Best Song I’ve Heard All Day — Llama Edition

(part 687 in a 1001 part series)

I’ve really been enjoying the new album by Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca. It’s a complicated and challenging record, but the complexities are rewarding if you spend some time with these songs.

Take a listen to one of the highlights “Stillness Is the Move” and watch this great new video directed by Matthew Lessner.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMPF6lpM0XM[/youtube]

*Note: You may or may not recall that I first covered Dirty Projectors in 2007 in this Song of the Day review.

NPR Song of the Day: The Dirty Projectors, ‘Rise Above’

Dirty Projectors' Rise Above is out now.
Dirty Projectors’ Rise Above is out now.

Here’s a piece I wrote about Dirty Projectors’ completely reinvented cover of “Rise Above” — the classic punk anthem by Black Flag — for NPR’s Song of the Day. Check out the song here.

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