Podcast appearances and mentions of dave longstreth

Hey folks, welcome to the latest episode of the Ecosystem Member podcast. This is our first episode of a new set of recordings after a little break. I recorded a bunch of episodes at the end of 2024 to get us to March. I used that break to write a fiction book exploring a lot of themes from this podcast and I'm really proud of the result. I put my whole heart into the story so I am hoping we'll be able to get published soon. If you know a literary agent or publishing house exec, send them my way.Today's episode though, is also something I'm really proud of. I try to be really thoughtful about the people who I invite to be guests on the podcast and often times I send agents or publicists an email and I hear nothing back, so I was ecstatic what I actually heard back from the representatives of today's guest. Dave Longstreth is a songwriter, composer and band leader you probably know best from his most widely known work with the band he created - Dirty Projectors. I came across an article in The New Yorker about Dave's latest project ‘Song of the Earth' and I knew I had to have him on the podcast. As we talk about in the episode, the piece is ultimately an affirmation and optimistic, but it explores some challenging elements of our relationship with nature, including using a passage from David Wallace-Wells book ‘The Uninhabitable Earth' in a song to illuminate some shocking truth about how we treat Planet Earth.In addition to exploring the tensions and ideas in ‘Song of the Earth', we talk about one of his most well-known collaborations with the Icelandic singer Björk on the album Mount Wittenberg Orca. As Dave talks about in the episode, this music was written with the idea of the singers as a pod of whales with Björk being the mother whale. I remember hearing it when it came out in 2011, but the meaning and impact expanded in the context of the themes of the podcast when I re-listened to it to prepare for this episode. Toward the end, we also discuss the new film Dave scored called The Legend of Ochi. As of this recording it hasn't hit my local theater, but it is backed by A24, so I think we can safely assume that it is definitely worth checking out. Dave is a super smart and thoughtful dude and I hope you appreciate his openness in discussing his work and experiences as much as I did during the conversation. LinksSong of the Earth on Bandcamp Dirty Projectors on Substack Dirty Projectors Creates a Symphony for a Burning World (The New Yorker) "The Legend of Ochi" Ecosystem Member Substack

Dirty Projectors released five markedly different EPs in 2020, jumping between sonic realms of folk, classical, avant garde, bossa nova, and soulful pop.  The first four EPs in the series feature a different vocalist from the band singing lead on each. As frontman Dave Longstreth explains, “a goal was to present a kind of mosaic ideal of this band. One in which everyone takes turn singing lead.”  Longstreth joins Sound & Vision to share the band's collaborative process of songwriting for the inventive project. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brothers Jake and Dave Longstreth are the guests on The Poundcast. Dave is a musician and leader of the band Dirty Projectors. Jake is also a musician as well as a painter and co-host of the podcast Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig. The Longstreths talk to Doug and Brent about music and mostly music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When I first heard the Dirty Projectors some time in 2012 I was blown away. (I think it was either “Two Doves” from the “Bitte Orca” record or “Maybe That Was It” from “Swing Lo Magellan”… don’t remember it exactly). I fell in love with this music right away.  The creativity and the searching quality … Continue reading Dave Longstreth (Dirty Projectors)

