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"These B'klyn Bands Could Be Your Life, ," says a way-cooler Los Angeles Breaking news! Stereogum reports that New York magazine has just named Brooklyn "the music capital" of America .

Dirty Projectors' idiosyncratic nature has inspired two recent developments on seemingly disparate ends of the musical spectrum: an orchestral performance and an R&B cover.

Posted on November 12, 2009 at 02:24 PM And it's not bad! Solange Knowles turns the Dirty Projectors single "Stillness Is The Move" into a slow jam of the highest order.

Indie rockers Dirty Projectors have lined up a pair of special shows in February at New York's Lincoln Center and Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Brooklyn has become a mecca of sorts for indie rock in the past decade, with numerous new bands emerging from its brownstone-lined streets a I was listening to Sirius XMU yesterday while driving with the air conditioning on, since it's a balmy November in the Valley.

Teaming with a philharmonic orchestra: It's what all the cool kids are doing in the indie era.

Dirty Projectors, Tune-Yards Sunday, November 8, 2009 Bluebird Theater What it was like: Watching a gospel choir through broken glass.

The borough of Kings has produced the most fertile music environment seen in New York since CBGB in the seventies, and the scene's newest hero is David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors: a Wagner-loving taskmaster not afraid to mix strains of folk, hip-hop, classical, jazz, and African pop.

Blogwire Newspapers and civic pride stand or fall together By Steven T. Jones In his cover essay for this month's Harper's Magazine, "Final Edition: Twilight of the American newspaper... SFBG Politics Classic cocktail, anyone? Downtown Asheville's newest bar/eatery, Sazerac, opens today.

With Bitte Orca and "Knotty Pine" as proof, Dirty Projectors have never been more accessible.

Dirty Projectors showcased an acoustic "No Intention" at Housing Works this past Spring.

A band that thanks Porque No? in the liner notes must get a Song of the Day shout out, no? Brooklyn band Dirty Projectors returns to Portland tonight after recording much of its acclaimed new album, Bitte Orca, here.

While you were out drinking as vampire Sarah Palins and slutty John McCains , musicians were celebrating Halloween in myriad ways their own: Phish covered Exile In Main Street in Indio; Titus Andronicus did an all-Weezer set while fending off security at the Vice 15 party in Williamsburg; Monsters Of Folk morphed into KISS ; Pearl Jam dressed as ...

'Have you ever heard of Dirty Projectors?' asked one concertgoer to another Sunday night at NiteTown.

Hot Chip DJ Set at Avalon Were this virtually any other band, we'd be tempted to call tonight's show "just a DJ set," but the London electronicdance pop quintet's rambunctious, infectious sensibilities and influences are so varied and fun that anyone looking for a sweaty Hallow's Eve on a packed dance floor would be well advised to hit this party, ...

When Dirty Projectors appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon a month ago, Roots drummer and Late Night bandleader Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson was smitten.

So OK I'm a bit late to the party on this one, but as the Cities Of The Plain blog mentioned a while back , late is good.

One might stumble across Dirty Projectors and may not know what to make of their direction.

Bob Dylan , Animal Collective , Kings Of Leon , Wilco , Dirty Projectors and Grizzly Bear have made the shortlist for the Uncut Music Award 2010 .

When multi-instrumentalist Dave Longstreth and his ever-evolving experimental rock band the Dirty Projectors bring their singular brand of art pop to Antone's Monday night, it will be his fourth swing through Austin this year.