I heard of this new band that has possibly been around for a while. They are called The Dirty Projectors, and I think that they are from the greater-New York area. They have a new album called Bitte Orca–not sure what that name ‘even means.’ Might be Latin / French / German / Mexican.
I think that they might be one of those bands that people think ‘are really good’ but are hard to ‘identify with’ for a normal bro. I have listened to their songs a few times to ‘try 2 understand them’ but I still feel like they are ‘close to impossible to identify with.’
They have a song called ‘Stillness is the Move.’ The song has some guitar playing, and some girls singing, as if it is some sort of conceptual indie karaoke song.
From what I understand, people are saying that this is ‘better than’ Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear [via the Indie Contest 4 ‘da best album of 2k9.’ Not sure if I ‘understand why’ any one would think that, even though I haven’t listened to the album.
From what I understand, there are two bros in the band, and 2 broads in the band.
Feel like I have to go back to HRO’s ancient MIXED GENDER BANDS theory, where HRO says that bands appeal to a wider audience when they have boys+girls in them. Also, indie music critics enjoy ‘liking bands with girls’ since it makes them seem less chauvinistic/like they are an equal opportunity provider. I think it is good to have ‘haute indie girls’ in ur band, because bros will come to ur show and say ‘damn…want my gf 2 look like her’ and girls to think ‘wish I could be as authentic as that girl on stage…feel like i’m trying 2 hard and don’t have any indie talent besides dressing like a lil cunt.’
Here is a clip of them from 2008 that I randomly found on the utube. Think that they showcase that the girls are ‘actually talented’ altbaguettes.
Not sure if it ’sounds good’ to me, but I think that might be because it is in complex time signatures and has more key changes that I am used to in bloghouse/electro. Might be uncultured. Feels weird when something is ‘deemed relevant’ even though u don’t have a past history with it/it is 1 of those bands who u always ignored because their name sounded douchey/boring.
Start to feel anxious when there is this band that is ‘highly critically acclaimed’ but I can’t seem to appreciate them. Like there’s something wrong with me–but I feel like I make good consumer decisions. Maybe it is just like an arthaus film from the Frog Nu Wave era–I feel pressure to ‘appreciate it’ but I would rather ‘take out my junk and tug off 2 pornography.’
Do yall like the Dirty Projectors, or does n e 1 have a ‘healthy way’ to approach their music that would make me seem ‘more open’?
Do yall think that the girls in the DPs are ‘hot’ or ‘just indie keut’ or altbaguette??
Previous bands that I don’t ‘get’
No Age / Santogoldy / TV on the Radio / Most bands from 2k8
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hitler
also, funniest post in a long time.
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i know what you mean about the hot indie girls … mmm
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six pack
no more
rise above
listn to these carls
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//////////Reply by hey anony anony
//////////Posted June 15th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
@ty, + ‘police story’
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//////////Reply by ty
//////////Posted June 15th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
@hey anony anony, thanks, haven’t listened to the new one yet. gona pirates
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Listened to them after bitchfuck review and wasn’t feeling it, might be a grower though. Is this what it’s like when a play AnCo in front of my mnstrmfriends/parents/workpals/drunkslutspulledfromclubs/AnCo/DuurtyProjectories and so on and so on and so on, okay okay you get it, you get it i’ll stop.
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hot grrls on cover and in band means i giv this a few xtra spins b4 deciding if it shuld be dumped in trash.
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h8 branding the band as a ‘cute altbag’ band byu using only female band members on cover art, dudebro is the clear talent in this band. but yea, still too old to ‘like them’.
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I’m just gonna stick with ARS for when I want ‘broad music’, thank you very much.
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I think this new DP album is for bros in touch w/ their gay side. I used to listen to their early stuff when I was really fucked up and alone and I thought it was meaningful, but I just can’t relate to them any more.
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//////////Reply by fuckface
//////////Posted June 16th, 2009 at 12:34 am
@monster, were you high? do you smoke weed? I smoked weed once and felt that same way. I can relate. relate. relate. relate. relate. did that blow your mind? it blew mine.
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“Remade Horizons” from the new album blew me away live. It’s def more impressive to see them perform than to hear their records but their 2 most recent LP’s are their most-accessible-yet <—Good thing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JEeSnj51As
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I…’acquired’ the album after seeing this post, to see if Crls was being ironic (via the album actually being quite amazing).
I’m not sure I entirely get it either, but I’m only half through (a lot of it is quite plainly folk music)
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shit band bro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHOU-n9QoKo
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If you’re a douche you will like this because you think you have to. They are fucking terrible. Animal Collective forever.
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no good
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DP sounds like Mariah Carey fronting a group who has only read about what the Talking Heads sound like.
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//////////Reply by anonyt
//////////Posted June 15th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
@G-Lox, you are a poet
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//////////Reply by fuckface
//////////Posted June 16th, 2009 at 12:31 am
@G-Lox, I wish there was a like button here.
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//////////Reply by shauny
//////////Posted June 16th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
@G-Lox, damn u nailed it
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Am I more authentic now because Carles used my video from teh “youtubes” on his very relevant blog?
I feel as though I have made it. I feel as though Carles has given me my alt-bro baptism.
Thanks!
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//////////Reply by draculas
//////////Posted June 15th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
@Adam,
You’ve got it made, so made.
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they’re not bad. my life is the same as it was before i listened but they’re still a pretty decent bad doing something worth mentioning.
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//////////Reply by they're not bad
//////////Posted June 15th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
@they’re not bad
bad = band
lalwz ironie typo
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My information says that altho it’s cool to be ‘into them’ now, it’s rlly cooler not to be ‘into them’.
Alternative trends, hard for Google Trends to follow.
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i always say, “if its good its good” no thinking required. if u like’m only after u thought about it, then ur just following the hype. but who the fuck am i?
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‘intelligent’ music
vs.
‘ppl’
~
good ass post.
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dudeman carles. ‘joints.’
or take five ‘tequila shots’ in a row.
either way at one point you will not care enough to ‘not enjoy the music.’ which could be the same thing as ‘enjoying the music.’
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sounds like shit. their syncopations suck.
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I know the girl on the right. I made her a tea cup like back in 2002. Is that authentic enough for you?
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//////////Reply by Adam
//////////Posted June 16th, 2009 at 7:21 am
@jeff, I know her too. I tried to make her peanut butter cups last week. Then I got arrested.
Slightly more authentic.
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//////////Reply by jeff
//////////Posted June 16th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
@Adam, ah yea not so much. I made that for her when she was underage so technically according to CA state law I’d be more likely to get arrested. And I’m sure she doesn’t eat peanuts or at least she didn’t in the past.
So lets reclassify your experience as just inauthentic, thanks.
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it’s RnB from the venus.
i think it sounds like michael jackson… but cubist.
playing guitar/bass/drums but not sounding like yr average lame indie/alt band.
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CHIN
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i just saw the projectors at bonnaroo, best set of the festival. they’re legit and the new album is great. it took me a while to get over longstreth’s voice, though. it used to irritate me.
he’s a really good guitar player, very spindly, very “off.”
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lol thank you
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honest to blog its bad music.
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i hate people who comment trying to emulate carles style of typing. ‘just stop.’
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This band is good. I think you didn’t get No Age because No Age is boring and shitty.
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i love you. it’s official.
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