Join Brad and Tom as they discuss Gucci models, whether Tom has ever done an outdoor chore, service animals, transcendent music and, most importantly, if they're any closer to being friends. Relevant links below. Email: bradandtomarefriends@gmail.com Twitter: @bradandtompod   Two Methods to Evoke Soul Sounds That Shrug   JAMES'S LIST! Only a fool thinks their era is the last era of great art   One of the few things left that can lift my spirits in the face of near-constant contemplation of my inevitable demise is the discovery of great art from a new artist. The fact that someone could enter this hell world decades after me and wrest great beauty from its rabid clutches is inspiring. What I'm trying to say is that discovering great new art and eating great new food are the only legitimate reasons to live.   I've bolded my favorite albums from the artists I picked for my top 10, but most of those artists have multiple albums that the near future will not forget (the far off future will forget everyone in about 200 years, max). The other worthy-but-not-quite-as-worthy albums appear after my bolded, favorite albums.   On to my list!   10 BEST ALBUMS POST-2001!   1. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest, Microcastle, Weird Era Cont., Cryptograms   Deerhunter is one of THE great rock bands, and their 4-album run from Cryptograms to Halcyon Digest is one of THE great runs in rock history. All of those albums will endure, but Halcyon Digest is the most effective at combining songwriting chops with ELITE face-melting jams. Countless Brooklyn bozos jacked their loop-pedal swagger, but no one did it remotely as well as Bradford Cox, a supremely-weird-in-all-the-best-ways front man. I love these guys and will always love these guys. You should, too, unless you're some kind of jerk.   2. Kanye West - Life of Pablo, Graduation   History will understand that The Life of Pablo is Kanye's best album. Ultralight Beam is one of THE great songs, FULL FUKKEN STOP, and it leads into a run of songs that's impossible to turn off. One banger seamlessly transitions into another, then another, and finally another. THE POWER OF SEQUENCING is on full display here, and so is Kanye's vast array of skills, both as a producer and an MC. You'll find everything that Kanye does well on this album, and in many instances its the best version of it.   Even if you disagree with my empirically correct LoP take, you can't argue that people WON'T listen to Kanye 20 years from now, Dragon Energy be damned. His music means too much to too many people and it should. He's a genius.   3. D’Angelo - Black Messiah   I felt a little weird including this album because D'Angelo, in my mind, is a very 90s kinda guy, which would violate the spirit of the exercise. HOWEVER, his songwriting has always been on that throwback and/or timeless tip, and this shit came out in 2014. It's flawless and I'll listen to it forever. D'Angelo is also a genius.   4. Clipse - Lord Willin’, Hell Hath No Fury, We Got It 4 Cheap (mixtape series)   I don't know how you can like rap and not like Clipse. They have some of the most clever drug raps in the history of the illustrious genre, and they worked with The Neptunes at the height of their powers. Hell Hath No Fury slaps for eternity, as does their mixtape series We Got It 4 Cheap, which can only be bested, maybe, by Lil Wayne's Da Drought series. I disagree with that assertion, but its reasonable enough. ALL THAT BEING SAID, my pick for best Clipse album is Lord Willin', their first LP and one that because of its relative brightness is more re-listenable. Intro, Grindin', Young Boy, Cot Damn, Comedy Central, Gangsta Lean. This album is fucking stacked. It also gave us a GOAT guest verse from Rosco P Coldchain, who penned the legendary threat, "Who wants to be a millionaire? Me, and you ain't got no more life lines."   Rosco P Coldchain is in jail for murder, by the way. HE MEANT WHAT HE RAPPED.   5. Solange - When I Get Home, A Seat At The Table   When I Get Home and A Seat At The Table are both masterpieces, but When I Get Home is less political and a little easier to vibe to on a daily basis. It's reputation will grow in time once people get over the fact that the songs aren't structured like pop songs. It's a beautiful album meant to be listened to as an album, and the way its themes and sounds weave their way betwixt and amongst songs is astonishing. Solange is amazing and a much more interesting artist than Beyonce (who's pretty good, too, but does not make my list).   6. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca, Rise Above   Dave Longstreth, who is the founder and sole permanent member of Dirty Projectors, is pretty much a monster, which makes me put this album lower than it should be. Probably. Bitte Orca is unimpeachably great indie rock. It's weird and beautiful and kicks fucking ass. Twee has no right being this hard. Beautiful harmonies, fantastic guitar runs, and an A+ sound palette. There are a lot of great Dirty Projectors albums, but like Deerhunter's Halcyon Digest, Bitte Orca is the best synthesis of their weirdo affinities and pop song craft.   7. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly, Good Kid M.A.A.D. City   I'm not a huge Kendrick Lamar guy, but he's at his best when crafting an album and To Pimp A Butterfly is his masterpiece (though Good Kid M.A.A.D. City is pretty great, too). It CANNOT be listened to a song at a time, which is why a lot of people sleep on it outside of critical circles, but if you have the patience to listen to the whole thing at once, it's supremely rewarding. More than a handful of these songs could be expanded into 3 separate songs, but Kendrick keeps things moving. To Pimp A Butterfly will stand the test of time. It's a truly great rap album in an age where people don't give a shit about that anymore.   8. Kurt Vile - Wakin’ on a Pretty Daze, Smoke Ring For My Halo, b’lieve i’m goin down   I had a hard time figuring out what to do with Kurt Vile. Nothing he makes is that groundbreaking or challenging, but I find myself putting on Kurt Vile all of the god damned time. "Should we just throw on some Kurt Vile?" is a common refrain in my apartment. He's the GOAT "I'm drinking coffee on a Sunday morning" rock guitarist and his stuff works equally well on a road trip or during dinner. It can be a little sonic wall papery but he's got a lot more going on than that and I'll never stop listening to him. That should count for more than we give it credit for sometimes. Music plays in the background and not everything has to be in-your-face to be great.   9. Madvillain - Madvillainy   I didn't think I wanted to include this on my list, then I listened to it again and was reminded of how fucking incredible it is. Madlib is one of the greatest producers of all time, MF Doom is one of the most unique talents in rap history, and this album fucking slaps. You can't listen to Accordion and tell me there isn't genius at work here.   10. