I'm still trying to work out the bugs, like the "password required", but apparently, this is free. Remember a while back on the this blog when I posted about the relatively new Dirty Projectors tune "Ascending Melody"? Well, now it's free. Download it at the band's site (here), along with another track, "Emblem Of The World". It's a great single and because it costs you nothing, why not add it to your library? Enjoy.
There is no doubt that Dirty Projectors, among other Brooklyn bands, made a big splash in 2009. "Stillness Is The Move" is considered by many music experts to be on the best songs of the year. And although I have my own personal feelings toward buzz bands, the Projectors have proven their prowess. They've collaborated with big names and their music is being covered - already. They've got a new EP coming out for their single "Temecula Sunrise", which bares the track's name. The new release gives us the ever-so-soothing "Asceding Melody". An overall great blend of percussion, guitar picking, and boy-girl vocals. What a sound these guys put out. It seems as though this experimental sound was planned all along - and it's working. Don't just take my baffled words for it, take a listen:
Dirty Projectors - "Ascending Melody"
Temecula Sunrise EP is out now via Domino Records.
Note: "Putting it on the roof" is slang my friend Ben told me for stepping your game up so much: you put it on the roof. He may or may not have made it up.
Talk show host and world's most frequent laugh-er Jimmy Fallon has never been one of my favorites. For some reason though, I actually enjoy his talk show. I've gotten used to the awkwardness, the bits are semi-funny, the guests are usually awesome, and The Roots arethe best band in Late Night.
Late Night, since the very beginning, has been giving spots to indie acts in music and comedy, and this week they had two of their best acts/performances so far.
Sunny Day Real Estate, in the midst of their reunion tour, stopped by to play "Seven" off their classic 1994 release Diary. The band is as tight as ever, although the full lineup hasn't played together in 15 years. Dan Goldsmith is still one hell of a drummer and Jeremy Enigk still has the voice that made them what they were. Here is them playing "Seven" from last nights show:
Sunny Day Real Estate - "Seven"
Dirty Projectors,album of the year candidate, and Bjork and David Byrne collaborators also stopped by Fallon recently to play a new song that blew Jimmy, the audience, and The Roots away. ?uestlove even tweeted and Twitvid(?) a video of DP playing in The Roots dressing room, absolutely amazed at what he heard. The song, "When The World Comes To An End" features some of the coolest harmonies you'll ever hear. Here it is:
Dirty Projectors - "When The World Comes To An End"
Not literally. There was no dining involved. It wasn't like that show where an indie rock band and the host make breakfast and then do an interview (I'm blanking out on the name; any help?). Letterman stated that this was their network, prime-time debut and then let band take over. Right off the bat, I can understand the web hype for a group like this: pretty, young girls and what some would consider, the next Talking Heads. Perhaps that's why David Byrne joined them on "Knotty Pine" track for one of the most critically acclaimed combilation albums of the year, Dark Was The Night. Talent knows talent. But last night, it was just the Projectors - no Byrne, no internet hype to live up to - just the young group doing their thing. And if you ask me, I think they did it pretty damn well. Here's the clip; the band plays "Cannibal Resource". Now do you get the title?
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I'm still trying to work out the bugs, like the "password required", but apparently, this is free. Remember a while back on the this blog when I posted about the relatively new Dirty Projectors tune "Ascending Melody"? Well, now it's free. Download it at the band's site (here), along with another track, "Emblem Of The World". It's a great single and because it costs you nothing, why not add it to your library? Enjoy.
There is no doubt that Dirty Projectors, among other Brooklyn bands, made a big splash in 2009. "Stillness Is The Move" is considered by many music experts to be on the best songs of the year. And although I have my own personal feelings toward buzz bands, the Projectors have proven their prowess. They've collaborated with big names and their music is being covered - already. They've got a new EP coming out for their single "Temecula Sunrise", which bares the track's name. The new release gives us the ever-so-soothing "Asceding Melody". An overall great blend of percussion, guitar picking, and boy-girl vocals. What a sound these guys put out. It seems as though this experimental sound was planned all along - and it's working. Don't just take my baffled words for it, take a listen: 
Note: "Putting it on the roof" is slang my friend Ben told me for stepping your game up so much: you put it on the roof. He may or may not have made it up.
Not literally. There was no dining involved. It wasn't like that show where an indie rock band and the host make breakfast and then do an interview (I'm blanking out on the name; any help?). Letterman stated that this was their network, prime-time debut and then let band take over. Right off the bat, I can understand the web hype for a group like this: pretty, young girls and what some would consider, the next Talking Heads. Perhaps that's why David Byrne joined them on "Knotty Pine" track for one of the most critically acclaimed combilation albums of the year, Dark Was The Night. Talent knows talent. But last night, it was just the Projectors - no Byrne, no internet hype to live up to - just the young group doing their thing. And if you ask me, I think they did it pretty damn well. Here's the clip; the band plays "Cannibal Resource". Now do you get the title?
