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DIRTY PROJECTORS playing SoundFix & Mercury Lounge -------------------- RISE ABOVE

DOWNLOAD: Dirty Projectors – No More (MP3)

Rise Above

Dirty ProjectorsRise Above is one of my favorite albums of 2007, and I fell in love with it within 30 seconds of first putting it on. That was a few months ago, and it still sounds great now. My first reaction was something like “Yes, this is exactly the album I’ve been waiting for!” – something like when I first heard Antony & The Johnsons. It doesn’t even matter that the album is a “reimagining” of Black Flag‘s Damaged – it’s just great at what it is, which is a complicated, emotional up and down all over the place, yet melodic something or other. I’m not good at describing albums, so download the MP3 above, and for a more detailed analysis check out Pitchfork, Stylus, and Tiny Mix Tapes. Purchase at Insound.

Dirty Projectors are playing a free show at Sound Fix in Brooklyn @ 7pm tonight (Sept 28). Later tonight they play Mercury Lounge with Ecstatic Sunshine. They won’t be at CMJ because it’s the same time they’re starting a tour overseas. All dates below….

Dirty Projectors – 2007 Tour Dates
Sep 28 – mercury lounge (w/ecstatic sunshine) manhattan, New York
Oct 15 – cargo w/ the blow london
Oct 16 – barden’s boudoir london
Oct 17 – academy 2 w/ battles manchester
Oct 18 – liquid rooms w/ battles edinburgh, Scotland
Oct 19 – stage 2 w/ battles newcastle
Oct 21 – sonic city festival w/ deerhoof kortrijk
Oct 22 – le grand mix w/ deerhoof tourcoing
Oct 23 – grrnd zero lyon
Oct 24 – Conforte Moderne (w/ Deerhoof & 31 Knots) poitiers
Oct 25 – Olympic (w/ Deerhoof & Numbers) Nantes
Oct 26 – L’Epicentre Cherbourg
Oct 27 – BB Mix Festival @ C.C. Georges Gorse (w/ Deerhoof) Paris
Oct 28 – Bad Bonn Düdingen
Oct 29 – Palace St. Gallen
Nov 2 – Tanned Tin Shows Castellon
Nov 3 – Festsaal Kreuzberg (David Shrigley “Worried Noodles” Release Party) Berlin
Nov 5 – Manufaktur Schorndorf
Nov 6 – Karlstorbahnhof Heidelberg
Nov 7 – bastard berlin
Nov 8 – Westwerk w/ O’death hamburg
Nov 9 – Doornroosje (w/ Deerhunter) Nijmegen
Nov 10 – tivoli utrecht
Nov 11 – worm rotterdam
Nov 12 – recyclart brussels
Nov 14 – Dynamo Turku, Keski-Suomi
Nov 15 – Kuudes Linja helsinki
Nov 16 – Berg211 Göteborg
Nov 17 – spasibar oslo
Nov 18 – loppen copenhagen
Nov 19 – stadtgarten koeln
Nov 21 – Louisiana Bristol
Nov 22 – Whelans Dublin
Nov 23 – KroBar Manchester
Nov 24 – NiceNSleazy Glasgow, Scotland

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