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind EP, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Sung Tongs   Their BIG SMASH HIT was Merriweather Post Pavilion, but I've always loved the EP they released immediately after it, Fall Be Kind. What Would I Want Sky? and the build up to it is some of the prettiest music ever made. Animal Collective is one of those bands that gets dorks all worked up about "fucking hipsters", because they've got some dumb quirks, but if you spend any amount of time with their stuff you'll find something you really like. They pushed rock forward at a time when it was saturated with ideas. I'm extremely impressed with them.   IT KILLED ME TO NOT INCLUDE THIS SHIT   Ghostface - Fishscale, The Pretty Toney Album I will always listen to these albums but Ghostface is more of a 90s guy, so I left him off. Still, he's arguably the best rapper in the best rap group of all time and he put out some incredible stuff post-2001. Shakey Dog is an all-time great album opener.   Frank Ocean - Blonde, Channel Orange The smartest and best male R&B singer of his generation.   Mac Demarco - II, Salad Days Goofy weirdo whose low stakes music I keep coming back to during certain moods.   Whitney - Light Upon The Lake They released one album but it's amazing and their lead singer is also their drummer, which makes for a really good live show. Can't recommend this one highly enough.   IT DIDN'T KILL ME TO NOT INCLUDE THIS SHIT BUT IT WILL ALSO ENDURE Radiohead - In Rainbows One of the great all-time bands, but they're also pretty 90s . Still, this one is post-2001 and it's very very good.   Madlib/Freddie Gibbs - Pinata Brad will kill me for putting this album this low. Whatever. It's great but this feels right for some reason.   Panda Bear - Person Pitch, Tom Boy I might like this stuff more than Animal Collective. Who can say! Tastes evolve, etc.   Amen Dunes - Freedom When I saw these guys at Brooklyn Steel they put on one of the most disappointing live shows I've seen, but this album is amazing.   THE REST - THIS SHIT IS ALL GREAT! YOU SHOULD ALSO LISTEN TO THIS   Cam’Ron - Purple Haze   Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service St. Vincent - Strange Mercy, Actor Kevin Morby - Singing Saw Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me Danny Brown - XXX Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait EP The White Stripes - Elephant Jay Z - Black Album Lil Wayne - The Carter III King Krule - The Ooze Kaytranada - 99.9% A$AP Rocky - Live.Love.A$AP. Girls - Girls Toro y Moi - Causers of This     ANONYMOUS EVAN'S LIST! (This is) very much a personal list, but I did try to emphasize things that have stayed in my rotation through the years. I took post-2001 to mean released in 2002 or later, which resulted in some prominent exclusions that I'll address below. From top to bottom is the order I decided they were definitely on the list: 1. jj - no. 2 listened to this when it came out in 2009, forgot about it for a few years, then got back into it in 2012 and have been obsessed ever since, also own it on vinyl 2. lil wayne - da drought 3 not on spotify so i don't listen to it as much anymore but i still feel like i remember every lyric from listening to it constantly in 2007-12 3. the field - from here we go sublime has never left my rotation since it came out in 2007 though my relationship to it has evolved a lot over the years. i also own it on vinyl 4. m.i.a. - arular the first album that popped into my mind when thinking "best post-2001," one i own on vinyl also 5. grimes - visions another one that has never left my rotation since its release. my girlfriend owns the LP 6. madvillain - madvillainy i listened to this one off and on over the years, not as much as the others, but it's crept back into my heavy rotation on spotify recently 7. deerhunter - microcastle became completely obsessed with this album in 2009, my interest in it has waned a bit but "nothing ever happened" remains a strong contender for best song of this era (own LP) 8. burial and four tet - moth/wolf cub 12" probably the rarest record in my collection, not on spotify so i don't listen to it very much these days, but i approach the track "moth" with an almost worshipful attitude 9. future - ds2 haven't listened to this one as much lately but i think it will hold up long term 10. mclusky do dallas i considered a lot of albums for this spot but it feels right to have mclusky say "fuck you" to all of them other albums considered alasdair roberts - spoils cfcf - the colour of life burial - untrue the streets - original pirate material/a grand don’t come for free four tet - there is love in you carsick cars - s/t the unicorns - who will cut our hair when we’re gone? the dream - love vs money animal collective - sung tongs deerhunter - cryptograms elite gymnastics - ruin default genders - main pop girl 2019 sza - ctrl earl sweatshirt - i don’t like shit, i don’t go outside atlas sound - parallax the jealous sound - kill them with kindness kitty - rose gold lightning bolt - wonderful rainbow wolf parade - apologies to the queen mary pj harvey - let england shake caribou - our love the bug vs earth - boa/cold 12” bonny prince billy and matt sweeney - superwolf d’angelo and the vanguard - black messiah chromatics - kill for love jessy lanza - pull my hair back jamie xx - in colour something by broadcast but i can’t pick between their albums kanye - life of pablo boyz and girl - s/t john talabot - ƒin todd terje - ragysh st. vincent - strange mercy spank rock - yoyoyoyoyo lil b - 6 kiss cass mccombs - catacombs eidetic seeing - drink the sun mogwai - happy songs for happy people dirty beaches - drifters / love is the devil girl talk - night ripper bjork - medulla tonstartssbandht - an when crystal castles - s/t max richter - the blue notebooks the notwist - neon golden colour haze - periscope     albums that came out in 2000-01 that would be in strong consideration for top 10 otherwise   fugazi - the argument sonic youth - murray street modest mouse - the moon and antarctica acid mothers temple and the melting paraiso u.f.o. - la novia spoon - girls can tell life without buildings - any other city BONUS ANONYMOUS EVAN CONTENT!! An interesting corollary to this conversation would be, what albums that came out post-2001 were critically LAUDED at the time but have absolutely NOT held up to extended scrutiny. The Arcade Fire (snoooooooooooze) and 95% of LCD Soundsystem (exception for "Someone Great" and maybe another stray track or two) fall into this category for me: Bat for Lashes (entire catalog) Grizzly Bear (entire catalog) Girls - Album (still a pretty good record but what an overblown reaction) The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa (This was Pitchfork's 17th-best album of 2009 -- does anyone remember anything about it?) Japandroids (I always thought they sucked but I guess they still have a devoted fanbase of mainly Washington Post op-ed columnists) No Age - Nouns (I think everyone was pretending to like their music because they were nice and ran a cool venue in LA) The Hold Steady (something about this band always turned my stomach) Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (after the ubiquity of "Get Lucky" faded away this album made absolutely zero lasting cultural impact) Deafheaven - Sunbather (Metal for people who never liked metal before or since. I thought their name was Deafhaven for years, and liked it better that way.) My Bloody Valentine - m b v (Complete garbage that everyone forgot about in 2 months' time)  

