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Tuesday January 24, 2012

A Quarter-Century Of Banging, And Still As Fresh As Ever

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Review

Deceptive Cadence

A Quarter-Century Of Banging, And Still As Fresh As Ever

January 24, 2012 • The venerable new music collective celebrates its 25th anniversary with a free double CD.

Wednesday July 14, 2010

Five Great Cover Songs From 2010 (So Far)

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All Songs Considered

Five Great Cover Songs From 2010 (So Far)

July 14, 2010 • See St. Vincent, Beck, The Dirty Projectors and more perform some of the year's best cover songs.

Tuesday July 13, 2010

New Music From Panda Bear, The Walkmen

Review

All Songs Considered

New Music From Panda Bear, The Walkmen

July 13, 2010 • On this edition of All Songs Considered, we've got preview cuts from two of 2010's most anticipated albums: Panda Bear's Tomboy and The Walkmen's Lisbon.

New Music From Panda Bear, The Walkmen

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Thursday April 15, 2010

We Asked For It: Songs You Wish Were On 'Glee'

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Music Lists

We Asked For It: Songs You Wish Were On 'Glee'

April 15, 2010 • We can already tell that the rest of Glee's first season is going to be fall-down ridiculous. Now that we've got some basic story lines, we're ready to pass some more song suggestions along to creator Ryan Murphy. We've highlighted some of the best user suggestions here.

Thursday December 31, 2009

World Cafe

Vintage Cafe: Dirty Projectors

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December 31, 2009 • Dirty Projectors visited the World Cafe studios back in 2009 after the release of Bitte Orca. The album found the band continuing its trademark experimentation.

Vintage Cafe: Dirty Projectors

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Monday December 7, 2009

All Songs Considered Listeners Pick The Best Music Of 2009

The Best Music Of 2009

All Songs Considered Listeners Pick The Best Music Of 2009

December 7, 2009 • We could tell early on that 2009 was going to be an outstanding year for music. Here are the top 25, as selected by All Songs Considered listeners.

All Songs Considered Listeners Pick The Best Music Of 2009

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Thursday June 18, 2009

Review

Music Reviews

Dirty Projectors: Balancing Head And Heart

June 18, 2009 • The experimental rock band based in New York draws on early vocal music, modern soul and other sources, defying categorization in the process. According to critic Will Hermes, the band's new album, Bitte Orca, is a breakthrough.

Dirty Projectors: Balancing Head And Heart

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Saturday May 30, 2009

First Listen

Exclusive First Listen: Dirty Projectors

May 30, 2009 • In what's already an unusually strong year for music, Dirty Projectors' Bitte Orca still stands out as one of 2009's most unusual and refreshingly unpredictable records. Hear the album in its idiosyncratic entirety.

Thursday May 28, 2009

Live in Concert

'Dark Was The Night' From Radio City Music Hall

May 28, 2009 • In a year of great music, the Dark Was the Night compilation ranks near the top. Now comes Dark Was the Night: The Concert, a truly mammoth undertaking. Members of The National curated the May 3 event to benefit AIDS research with performances by David Byrne, The Dirty Projectors, Feist, Bon Iver, Sharon Jones and My Brightest Diamond.

'Dark Was The Night' From Radio City Music Hall

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Thursday March 19, 2009

SXSW 2009: Dirty Projectors

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SXSW Music Festival

SXSW 2009: Dirty Projectors

March 19, 2009 • David Longstreth, the visionary behind Dirty Projectors, has a knack for deconstructing music and then reassembling it with distinct guitar-and-vocal arrangements.

SXSW 2009: Dirty Projectors

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Monday January 26, 2009

Review

All Songs Considered

Brooklyn Brass, A Malian Masterpiece, Cabaret Pop, More

January 26, 2009 • From All Songs Considered: David Byrne, AC Newman, Beirut, Rokia Traore, and more.

Brooklyn Brass, A Malian Masterpiece, Cabaret Pop, More

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Wednesday May 7, 2008

Bryant Park Project Video

BPP Jukebox: Dust Off the Dirty Projectors

May 7, 2008 • We put a quarter in the BPP Jukebox, and out came this single from the Dirty Projectors, the band that reworked Black Flag's punk classic, Damaged.

BPP Jukebox: Dust Off the Dirty Projectors

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Tuesday December 11, 2007

Video Sessions

Dirty Projectors Let Black Flag Fly

December 11, 2007 • The Dirty Projectors, a Brooklyn band, remakes a classic record from the punk band Black Flag — from memory. The group stops in for a taste of Rise Above.

Dirty Projectors Let Black Flag Fly

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Thursday October 18, 2007

All Songs Considered

David Byrne, Beirut, Dirty Projectors

October 18, 2007 • A rare re-issue from David Byrne; Balkan Brass via the New York band Beirut; Wood spoons, laptop tunes: Tender Forever; More surprises from singer Nellie McKay and more.

David Byrne, Beirut, Dirty Projectors

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Monday August 27, 2007

Review

Song Of The Day

Remaking a Punk Classic from Memory

August 27, 2007 • Dirty Projectors' songs mix controlled cacophony and catchy melody. Those extremes dominate the band's new Rise Above, on which it attempts to reconstruct and remake Black Flag's 1981 album Damaged.

'Rise Above' by The Dirty Projectors

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