Audio and video
Below are links to some of the best Dirty Projectors audio and video content on the web. See posts on this site tagged ‘audio’ for more. iTunes users should also search the iTunes store’s podcast directory for further treasures. The 2009 David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon show appearances are no longer on YouTube but are well worth seeking out.
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Imagine It - YouTube clip by Jeremy Arambulo (2007)
YouTube comment - “I’ve been watching this every week for about a year. I never get tired of it. Not even a little bit.”
[Note - the version of this song on the (pre Amber and Angel) New Attitude EP is very different. See Daytrotter Sessions entry for a wonderful audio recording of this song.]
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Stillness Is The Move - promo video (2009)
Shot on location on Mount Equinox, Vermont. See Pitchfork’s Director’s Cut interview with Matthew Lessner for more info. This video was available from stillnessisthemove.com, which is no longer active.
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Daytrotter sessions (2007)
Each link contains a feature on Dirty Projectors and mp3s of session tracks. Both sessions feature the Dave/Amber/Angel/Brian lineup. Terrific takes on Imagine It and Fucked For Life in particular.
May 7, 2007
Fucked For Life / Imagine It / New New Attitude / A Labor More Restful
October 26, 2007
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie / Depression / Spray Paint (The Walls)
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Blogotheque takeaway shows (2007)
(filmed performance, available on Youtube and Blogotheque site)
In this film by Vincent Moon, Dave leads Amber and Angel in song around Greenwich Village, looking like a prophet and his disciples. Depression, played in a branch of McDonald’s without introduction, explanation or permission, is just one highlight. You must see this.
Police Story / Six Pack / Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie / New Attitude / Depression / Spray Paint (The Walls)
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SXSW09 podcast on NPR (2009)
This podcast (it’s available at iTunes as well as via the link above) of four songs from DPs’ South by Southwest set seemed to mark the beginning of the buzz about Bitte Orca. A dazzling vocal performance by the girls on Remade Horizon, the audience’s reaction says it all.
Cannibal Resource / Remade Horizon / Useful Chamber / Stillness Is The Move
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Session on WXPN (NPR) (August 2009)
Four songs from Bitte Orca and an interview.
Remade Horizon / Stillness Is The Move / Temecula Sunrise / No Intention
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early SXSW performance - YouTube clip by tararix (2005)
The earliest footage of a DPs performance on YouTube - a clip of a pre-girls incarnation performing Not Having Found from The Getty Address. Dave looks to be playing the same 12 string guitar as he has in the Stillness Is The Move video. If you like this, you may also like…
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Two mp3s plus photos from a five song radio session by the all-boys Getty Address era lineup.
Fucked For Life / Not Having Found
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No Intention, acoustic version, on Sirius XMU (2009)
Part of a half hour long internet radio session from Nov 09.
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Live Dans Le Van (2007)
Another DPs performance with Dave and the girls out and about with a guitar, this time in the back of a van. Keep watching til the end for Angel’s demonstration of how to exit a vehicle whilst singing and acting as a human capo.
What I See / Spray Paint (The Walls) / Depression
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Bootlegs of San Francisco indie shows (2007 / 2008)
Various bands, FLAC format.
http://bantha-fodder.com/bootlegs/
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Pitchfork TV (2007, 2005)
Acoustic show with Dave, Amber and Angel at The Lorraine, Brooklyn, 29 July 2007
Rise Above / Spray Paint (The Walls) / Gimme Gimme Gimme /Fucked For Life / Thirsty and Miserable
The Getty Address - the animated film of the album
Tracklist same as LP.
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Making Music interview with Dave Longstreth (2009)
(streaming video, c.90 minutes)
“The leader of Dirty Projectors takes the McGuire stage for a special evening with the University of Minnesota’s Whole Music Club. Local musician James Everest (Vicious Vicious, Roma di Luna) interviews David Longstreth about his career in a program that includes live demonstrations, video, and questions from the audience.”
Streaming video on the Walker Art Center website
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WNYC Spinning On Air (2005)
Streaming radio show featuring acoustic renditions of songs mostly from The Getty Address, interspersed with Q&A from a suitably reverent host. Other band members are Ezra Seltzer (cello), Nat Baldwin, Anneli Chambliss and Emily Cheeger. Remarkable both for its age and the freeflowing arrangements, this session was sponsored by Silverhill Psychiatric Hospital and the Institute of Certified Management Accountants.
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Cannibal Resource - a cappella version (2009)
by The Carleton Singing Knights, a college choir