Video: Dirty Projectors "Hi Custodian" - Trailer

Dirty Projectors at Prospect Park in July ( more by Amanda Hatfield ) Dirty Projectors frontman David Longstreth wrote and directed a short film, Hi Custodian , which stars members of his band and was executive produced by Pitchfork.tv and will make its theatrical premiere in NYC on September 6 at Landmark Sunshine Cinema . The film will screen for free at 8 PM and then again at 10 PM, with both screenings being followed by a Q&A with David [...]

An in depth analysis of Swing Lo Magellan as it relates to the band's history.

By Alyssa Welch The opening day of Pitchfork boasts a great line-up of bands on three stages in beautiful Union Park, Chicago. With so many bands playing, it's impossible to catch them all, so here are a few recommendations from TVD Chicago. Outer Minds | 3:20PM | Blue Stage Outer Minds is a local psychedelic garage rock outfit scheduled to start Pitchfork off on the Blue Stage. After releasing a modest amount of 73 vinyl, [...]

With the critically acclaimed Bitte Orca in 2009, Dirty Projectors emerged as one of the most talented and successful indie art rock bands that this young century has to offer, even catching the eyes of major players like David Byrne and (the almighty) Björk. While the past three years have been somewhat low key for David Longstreth and company, DP still managed to assuage our palettes with several singles (“Ascending Melody,” “Emblem of the World”), as well as with their Björk collaboration Mount Wittenberg Orca-  but nothing seems to compare to their latest release Swing Lo [...]

Photo credit:  Jason Frank Rothenberg Dirty Projectors are in New York celebrating the release of their new LP,  Swing Lo Magellan , with two New York City shows: one at Music Hall of Williamsburg and one at the Prospect Park Bandshell.  If you don't make it out to one of those, you'll be making a mighty huge mistake.  Other highlights this week include shows by  Future Islands , Lucius , Widowspeak ,  Dusted , and the free 4Knots Festival featuring [...]

Il n’est pas encore sorti qu’il suscite déjà l’attention de toute la blogosphère musicale mondiale. Swing Lo Magellan, le nouvel album des Dirty Projectors, sort officiellement ce lundi 9 juillet.

Los Dirty Projectors están por editar su sexto álbum de estudio, Swing Lo Magellan , disponible para escuchar online en el sitio de The New York Times . Además acaban de estrenar un corto que los tiene como protagonistas y que está musicalizado con algunas de las canciones del nuevo trabajo discográfico. El corto titulado Hi Custodian se inspira en películas de música como Purple Rain de [...]

Swing lo Magellan se titula el regreso discográfico de Dirty Projectors , banda oriunda de Brooklyn encabezada por el inquieto frontman David Longstreth. Lo nuevo de Dirty Projectors es un viaje por el pop más diverso, con una cuidada producción, siempre llena de sutiles detalles, que ya encontraba una vara muy alta en Bitte orca , publicado por el grupo en 2009. La salida oficial de Swing lo Magellan está prevista para el 10 de julio vía Matador Records , pero ya lo puedes escuchar completo [...]

Dirty Projectors' Swing Lo Magellan is officially released next week, though the band's streaming the record in its entirety, right now, over at NYTimes . This is great news. Open a tab, press play, let's discuss. For those who've been following along, this is one of the year's most anticipated records. For those new to the conversation, there's never been a better time to join. Swing Lo is the first full-length in three years from a band that prides itself on shifting conceits between albums. We left off in 2009 with [...]

In his great New York Times profile, Dirty Projectors ' Dave Longstreth speaks on his dense, beat-heavy new album, Swing Lo Magellan . The Grey Lady is hosting an exclusive stream of the album, so listen to it as you read . Swing Lo Magellan is out next Tuesday, July 10th. The day before, July 9th, the band will stream to the world their very special record release show at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg exclusively on The Bowery Presents Live channel on YouTube . [...]

BOWERY PRESENTS + YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM JULY 9th BROOKLYN SHOW @ 10PM EST Dirty Projectors highly anticipated sixth album, SWING LO MAGELLAN, is out July 10th and is now streaming in full on NYT.com: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07 /08/arts/music/david-longstret h-of-dirty-projectors-on-the-n ew-album.html?smid=pl-share HI CUSTODIAN is a Dirty Projectors short film written and directed by David Longstreth featuring music from Swing Lo Magellan and is slated for a summer release. The film stars members of the band and was shot over the course of five days in late April 2012 in several locations in Southern California. Watch the new trailer [...]

Making films to accompany your new record seems to be all the rage these days, doesn't it? Dirty Projectors are the latest band to jump on this bandwagon, unveiling the trailer for their surreal-looking film Hi Custodian on Pitchfork . The film was filmed during five days that the band spent in various locations around Southern California, with direction coming from David Longstreth and executive production being handled by Pitchfork.tv on YouTube. You'll be able to hear all sorts of Dirty Projectors material in the film, ranging from new [...]

New York Times hosts the online listening party.

What makes Dirty Projectors' music so interesting, is its ability to be at once totally accessible and impenetrable at the same instant. Such is the case with their new album Swing Lo Magellan , dropping next week on Domino. We're still navigating our press copy of the record, but it's a complex tangle of advanced rhythmic patterns, familiar summery harmonies and odd time signatures and song structures. Today Dirty Projectors announced the short film Hi Custodian with the above trailer. Via Pitchfork: Hi Custodian [...]

Below is the extended trailer for HI CUSTODIAN , the short film written and directed by David Longstreth, starring his Dirty Projectors ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ watch-the-trailer-for-the-dirt y-projectors-short-f/66831/