Dirty Projectors – review

Koko, LondonDressed in a plaid shirt, lank hair flopping over his face, David Longstreth could be the frontman for a Nirvana tribute band. It's a jarring image, because Dirty Projectors' art-rock is the antithesis of grunge, its textures sinuous and feminine. When they play Temecula Sunrise, from last year's album Bitte Orca, the guitars, drums and bass all seem to be employing not only their own criss-crossing time signatures, but their own styles; Malian string melodies intersecting with a sul...

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