, 2009, by Domino Recording Company. The word "bitte" is a German word for "please", and "orca" is another name for a killer whale. Frontman David Longstreth states that he liked the way the words sounded together. Longstreth notes that the music contained within the album "felt very uchabout colors, and their interaction," and that the music was written with the notion of the band, as a whole, in mind. Two of the album's tracks, "Temecula Sunrise" and "Cannibal Resource", appeared on the subsequent EP release, ''Temecula Sunrise'', alongside two new songs. The album peaked at number 65 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 12 on the Independent Albums chart. As of April 4, 2012, the album has sold 85,000 copies in the U.S. ''Bitte Orca'' is the only studio album by the group to feature Angel Deradoorian as a full-time member. Artwork The album's artwork was designed by Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Flag (band)
Black Flag is an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. Initially called Panic, the band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous member, and singer Keith Morris. They are widely considered to be one of the first hardcore punk bands, as well as one of the pioneers of After breaking up in 1986, Black Flag reunited in 2003 and again in 2013. The second reunion lasted well over a year, during which they released their first studio album in nearly three decades, ''What The...'' (2013). The band announced their third reunion in January 2019. Black Flag's sound mixed the raw simplicity of the Ramones with a style of atonality, atonal guitar solo, guitar soloing compared to that of the New York Dolls’ lead guitarist Johnny Thunders, and, in later years, frequent tempo shifts. The lyrics were written mostly by Ginn, and like other punk bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Black Flag voiced an Anti-authorit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rise Above (Dirty Projectors Album)
''Rise Above'' is the fifth studio album by indie rock band Dirty Projectors, released on September 11, 2007. The album was band leader David Longstreth's reinterpretation of Black Flag (band), Black Flag album ''Damaged (Black Flag album), Damaged'' from memory having not heard it in 15 years. The album features Longstreth on guitar and vocals, Amber Coffman on vocals and guitar, Brian McOmber on drums, Nat Baldwin on bass guitar, bass, and Susanna Waiche on vocals. Angel Deradoorian would join the band shortly before the ''Rise Above'' tour on bass and vocals. This album is the first that presents Dirty Projectors as a fully realized band rather than an individual project of Longstreth. Reception The record was generally well received by critics, maintaining a 78% positive rating at Metacritic. The album received particularly high ratings from ''The A.V. Club'' and ''Pitchfork (website), Pitchfork''. AllMusic called the album "a brave and ultimately successful experiment." Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
