The Dirty Projectors Will Be Amazing at Red 7 Tonight

photo by Sarah Cass from band MySpace

Dirty Projectors w/ Greg Ginn, The Laughing (Tortoise Aftershow)
Wednesday, July 15
Red 7 (611 E. 7th St.)
SOLD OUT, doors at 9
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Dirty Projectors' new album, Bitte Orca, is a multi-faceted dream of a work: sometimes it feels like a rock album ripped straight from 1974, sometimes it’s an elegant string-supported beauty, sometimes it’s a pop album practically ready for the sweetness of radio, and still even other times it’s an oblique dash through counterintuitive song structures and harmonization. Often, it’s all of those things at once, as for the first time the wizard vision of lead man Dave Longstreth has graduated from mere experimental chops and into full-fledged songs. Put all that together and it gains Dirty Projectors entry into what's been a recent hit parade through Austin, joining such 2009 über-luminaries as Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, and Bill Callahan at our local venues. While the instrumentation, led by Longstreth’s singular guitar work, is flawless and captivating in its execution, the big draw that makes the Dirty Projectors stand out is the astounding vocal interplay between Amber Coffman and Angel Deradoorian, whose tangling of voices in shocking yet artful ways will be on full display tonight at Red 7. And, since the show's sold out, help yourself to the entry form below for a chance to score a pair of tickets.

Opening up are Greg Ginn and The Laughing.

The Dirty Projectors [Domino] [MySpace]
Greg Ginn [Official] [MySpace]
The Laughing [Official] [MySpace]

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