"<p><b>50. Dirty Projectors, 'Swing Lo Magellan'</b><br> This album takes its name from the Portuguese mariner who was the first to circumnavigate the Earth, and why not? David Longstreth stuffs a whole lot of musical exploration into his three-minute songs. While nominally more ""pop"" than 2009's <em>Bitte Orca</em>, <a target=""_blank"" href=""http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/swing-lo-magellan-20120713""><em>Swing Lo</em></a> packs in wild twists and turns: power chords set against shifting meters; psychedelic dissonances that nod to <a target=""_blank"" href=""http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/jimi-hendrix"">Jimi Hendrix</a> and Béla Bartók; loads of mind-bending harmony vocals. ""I boogie down gargoyle streets,"" croons Longstreth. It's worth following him, wherever he goes.</p> <p><b>Related:</b><br>• <a href=""http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2012-20121205"" target=""_blank"">The 50 Best Songs of 2012</a></p>"
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