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Solange Takes On Dirty Projectors’ ‘Stillness Is The Move’

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Dirty Projectors’ Bitte Orca was released only five months back, and already Solange Knowles has offered up a slow groove cover of the New York band’s “Stillness Is The Move.” Pitchfork posted an MP3 of the new version yesterday, but got their wrists slapped by Universal and had to yank it off the site.

Check out Solange’s rendition of “Stillness Is The Move,” which samples Soul Mann & The Brothers’ “Bumpy’s Lament,” and Dirty Projectors’ original after the jump. Good thing we found another clip on YouTube! MORE »


Dirty Projectors Go Ask Willy

ARTIST: Dirty Projectors
TITLE: Bitte Orca
RELEASE DATE: June 9, 2009
WEB DEBUT: April 9, 2009 MORE »

I love this (of course), and great review, Mike. I was a little surprised that "Stillness" has Amber's voice obscured behind so many effects, since her vocals on the live recording from a sxsw performance are just mind blowing, much better than the album cut. The lead vocalist on "Two Doves" is actually Angel Deradoorian, who has a solo EP coming out about a month from now.

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MTV discovers weirdo art-rock bands playing smelly punk houses in Brooklyn, and since online news clips are what the kids now have instead of 120 Minutes, here’s hoping this still means the Dirty Projectors will sell a few more records. MORE »


MTV discovers weirdo art-rock bands playing smelly punk houses in Brooklyn, and since online news clips are what the kids now have instead of 120 Minutes, here’s hoping this still means the Dirty Projectors will sell a few more records. MORE »



Note to bands’ official banter-providers: If you’re going to use your position onstage to announce that one of your members is “R.I.P.,” it might help to remember that those three letters mean said person is d-e-d. MORE »

Maybe the guy lurks on ILX and just loves those hilarious "RIP" jokes.

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