The Dirty Projectors

As a medium, the rock album is so under siege that even Radiohead made noise in 2009 about giving it up for downloadable singles and EPs. The album can't help but increasingly feel like an afterthought in a year where the big thing in rock seemed to be landing on the soundtrack of "New Moon." But even though 2009 may not have produced a wealth of classic discs, there was still great stuff to be heard. Read More

2009 was a fantastic year for local music across the board. Read More

US experimental rock group Deerhoof has been added to the Lost Weekend Festival, which takes place in Queensland in March 2010. Read More

"It's sort of been an odd trajectory," 26-year-old Matthew Lessner says of his directing career, which began with a debut feature film project last year, and which his led him, somewhat accidentally, to directing music videos for indie darlings the Dirty Projectors and Fool's Gold. "Most of the time, you start off with music videos and then you make some shorts that get into festivals, and then you try to make a feature." Read More

IPSWICH will host a music festival to be headlined by American rock legends Dinosaur Jr early next year, with a list of more than a dozen other local and overseas artists confirmed. Read More

"I MET HIM only once, at a goddamn stupid party" is a line from Catcher in the Rye. It's not well known or anything. Read More

My 2 weeks off were supposed to involve me doing something really exciting and realising a lifetime's ambition. Read More

Since the release of their latest album in June, the Dirty Projectors have collaborated with David Byrne and Björk, made guest appearances on US late night television shows, and been dubbed by New York magazines - most unhelpfully - as the definitive Brooklyn sound. Read More

Look, the Projectors are doing fine, just fine. Read More

Do you find it easier to create music on your own, or would you like to collaborate in the future? Read More