Dirty on Purpose

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An indie band from New York City, in the vein of Yo La Tengo and Sonic Youth.

Their albums include:
Dirty on Purpose EP (2003)
Sleep Late for a Better Tomorrow (2004)
Hallelujah Sirens (2006)
Like Bees EP (2008)

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Hallelujah Sirens
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Sleep Late for a Better Tomorrow
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Like Bees
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Like Bees (Digital Only)
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Top Tracks

1	Your Summer Dress full track	126
2	No Radio	117
3	Light Pollution	114
4	Monument	81
5	Lake Effect	75
6	Always looking	73
7	All New Friends	72
8	Marfa Lights	70
9	Mind Blindness	66
10	Girls & Sunshine	62
11	Kill Our City	54
11	Fake Lakes	54
13	Car No Driver	44
14	Cheat Death	28
15	Spider Eyes	24

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stefanreindl wrote:
Sunday evening

So much better (ie LOUDER) live. Opened for Wintersleep in Ottawa and I felt I'd got my money's worth a few songs into these guys' set. Talked to George (aka Kevin Shields Jr.) afterwards and he's a really chill guy despite nearly breaking his guitar in half during their outro haha.

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renklikalem wrote:
last month

<3 <3 <3

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JaimeChiens wrote:
August 2008

love love LOVE that say hi to your mom is a similar artist.

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dustcakeboy wrote:
May 2008

Free EP Dead Volcanoes: http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Dirty_On_Purpose/music Also check out Purse Snatchers, a side-project from vocalist/drummer Doug Marvin: http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Purse_Snatchers/music

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jessiJACKASS wrote:
April 2008

www.last.fm/group/Dirty+On+Purpose

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mephisto_dark wrote:
March 2008

Dirty On Purpose just featured in this weeks podcast: http://www.itunes.com/podcast?id=275135227

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Slaky311 wrote:
January 2008

Like Bees = awesome.

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neonXcore wrote:
December 2007

someone share their music with me and i'll worship you foreverrrrrrr. i can't get the whole album online anywhere. :(

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megansmall wrote:
November 2007

They kinda SUCK without her. It's boring. :[

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Slaky311 wrote:
October 2007

Why have I not been listening to these guys? Had the album for months and now I'm finally giving it a go. Excellent.

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IIOIIIOIIOOII wrote:
September 2007

<3 Always Looking

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aforb-anduforme wrote:
September 2007

Sweet, I love Au Revoir Simone. Especially through the backyards of our neighbours. What a smooth track.

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metal_falsetto wrote:
August 2007

Erika Forster is the girl who sang on Sleep Late... She was a full-time member of the band, she is now part of the all-girl keyboard-based group Au Revoir Simone.

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Sfiera wrote:
August 2007

To those below: DOP's Haystack bio lists Jaymay and Anne Brewster, formerly of Sea Ray, as collaborators on Hallelujah Sirens, but I've found no mention of the female vocalist on Sleep Late. Still wondering.

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IIOIIIOIIOOII wrote:
July 2007

just can't stop listen to them..

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[deleted-user] wrote:
May 2007

This is music.
intaangible wrote:
May 2007

i love this band so much. wish i could have seen them at coney island last summer ! :[

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waytey89 wrote:
May 2007

Wow, these guys are brilliant. Thank God for the internet or another awesome band would have slipped past my gaze unnoticed.

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pushtouch wrote:
April 2007

Kill Our City, Fake Lakes and Always Looking are absolutely billiant. So poignant and beautiful. One of my favourite songs of 2006.

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XjesuscoreX wrote:
March 2007

such an incredibly underrated band.

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