Nur ein Jahr nach dem letzten Dirty Projectors-Album legt die Band von Dave Longstreth schon nach. Wie weggeblasen ist die Bitterkeit und Traurigkeit des Vorgängers, „Lamp Lit Prose“ verbreitet Sonnenschein und gute Laune. Und der verspulte Avantgarde-Indiepop der Band klingt ungewohnt zugänglich. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/musik/album-der-woche-dirty-projectors-lamp-lit-prose

On the latest Track by Track, Dirty Projectors' Dave Longstreth describes his new record, Lamp Lit Prose, as a natural progression from the previous record's surprisingly dark tone and electronic focus. Join Longstreth and Consequence of Sound's Randall Colburn for the stories behind each of the new tracks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dave Longstreth started making music under the name Dirty Projectors in 2002, while he was in college. Since then, he’s released seven albums and collaborated with Bjork, Solange, and Kanye West, Paul McCartney, and Rihanna. And Dirty Projectors went from a solo project to a full-band, performing on TV, and at Carnegie Hall. Dave and one of his bandmates were in a relationship for much of that time, but then that relationship and the band broke up. In February 2017, with Dirty Projectors as solo project once again, Dave released a self-titled album, a breakup album, looking back on those years. In this episode, Dave breaks down the song "Up in Hudson," and the winding road he went down to create it. songexploder.net/dirty-projectors

