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This is unquestionably one of the very best hip-hop moments of the year ; too bad it was buried at the very end of a show that airs at 12:30 a.m. and gets mixed reviews, to put it generously.

The Dirty Projects / Roots musical love affair continued today on the set of "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," as two members of the Brooklyn-based group joined the Roots to back Mos Def and Talib Kweli on their song "History." The show airs tonight on NBC; the studio version of the track can be found on Mos Def's latest Downtown Records album, "The ...

We know you can't be everywhere at once, and that's why you have us: The latest edition of our concert slideshow, "Out on the Weekend," features photos from performances by Devo, Bishop Allen, Dinosaur Jr., Javelin, Sonic Youth, Sleigh Bells, the Feelies, tUnE-YaRdS, and Dirty Projectors, with awesome surprise appearances by Curren$y, Mos Def, and ...

Posted By: Brian Heater "Unassuming," I think, is a good way to describe a band.

David Byrne & The Roots joined Dirty Projectors @ Bowery Ballroom Sunday night - pics & setlist Dirty Projectors completed their tour and four-night NYC run in style on Sunday .

The New Orleans Indie Rock Collective added Ruston, La., folkies Giant Cloud and Lafayette's GIVERS to the second night of its annual showcase.

Those arriving early were treated to a nice, but slightly underwhelming set, by Glass Ghost .

November 19th, 2009 10:45am tUnE-yArDs @ Bowery Ballroom 11/18/2009 Intro / Powa / "What's That About?" / "Move To My Hood" / Fiya / Real Live Flesh / Hatari / "Do You Want To Live?" tUnE-yArDs "Hatari" As Mike Barthel wrote last night , tUnE-yArDs' debut album is impressive not just for its unique style and the high quality of its songs, but for ...

Hyped indie band Dirty Projectors have announced a short New Zealand tour in March next year.

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It's difficult to say if Solange Knowles' hip factor is real, or if it's just the cause of hanging out with her uber-cool older sister.

"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.