Dirty Projectors Deluxe Re-Release

A little new 'old' release news as I milk the remaining days of summer vacation. Last year Brooklyn experimental indie faves Dirty Projectors released their acclaimed record, Bitte Orca. Coming this September, the LP will be re-released as a double-disc expanded version with rare material.

The limited edition Bitte Orca comes with premium packaging, the first disc in its original form and a second disc featuring never before released recordings from a very special and intimate live acoustic performance at New York’s Other Music record store, rare vinyl only b-sides and a cover of Bob Dylan’s "As I Went Out One Morning".

Check out the full tracklisting below.

Bitte Orca (Expanded Edition) is out September 28th courtesy of Domino.

Tracklisting:

Disc One

Cannibal Resource
Temecula Sunrise
The Bride
Stillness Is the Move
Two Doves
Useful Chamber
No Intention
Remade Horizon
Fluorescent Half Dome

Disc Two

Fluorescent Half Dome (Live at Other Music)
Temecula Sunrise (Live at Other Music)
Two Doves (Live at Other Music)
Cannibal Resource (Live at Other Music)
No Intention (Live at Other Music)
Ascending Melody
Emblem of The World
Bitte Bitte Orca
Stillness Is the Move (Lucky Dragons Remix)
As I Went Out One Morning

And, to provide a sample of the bonus material, Domino is making the Other Music version of "Temecula Sunrise" available as a complimentary download.  Grab it here.

You can also catch Dirty Projectors on their upcoming autumn tour. Dates below.

September
07 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
08 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero *
11 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
13 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theater *
14 Montreal, Quebec - Le National ^
15 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House ^
17 Chicago, IL - Metro ^
18 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre ^
19 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue ^
23 Pomona, CA - Glass House #
24 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern #
25 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore #
28 Portland, OR - Aladdin #
29 Portland, OR - Aladdin #
30 Seattle, WA - Showbox #

October
05 Durham, NC - Page Auditorium
20 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden %

November
06 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest

December
07 London, England - Koko
10 Minehead, England - ATP Festival

* with Owen Pallett
^ with Happy Birthday
# with Dominique Young Unique
% with Phoenix, Wavves

Fleet Foxes Win Album Art Prize

With “list season” come and gone its now time to welcome “awards season” to the blogosphere. And for all of you Art History aficionado’s out there, this story is pretty intriguing. Following a number of top honours in 2008, Seattle’s much-loved Fleet Foxes have claimed the Best Art Vinyl Award for their self-titled album’s cover art.

Fleet Foxes’s winning cover features a segment of the 1559 painting Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, whose work depicts the Dutch proverbs of the day. In rock’n’roll history, Bruegel’s painting The Triumph of Death was used in the late seventies by Black Sabbath for a greatest hits album. Well worth the trip to Wikipedia to analyse this one though, it makes for an illuminating read.

The Fleet Foxes’ cover beat out 50 other album jackets that made the longlist for the annual prize, which was organized by the UK-based album-art appreciation society Art Vinyl and drew almost 3,000 online votes. Second in the list of 50 superbly terrific covers was the more modern Roots Manuva cover for Slime & Reason. Coldplay’s Viva La Vida got third prize for their reversion of Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix (1830 for the Wikipedia fact contingent).

In previous years, artists such as Thom Yorke and the Cribs have taken home the Best Art Vinyl Award, and 2008’s top selections will be on display at the London (UK) Rough Trade East store throughout January.

No word yet on whether Thom’s red pants will be recognized this “awards season”.

Here are the top ten album covers picked in the 2008 poll:

1. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
2. Roots Manuva Slime And Reason
3. Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
4. Goldfrapp Seventh Tree
5. Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid
6. Metallica Death Magnetic
7. Bloc Party Intimacy
8. Low Motion Disco Keep it Slow
9. Santogold Santogold
10. Zombie Zombie Dog Walker

So what are your thoughts on lifting these historical pieces to promote pop music? At least the Pogues made it their own when they did it. My vote would likely have been cast for Roots Manuva or Bloc Party.