When Omara Moctar first started picked up a guitar, he was merely having fun with his friends. Fast forward to 2016, and the musician better known as Bombino has made albums with The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and Dirty Projectors' Dave Longstreth, who produced his reggae-influenced 2016 album, Azel. The dazzlingly talented Tuareg guitarist returns to KEXP's studios for an electric and joyous session on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole. Recorded 04/29/2016 - 5 songs: Akhar Zaman, Timidiwa, Iwaranagh, Tar Hani, TimtarSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Omara "Bombino" Moctar

On today's episode, I talk to musician Larkin Grimm. A descendent of the Brothers Grimm themselves, Larkin grew up in a monastic order called The Holy Order of MANS. Spending her childhood in rural Georgia, Larkin eventually earned a scholarship to Yale, which she attended on and off for many years, using the intervening sabbaticals to travel all over the world. At Yale, she met Dave Longstreth and became a member of Dirty Projectors for a time, and after began recording music on her own, which includes four albums: Harpoon, The Last Tree, Parplar and Soul Retrieval.This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on iTunes, follow me on Twitter.

“Conocí a Ken Stringfellow hace ya tiempo, decidí irme a tocar a París a un pequeño club. Ken es de Seattle pero prefiere vivir en Europa, y vive al lado de aquella sala. Nos vio tocar y le gustó lo que hacíamos. Ha producido mis próximas canciones.” Ramirez Exposure nos explica su colaboración con Ken Stringfellow, su experiencia compartiendo gira con Jacco Gardner y sus nuevos proyectos. Es nuestro invitado en Future Beats. Además os presentamos los nuevos álbumes de Bombino (quien prefirió cambiar la presión y la velocidad de Dan Auerbach como productor de su anterior trabajo por un entorno rural entre animales de granja en Woodstock, en la granja-estudio Applehead junto a Dave Longstreth), 17 Hippies (revisando sus canciones en buena compañía para conmemorar sus 20 años de trayectoría), Trixie Whitley, Bill Frisell, la actriz y cantante de jazz Lea DeLaria (conocida por su papel como Big Boo en Orange is the New Black ) y su original homenaje a David Bowie...

“FourFiveSeconds” is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna, American rapper Kanye West and British musician Paul McCartney for Rihanna’s upcoming eighth studio album. It was written and produced by West, McCartney, Mike Dean, Dave Longstreth and Noah Goldstein with an additional writing from Kirby Lauryen, Ty Dolla Sign, Dallas Austin and Elon Rutberg. Previewed […] The post FOURFIVESECONDS – RIHANNA FT. KANYE WEST, PAUL MCCARTNEY appeared first on 21st Century Blueprint.